Terrence Williams, winner of the Friends of Southwest DC’s (FOS) $1,500 scholarship in 2011, completed a busy freshman year at Delaware State University in Dover and looks forward to continuing toward his goal of a career in sports management. A graduate of Bell Multicultural High School, Williams, 19, grew up here in Southwest and attended […]
Application Forms Ready for Youth Grants
Application forms for Youth Grants are now available from the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s Youth Activities Task Force. New user-friendly application forms, including budget forms, must be used. They can be picked up at the SW Library, K St. SW and Wesley Place SW (a block west of 3rd St. SW). Typical grants to schools, churches, […]
Summer For Youth: A New Club #4 at 205 L St. SW
There’s good news for youth and families in Southwest. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, which a few years ago operated Boys & Girls Club #4 in the gym at Bowen School, started Club #4 up again at a smaller location. This summer they operated a summer camp at 205 L St. SW […]
Highlights of Monthly PSA 105 Meeting
July 19, 2012, 7-7:45 P.M., Riverside Condominium Participants: Lt. Nicholas Gallucci and Sgt. Michael Architzel of PSA 105; Naomi Monk and Irv Gamza, PSA 105 meeting coordinators/facilitators and John McGrath, recorder. A total of 20 persons were in attendance. 1. Lt. Gallucci reviewed the June 2012 and year-to-date statistics for PSA 105. Violent and non-violent […]
Onyx on First Tenants’ Association Files to Assert TOPA Rights
Residents of Onyx on First, a 266-unit high-rise rental building located at 1100 1st St. SE in Washington DC’s new and dynamic Capitol Riverfront neighborhood filed their intent to pursue their rights under the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) with the DC Department of Housing and Community Development today. Under TOPA, a landlord must […]