Candidate for Secretary Donna Purchase has been a Southwest resident since 1988 and currently serves as board secretary of the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly. Donna has more than 30 years of management experience in corporate and non-profit businesses. She has an extensive background in areas of program and resource development, corporate giving, employee relations […]
SWNA Candidate Statement: Perry Klein
Candidate for Vice President Perry Klein, candidate for vice president, has been a resident of Town Square Towers Condominium in Southwest with his wife, Sue, and daughter, Sherry, since 1971. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and has been vice president of Washington Cable since its […]
SWNA Candidate Statement: Bruce Levine
Candidate for President Bruce Levine and his wife Sharron moved to Tiber Island Condominium in 2013 and could not be happier with their move. Southwest attracted them for multiple reasons, including the dynamism, diversity, and physical attractiveness that they felt and saw as they walked around the community. Southwest DC […]
Neighborhood Group Aligns to Support G Street Park Restoration
An affiliation of eight home and condo owner associations along G Street SW is taking the lead in advocating for repairs and upgrades to the Amidon Sidewalk Park at Fourth and G Streets SW. The Waterfront Gateway Neighborhood Association (WGNA) includes nearly 1,000 households from Delaware Avenue to Ninth Street […]
Van Ness Elementary Set to Open in 2015
The scheduled opening of Van Ness Elementary for the 2015-16 school year is taking shape and the School Improvement Team (SIT) has been formed. A SIT is established at every school where a modernization, addition, or remodel is taking place during the next fiscal year. Its purpose is to provide input on the schematic design […]
‘The Originalist’ Coming to Arena Stage
WHAT: The Originalist by Charles MacArthur Award winner John Strand and directed by Molly Smith. WHERE: Arena Stage’s Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle WHEN: March 6 – April 26 There is controversy about exactly what an “originalist” is and certainly Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is controversial. But there is no question as […]
Amidon-Bowen Music Teacher Named One of DC’s Best
Though nearly four months have passed since DC Public Schools (DCPS) surprised Para Perry with a $10,000 check honoring her as one of the city’s top teachers, her eyes still well with emotion at the memory. “I’m still pinching myself to make sure it’s real,” she said. Perry was one of seven […]