On behalf of the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly, I’d like to thank those who responded to our letter in the June Southwester and sent in contributions. We rely on your support to remain a going concern. We always welcome new members and volunteers for our various activities. History Task Force – […]
ANC 6D Meeting Report
The June 11 Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) meeting’s primary focus was the requested Commission’s support of the Stage 2 Planned Unit Development (PUD) for the first phase of The Wharf waterfront development, the area from Seventh Street SW to the parking lot next to the Capital Yacht Club and Jenny’s […]
Resources Coming to Southwest Schools; Register Now
By Meg Brinckman Amidon-Bowen Principal Izabela Miller and Principal Natalie Gordon of the Jefferson Academy, which leads to the prestigious International Baccalaureate Program, have been working hard to bring resources to area public schools. Amidon-Bowen has sustained 10 percent or greater cuts in its D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) budget for […]
Highlights of Monthly Police Service Area 105 Meeting
By John McGrath Meeting held: May 17, 2012. Next meeting: Thursday, June 21, 2012, 7-8:30 P.M., Greenleaf Seniors Building, 1200 Delaware Ave. SW. Participants: Sgt. Michael Architzel, Police Service Area (PSA) 105, and Officers Bookard and Fails (juvenile unit), PSA 105; Officer Chasten, Public Housing Police (PHP); Naomi Monk and […]
Southwest D.C. community calendar for June 2012
WED. June 6: 7 p.m. Mediation for Stress Reduction, SW Library, 900 Wesly Pl. S.W. 7 p.m. Children’s Room Program Pajama Story Time, SW Library, 900 Wesly Pl. S.W. THURS. June 7: 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Councilman Tommy Wells office hours, Channel Inn café, 7th & Water Streets SW SUN. June […]
Disappearing act: Affordable housing harder to find
By Jessica Fulton If you have tried to look for an apartment or buy a home in D.C., you know just how expensive a place it is to live, especially in recent years. Because the District did relatively well compared to other jurisdictions during the recession, businesses and new residents […]
Southwest receives Environmental Justice Initiative recommendations
By Kael Anderson, SWNA Last fall Georgetown University’s Community Justice Project and the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center launched an environmental justice project in Southwest. But with the end of the academic year, the founding students—Lauren Dollar, Kevin Larivee, Andrew Park, and Rohini Singh — are moving on. What happens next is […]