Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Time: 7-8:30pm
Agenda:
(1) Introductions
(2) Metropolitan Police Department realignment of Police Service Areas (PSAs); issues at 14th & W Streets, NW; speakers: Third District Commander Jacob Kishter; Manuel Oliveira, Fast Gourmet.
(3) Planned new construction at 1421 Florida Avenue; speaker: Hari Sequar, developer
(4) Smucker Farms of Lancaster County, 2118 14th Street NW (new store selling locally-grown and -produced groceries and offering community-supported agriculture program); speaker: Eric Smucker
(5) Miscellaneous: Pride Parade, movie night, your ideas
Membership in MHNA is open to anyone who lives within its boundaries. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month and are free and open to the public.
We look forward to seeing YOU there!
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Click on image to enlargeOn Saturday, February 18, 2012, the government of the District of Columbia Executive Ofice of the Mayor will host a Youth Town Hall, at the Columbia Heights Community Center, 1480 Girard Street, NW, from 12:30 until 2:30pm.
Participating youth will receive community service hours.
For more information please contact the D.C. Youth Advisory Council office at 202.797.7266 or dcyac@dc.gov.
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Empty lots providing the space for murals are disappearing across many DC locations. Check out the story behind the Black Family Reunion mural next to the vacant Latino Auto Sales lot on the southeast corner of 14th Street and Florida Avenue NW. DC-based artist Byron Peck, who spoke at MHNA's October 2008 meeting, painted the mural, with sponsorship from the National Black McDonalds Operators Association, in 1984. The mural will soon vanish with the planned construction of a six-story residential building. The story originally aired Saturday, January 28, 2012, on WAMU 88.5FM's Metro Connection.
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View Larger Map Membership is open to all who live within MHNA's boundaries. Dues are $20 for the calendar year. You can join or renew your membership through the Web site or bring cash or a check to the party.
Read the posting Then and Now: Joan of Arc Statue in Meridian Hill Park.
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On Tuesday, January 17, 2012, the Northwest Columbia Heights Community Association, with support from Target, the Columbia Heights Shaw Family Support Collaborative, and the UPS Store, will host Nieghborhood Watch Training. The training is free-of-charge. All are welcome. Free refreshments will be provided.
Time: 6:30 to 9:00pm
Place: St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St NW, Washington DC, 20010, Upstairs Auditorium, 16th-Street Side
Agenda
Sign up here. If you would like to volunteer for the training as a small-group discussion leader or with logistics, please sign up on the registration form or contact Cecilia Jones at 202-299-7868.
More information about neighborhood watch programs
United States Department of Justice Neighborhood Watch Manual
Preventing Crimes of Opportunity flyer from the Metropolitan Police Department
Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association will not hold its regularly scheduled meeting on January 17, 2012. It will hold a holiday party in lieu of the meeting on January 24, 2012.
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Third District Realignment Map
Note that for law enforcement purposes Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park is under United States Park Police jurisdiction (except for homicides).
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Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association's holiday party will take place on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, from 7pm to 9pm at Restaurant Judy, 2212 14th Street, NW.
Meet and catch up with your neighbors, brainstorm ideas, renew your membership, and sample Salvadorean specialties at a local favorite hangout.
Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association usually meets on the third Tuesday of each month. The holiday party will be held in lieu of MHNA's regularly scheduled meeting (which would take place on January 17).
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