Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association

Next meeting, Tuesday, June 18, 2013

MHNA — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:43:00 +0000

The next Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association (MHNA) meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at the Greater Washington Sports Alliance, inside the Solea building, at 2300 14th Street, NW. The entrance is on the northwest corner of 14th Street and Florida Avenue. We meet from 7 until 8:30pm. Agenda:

(1) Introductions

(2) Sarah Fashbaugh, Community Resource Advisor, DC Alcoholic Beverage Regulatory Administration

(3) Keeping and growing daytime retail in the neighborhood - representatives of local businesses

(4) Darren Woodruff, Vice Chair, and Emily Bloomfield, Board Member, DC Public Charter School Board

(5) Announcements

Job vacancies at the YMCA Anthony Bowen at 14th & W; three job fairs

MHNA — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:10:21 +0000

YMCA Anthony Bowen, 1325 W Street, NW, Washington, DC, scheduled to reopen in August 2013Vacancy announcement. Click to enlarge.At the MHNA monthly meeting held on May 21, 2013, representatives of the YMCA committed to notifying the community of the job vacancies it seeks to fill at the soon-to-be-reopened YMCA Anthony Bowen located at 1325 W Street, NW, on the northeast corner of 14th and W Streets, NW. They anticipate reopening in August 2013.

Recently the Y provided its list to Councilmember Jim Graham, who forwarded it to us. Over 40 full time positions and over 100 part time positions are available. The positions cover the full spectrum including Community Director, Child Care, Wellness, and Facilities Management.

To apply for any one of these positions, the Y is providing several opportunities. Please read the announcement to the left for more information:

(1) Email your cover letter and resume to resumes [AT] ymcadc [DOT] org.

(2) Mail your cover letter and resume to YMCA of Metropolitan Washington, Attn: Anthony Bowen Employment, 1112 16th Street, NW Ste. 720 Washington, DC 20036.

(3) Call for employment information (202) 738-5005.

(4) Visit YMCA National Capital to complete an employment application or submit your resume.

(5) Attend a designated career fair located at 1711 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, between 1pm-7pm, to learn more about the positions and participate in an on-site interview.

June 25, 2013 - Membership and Wellness

June 26, 2013 - Aquatics and Facilities/Housekeeping

June 27, 2013 - Child Care and Camp

Job announcement tear-sheet. Click to enlarge. Please print and distribute. "We are all looking forward to the new Anthony Bowen YMCA continuing a long history and legacy of service in Ward One. The YMCA Leadership has assured me they are committed to an Anthony Bowen YMCA that is reflective of the diversity and wide-ranging interests, abilities, and needs of the immediate community

"Please distribute the employment information attached to friends and neighbors that you may think are interested in joining the Anthony Bowen YMCA staff.

Bests, Councilmember Jim Graham

Special thanks to MHNA member Karima St. Clair for arranging the YMCA Anthony Bowen presentation.

Capital Pride Parade, Saturday, June 8, 2013, 4:30-7:30pm

MHNA — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:38:30 +0000

Look for the green banner.All are welcome to join the Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association (MHNA) contingent in the 38th Annual Capital Pride Parade when it steps off this afternoon Saturday, June 8, 2013, 4:30 pm, at 22nd & P Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. Details:

Meet MHNA at 3:15pm in Red Area 41 at 23rd & N Streets, NW. We will have a banner, colorful beads, and one vehicle for our contingent. You do not have to live within MHNA boundaries to join in on the fun!

Contact: Matt Abbruzzese at (202) 550-1213 or mattabbruzzese1b12 [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, in case you have any questions, or if you have any trouble locating MHNA's contingent.

Staging area map. Click to enlarge.2013 parade map. Click to enlarge.

Sixth Annual Summer Games, Saturday, June 22, 2013, Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park

MHNA — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:38:25 +0000

Winter is so over, but SUMMER is coming…From the north, from across the sea, up from the sewer, from your father's loins… Summer Camp is coming to host the 6th Annual Summer Games. This year, the games are getting medieval at the Summer Games of Thrones. All are welcome. Come to battle. Or just come to watch. More information.

14th & U Farmer's Market, Saturday, June 1, 2013, and every Saturday until November 23

MHNA — Fri, 31 May 2013 13:01:24 +0000

From the MHNA listserv:

It just takes a few 90 degree days to turn on all the summer vegetables who have been holding back in the chilly Spring we have been having. Where do I start?

Sugar Snap Peas, Sweet Garden Peas, just dug baby Yukon Gold potatoes, Leeks, baby zucchini with their flowers, sweet Candy Onions, Spring Onions, Green Garlic and Shallot scopes, Spinach, Broccoli rabe, Green Kale, Toscano Kale, Redbore Kale, Baby Beets, Turnips, Sweet Hakurei Salad Turnips,

The Northern Neck strawberries are slowing down but the Pennsylvania berries are taking their place -- look for Sweet Charlies, Earliglows, Ovations and Chandlers. Asparagus too. And don't forget the rhubarb

Strawberry rhubarb, chocolate pecan pies, chard with roasted garlic and goat cheese quiche are at Whisked. Panorama has a double decker table of Damien's Breton and Parisian pastries and breads.

Peonies, poppies, hanging baskets, hundreds of potted herbs and vegetables and summer flowers.

Grillers: tons of steak at Pecan Meadow and lots of NEW cuts of pork like Porterhouse and the Porcine version of New York Strip. (Ask Truck Patch). Sausages at both. Lamb, goat, rabbit, duck, Eggs from chickens, ducks and geese.

We welcome SNAP/EBT, WIC, Cvc, Senior and Produce Plus and match them with bonus dollars. We are part of the Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program. Martha's Table is our gleaning partner.

Next meeting: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 7-8:30pm

MHNA — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:54:26 +0000

The next monthly Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in the Greater Washington Sports Alliance, inside the Solea building, at 2300 14th Street, NW, on the northwest corner of 14th Street and Florida Avenue.

YMCA Anthony Bowen of Metropolitan Washington, 1325 W Street, NW, Washington, DC (rendering)Join us in welcoming back the YMCA Anthony Bowen, the first African-American YMCA in the world, to 1325 W Street, NW [history] [tour]. Allison Jones, Vice President of Operations and Community Relations, and her teammates will discuss the Y's offerings.

Architectural historian Kim Williams, of the DC Historic Preservation Office, who gave a widely-attended talk about the history of Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park before MHNA in April 2011, will provide an update and ask MHNA to co-sponsor a proposed Meridian Hill Historic District. Agenda:

(1) Introductions

(2) Proposal to add one story to private residence on 15th Street, NW, across from the park

(3) Proposal to promote local independently-owned daytime retail businesses (tentative) (postponed until June meeting)

(4) Presentation by the YMCA Anthony Bowen

Allison Jones, Vice President of Operations and Community Relations
Vision of branch and Y Anthony Bowen: Gene Jones, Vice President of Operations
Membership opportunities and programs: Kevin Correll, Vice President of Member Services
Youth Development and the YMCA Academy: Toni Chebou-Webb, Vice President of Youth Development

(5) Designation of a Meridian Hill Historic District, request for MHNA to co-sponsor

Kim Williams, DC Historic Preservation Office

(6) MHNA's contingent in the Capital Pride Parade, Saturday, June 8, 2013

Matthew Abbruzzese

Meeting location, Greater Washington Sports Alliance, 2300 14th Street, NW

Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park to receive $50,000 grant. Thank you.

MHNA — Tue, 14 May 2013 03:01:08 +0000

Photo of Dante statue in the park (who usually isn't smiling), courtesy of Beth Mullin, Rock Creek Conservancy, and Photoshop Special thanks to Jeff McElhaney and L. Ernest Springs for getting the word out on social media and for posting yard signs.

From the MHNA listserv:

Hi everyone,

I just got back from the Partners in Preservation awards ceremony, where I'm excited to report that Meridian Hill won one of the largest grants -- $50,000 -- out of the available $1 million from American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This is a huge victory for our beloved park, just $10,000 less than what was requested.

Although Meridian Hill came in 15th, it surged to more than double its total points in the final few days after the Park Open House. Members of the review committee told us that the passion of the park's supporters and the significance of continuing the park's restoration and revitalization for the benefit of the thousands of people who care about the ark swayed them to recommend major funding.

Other parks sites winning major grants included Dumbarton Oaks Park and the Carter Woodson Home. And two other nearby sites also won big grants- GALA Hispanic Theater and All Souls Unitarian Church.

THANK YOU all so much for helping to stand up for our long-forgotten park, which is anything but forgotten now!

Steve

Steve Coleman

Co-Founder, Friends of Meridian Hill

President, Washington Parks & People

Josephine Butler Parks Center

2437 15th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20009

www.washingtonparks.net

(202) GO-2-PARK, ext. 11

(202) 234-3342 (fax)

Since 1990: 23 Years of Impact

A Rock, A River, A Tree... A Park For All People!

14th & U farmers market opens Saturday, May 4, 2013

MHNA — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:56:59 +0000

This Saturday the 14 & U farmers market in front of the Reeves Center will be open from 9:00am until 1:00pm. From the MHNA listserv:

"Just a reminder that we are open Saturday and yes, we will have strawberries and freshly pressed cider and Fuji juice and pears and lots of green and purple asparagus.

A choice of 3 kinds of eggs: rich duck, huge goose and free range chickens.

All kinds of really fresh Spring salad and cooking greens - arugula, mesclun, lettuces, watercress, nettles, spinach, kale, mustards, Asian Greens, chard plus turnips, beets, radishes, sunchokes, potatoes.

Fabulous sweet and savory pies from WHISKED:apple frangipane, strawberry rhurbarb, asparagus quiche and kale and feta quiche plus all her cookies.

Pleasant Pops has joined the market and will be inaugurating their first visit with Strawberry Ginger Lemonade, Strawberries & Cream, Honey Lavender and Mexican Sweet Cream and Cinnamon pops.

Get an early start. Photo courtesy of Vegankind.Lois' Pumpkin Whoopie Pies that started the Whoopie Pie craze in DC.

Panomamas's new breads and French Pastries

Gorgeous cut flowers includiing those hip green ball viburnum, lilies, lilacs, ranunculus. lily of the valley plus hanging baskets and lots of annuals for your gardens. Dozens of herb and vegetable plants -- lots of tomato varieties.

And plenty of pastured pork and grass fed beef and lamb, duck and rabbit. And real French style goat cheeses.

Your votes = funding for needed restoration at Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park

MHNA — Thu, 02 May 2013 02:10:05 +0000

Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park is open to and enjoyed by all.Recently American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park was chosen to participate in Partners in Preservation, a contest that will award $1 million in grants to historic places in the Washington, D.C. metro areas.

The historic place that receives the highest number of points is guaranteed to receive grant funding.

Funds will help repair and stabilize the grotto at the 16th Street entrance, which now looks like this.

Visit this site each day before May 10, 2013, to vote online and via mobile phone once each day, every day, share with friends via Twitter, check in on Foursquare, and take photos on Instagram.

Thanks to The Rock Creek Conservancy for alerting us to this competition.

Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park is a part of Rock Creek Park.

The Mayor's FY2014 Budget Town Hall, Thursday, April 11, 2013

MHNA — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:12:01 +0000

Join Mayor Vincent Gray for the FY2014 Budget Town Hall this Thursday, April 11, 2013, at the Columbia Heights Community Center, 1480 Girard Street, NW, at the corner of 15th and Girard Streets, NW, two blocks south of the Columbia Heights metro, at 6:30-8:30pm.

This is an opportunity for residents to learn about the city's Fiscal Year 2014 budget and voice their concerns.

For more information, contact Juan Camilo Barragan, Executive Office of the Mayor; 202.538.0313, Twitter:@EOMONE1; JuanCamilo.Barragan@dc.gov

The FY2014 Budget Town Hall is being cohosted by the following organizations:

ANC 1A
ANC 1B
ANC 1C
ANC 1D
North Columbia Heights Civic Association
Reed Cooke Neighborhood Association
U Street Neighborhood Association
LeDroit Park Civic Association
Georgia Ave Community Development Task Force
Strengthening Ward 1 Together (SWOT)
Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association
Pleasant Plains Civic Association
Georgia Avenue Business Alliance
Ward 1 Democrats
Ward 1 Republicans