Riggs Rd & South Dakota Ave N.E. Construction Update

Learn to Garden at Ft. Totten Community Garden This Summer

  The Neighborhood Farm Initiative (NFI) has opened enrollment to their summer Adult Gardening Education Program.  This program is designed to help teach adults the basics of organic gardening, focusing on the ins and outs of growing your own vegetables.  More importantly it is taking place right in our own back yard at the NFI Garden behind the Ft. Totten Metro.  The class runs from May through early September, and is broken up into 11 weekly instructional "hands on" classes with experts.  You will also get

your own 12' x 12' community garden plot, seeds and transplants, access to the necessary garden infrastructure (i.e. drip irrigation system, trellises, stakes, tomato cages), and more. 

  The class cost $450, but when you consider all you need to do is show up and everything else is provided for you it seems like a great deal!  Details can be found here: http://www.neighborhoodfarminitiative.org/programs/gardening-education-program/

Michigan Park Citizens Assn Meeting Tonight



Map of DC with Michigan Park
Highlighted in Red

  This is a reminder that the Michigan Park Citizens Association will be meeting tonight (tuesday, May 1st) at 7:15pm, at Bunker Hill Elementary (1401 Michigan Ave. NE Washington, DC 20017). Parking and entrance to rear of building.


Agenda:
- Treasurer's Report
- Elections of MPCA Officers
- Motion to create the position of the Financial Secretary
- Traffic Management
- DC Statehood -- Speaker, Josh Burch
- Spring Potluck and Park Maintenance

Neighborhood Boundaries:
The Michigan Park Citizens Association stretches, East to West, from Eastern Avenue to the Railroad and, North to South, from Buchanan Street to Otis Street.

North Michigan Park Civic Assn Meeting

This is just a reminder that the North Michigan Park Civic Association will be holding a meeting on Wednesday May 2, 2012 from 7 - 9 pm at the North Michigan Park Recreation Center.  Come out to discuss community concerns with local businesses, city agencies and our elected representatives




(This event repeats every month on the first Wednesday until Sunday July 1, 2012.)

Event: North Michigan Park Civic Assotiation Meeting
Location: North Michigan Park Recreation Center 1333 Emerson Street, NE, 20017

Street: 1333 Emerson Street, NE

City State Zip: Washingon, DC, 20017

5th Annual Great Brookland Yard Sale

The fifth annual Great Brookland Yard Sale will take place on Saturday May 12th from 10:00 AM until 2:00PM. Over 50 households have signed up to have yard sales. For more information, visit the Brookland Civic Associations Website.  This years rain date is May 13th.
Thi annual event is always a great way to get out, meet neighbors and find some great deals and steals!  In past years participation has been mostly by Brookland  residents, but this years map shows a few houses in Michigan and North Michigan Park as well.  If you would like to participate in the GBYS, follow this link, and provide your name and address of your yard sale.  Also send  a list of specific items for sale, and photos to draw people to your sale. This will get you on the official Map and hopefully increase your foot traffic!

View Great Brookland Yard Sale 2012 in a larger map

CUA Fireworks Show This Friday

From CUA Campus Ministry "On behalf of the Office of Campus Ministry at The Catholic University of America, I would like to invite you for a firework show that is being held on our campus on Friday, April 27, 2012. This is the finale to our end of the year celebration that has been organized by our students at CUA. The firework show will begin at 9:45pm and can be viewed best from the west side of campus, nearest the Basilica of the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception. This event has been coordinated with the Office of General Counsel, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Fire Department and Zambelli Firework Company. We hope that you will be able to join us in this celebration." This surely seems like a can't miss for tomorrow night, especially considering the the First Family of Fireworks are producing it! Hopefully those of us neighboring the CUA Campus will take full advantage of the event being in our own back yards! Hopefully some of you readers will take some great pictures to share with us here at the Blog as well!

This Weeks Riggs Rd and SD Ave Construction Update

And the band marches on...slowly!