Help the Holiday Lights Competition brighten the neighborhood

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Help the Holiday Lights Competition brighten the neighborhood

It’s going to be a bright holiday season in Petworth!

Local businesses are participating in the Lower Georgia Ave Main Street Holiday Lights event December 1st through the 31st to decorate their storefronts with lights and competing for awards. The resulting light show will include businesses along lower Georgia Avenue and the 800 block of Upshur Street.

And they'd love your help to decorate, and vote for the winner!

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It's that time again... Register for your free Visitor Parking Pass

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It's that time again... Register for your free Visitor Parking Pass

If you live on a block that requires a Residential Parking Permit to lawfully park on the street for more than two hours, then you also have access to apply for a Visitor Parking Pass for guests who stay at your home.

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Community Engagement: A talk with John Hughes from Friends of the Soldiers’ Home

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Community Engagement: A talk with John Hughes from Friends of the Soldiers’ Home

The “Old Soldiers’ Home,” once a place Abraham Lincoln called his vacation home during his presidency, is much more than his famous cottage and the Armed Forces Retirement Home on Rock Creek Church Road in Petworth. It’s a home to diverse wildlife, a home to students at Creative Minds International (CMI) charter school, a home for veterans, a museum, and reflects American history.

Petworth News interviewed John Hughes, a founding member of the Friends of the Soldiers’ Home (FOSH), who shared with me about how our Petworth community can be a part of the Home’s Community.

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Helping local businesses and transforming Petworth's economy through microfinance Initiatives

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Helping local businesses and transforming Petworth's economy through microfinance Initiatives

Following the closing of some local businesses, Petworth is at a unique crossroads concerning its economic development. Do we let commercialization take its course, overrunning the surrounding local enterprises? Or do we change the tide and take action to support our neighbors’ businesses?

A Georgetown University non-profit is ready to offer micro-transactional loans to small businesses to help them succeed.

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A new Petworth music festival looks to bring the healing power of music to DC on October 19th

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A new Petworth music festival looks to bring the healing power of music to DC on October 19th

DC’s newest fall music festival is just around the corner (Saturday, October 19th, 11am - 6:30pm). Down in the Reeds is a day long fall music festival, celebrating the power of music to heal across culture and community.

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Detours, bus routes, street closures, and towing details for October 5th "Open Streets" event

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Detours, bus routes, street closures, and towing details for October 5th "Open Streets" event

DDOT will close three miles of Georgia Avenue on Saturday, October 5th from 8am until 6pm for their “Open Streets” event, being held from 10am until 2pm.

Bus routes, no parking and towing enforcement will all be affected.

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9th Street BARJ: A look at the DC Courts adolescent pre-adjudication center

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9th Street BARJ: A look at the DC Courts adolescent pre-adjudication center

Petworth used to have a post office on 9th Street. Even if the people who worked there weren’t always the nicest, it was convenient. When it closed in 2015, people wondered what was going to come next. Condos? A new business? In 2017, we found out it was going to be a youth pre-adjudication center run by the DC Courts. And now, it’s getting ready to open.

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Fall Fest at the Old Soldier's Home on Sunday, 9/29

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Fall Fest at the Old Soldier's Home on Sunday, 9/29

Your guide courtesy of Friends of the Soldiers Home for Fall Fun Fest this Sunday, Sept. 29, 9am to 5pm, Armed Forces Retirement Home.

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Own a business? Learn about Main Street Grants this Wednesday

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Own a business? Learn about Main Street Grants this Wednesday

Own a business and want some financial help in getting a new storefront or interior upgrades to help improve business and connect with residents? There’s a special program called Great Streets that can provides tens of thousands of dollars. Learn more at a session this Wednesday.

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Help make "Open Streets" great for your community -- volunteer!

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Help make "Open Streets" great for your community -- volunteer!

Volunteer for the Open Streets project put together by the Mayor’s office and DDOT on October 5th and help make it a great event for your neighbors. You’ll get swag, a warm feeling of being involved, and will have time to enjoy the event, too!

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DC Stoddert Soccer is expanding their reach into Petworth this fall [sponsored]

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DC Stoddert Soccer is expanding their reach into Petworth this fall [sponsored]

The largest non-profit youth soccer organization in DC, DC Stoddert, has announced a new “Juniors East” program that includes Petworth. The program will be nearly identical to DC Stoddert’s already successful “Juniors” program with the one major difference: all practices will take place east of Rock Creek Park.

Learn how your kids can participate!

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Georgia Ave businesses can now RSVP for DDOT's Open Streets meetings

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Georgia Ave businesses can now RSVP for DDOT's Open Streets meetings

DDOT and District Bridges are holding a series of six meetings starting August 19th with businesses along the Georgia Avenue corridor who will be impacted by the closure of the road on October 5th for the “Open Streets” project.

If you own a business — or want to be involved — you should plan to attend one of the meetings.

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Attend the 2019 Park Police Citizen's Academy and learn about what they do

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Attend the 2019 Park Police Citizen's Academy and learn about what they do

I participated in the US Park Police’s first Citizen’s Academy back in 2016 (their first in a very long time, anyway), and it was a fascinating look into one of DC’s and the nation’s oldest police forces.

The program is open again for participants, and you can apply to attend.

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Georgia Avenue “Open Streets” event gets some changes

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Georgia Avenue “Open Streets” event gets some changes

The DC Department of Transportation’s plan to close three miles of Georgia Avenue for an “open streets” test is set for October 5th. Since the Petworth News articles on the closure raised some concerns, DDOT has agreed to make some changes.

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