Help shape the new Petworth Main Street by joining their Board

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Help shape the new Petworth Main Street by joining their Board

The Board of Directors of Uptown Community Initiative (aka Uptown Main Street) is recruiting new Board members to join the Petworth Main Street board to represent Petworth. The UMS Main Street programs serve Upshur Street from 8th to 13th Streets, Georgia Avenue between Upshur St and Missouri Ave, Upper 14th Street (from Spring Road to Longfellow Street), and Kennedy Street (from 14th to North Capitol Street).

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Voice your opinion on the redistricting of ANC and SMD boundaries this Sunday

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Voice your opinion on the redistricting of ANC and SMD boundaries this Sunday

The DC Council will host nine meetings on redistricting of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions and their Single Member Districts. You can register to speak at an upcoming public meeting.

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A look at a bumpy real estate market for 2022 [sponsored]

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A look at a bumpy real estate market for 2022 [sponsored]

Local agent Marc Dosik takes a look at the year behind us, and what’s coming up in 2022 in a real estate market that is still making history.

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DC Water & DC gov offers new program to help cover cost of replacing lead pipes

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DC Water & DC gov offers new program to help cover cost of replacing lead pipes

Last year, DC Water estimated that the city had 28,000 service lines with lead pipes. In 2019, DC Water launched the Lead Free DC initiative to remove all lead services lines by 2030. The last time that Petworth News wrote about this initiative in 2016, residents were responsible for the cost of replacing the lines on their property.

Now, DC Water has programs in place to make the cost of replacement either free or discounted to residents. If you haven’t replaced your pipes and you need to, it’s the right time to get it taken care of. Here are the steps you should take…

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Distributing masks to those in need across Ward 4

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Distributing masks to those in need across Ward 4

What started with two masks being offered to teens has now become a much larger effort to get masks into the hands — and on the faces — of those who need them. Ryan Gill is helping people in Ward 4 get the N95 masks they need.

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When COVID comes home — ideas on occupying your family during an infection

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When COVID comes home — ideas on occupying your family during an infection

On Christmas morning before our extended family gathering, my immediate family all took rapid COVID-19 tests per the extended family agreement. My oldest child’s test was positive. I immediately thought… “F*ck.” There started two weeks of quarantine and trying to find activities to occupy my two kids. Here’s some of the COVID-safe things we did.

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Own a food business? DC’s “Food Innovation Waste” grants have opened

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Own a food business? DC’s “Food Innovation Waste” grants have opened

The Department of Small & Local Business Development (DSLBD) has opened applications for the Food Waste Innovation Grant. District-based food businesses can receive a free food waste assessment, $1,000 in compost credit, or a larger grant to fund innovative food recovery, food waste reduction, or food scrap processing.

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Cure the Streets violence interruption program comes to Petworth

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Cure the Streets violence interruption program comes to Petworth

This year, Petworth has seen a dramatic increase in gun violence; the rest of the city has seen the same.

Why is that? What is the cause behind gun violence in our neighborhood? I held conversations this last month with a handful of officials and thought leaders to gain a better understanding of the issue and consider what the city is doing to address it.

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Local businesses you can support this holiday season

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Local businesses you can support this holiday season

If you are looking for a double win — supporting a local business while also giving someone an awesome holiday gift, look no further! Check out this curated list of local neighborhood businesses and their holiday offerings. There’s probably so many more small businesses and artisans in the area — just look around!

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Help provide housing for 10 unhoused neighbors this winter

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Help provide housing for 10 unhoused neighbors this winter

The average median household income for Ward 4 is just over $94,000 (according to DC Health Matters). Juxtapose that with the ugly truth that, every year, as a community, we lose neighbors to hypothermia and overexposure. You can help.

Winter is here.

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Support your Petworth schools at an Art & Craft Holiday Market on Sunday, December 12th

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Support your Petworth schools at an Art & Craft Holiday Market on Sunday, December 12th

Local elementary schools have joined forces to fundraise together this holiday season at the first Petworth PTO Holiday Market, hosted by Dorothy Height Elementary School on Sunday, December 12th from 10-2pm.

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Celebrate the holidays with Hanukkah & Christmas fun (& a Gift Drive) at The Parks on December 4th

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Celebrate the holidays with Hanukkah & Christmas fun (& a Gift Drive) at The Parks on December 4th

Celebrate the holidays on December 4th from 5-6:30pm with friends and neighbors as a 20-foot tree and 12-foot Hanukkah menorah are lit to brighten the new Arts Plaza at The Parks at Walter Reed. Enjoy a choir singing holiday tunes, warm up with hot beverages, fire pits, s’mores and tasty treats for kids and grown-ups at the Holiday Celebration at The Parks.

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Black Fire documentary film explores DC's Black-owned independent Jazz label

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Black Fire documentary film explores DC's Black-owned independent Jazz label

The Home Rule Music and Film Preservation Society is taking a closer look at a specific chapter in our city’s musical story: Black Fire Records, a Black-owned independent jazz record label that started in DC in the 1970s. They’re raising funds via a Kickstarter campaign to complete the project.

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DC Holiday Lights brings sparkling joy around the city

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DC Holiday Lights brings sparkling joy around the city

DC Holiday Lights returns to brighten our streets on Friday November 19th, running until January 6th. This fun streetscape decorations will be in 14 unique commercial corridors with hundreds of businesses signed up to decorate their storefronts. Residents and visitors are invited to pursue the streets, soak in the razzle and dazzle of the season, and participate in a scavenger hunt, all while hopefully shopping small to support our local businesses.

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