DC’s Winter Ready grant program helps Petworth restaurants prepare for colder months

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DC’s Winter Ready grant program helps Petworth restaurants prepare for colder months

In colder temperatures, folks may increasingly have to choose between dining indoors, at higher risk to Covid, or give up restaurants altogether.

So Mayor Muriel Bowser and Shawn Townsend, the Director of the DC Office of Nightlife and Culture, came up with a plan: they opened a $4 million grant to provide funds to restaurants seeking to winterize their space. The Streatery Winter Ready Grant Program provides up to $6,000 per restaurant for sidewalk cafes, summer gardens, and streaterys, located in DC. The grants can be used for tents, heating, lighting, furniture, and marketing – all in hopes of sustaining outdoor dining during the chillier months.

Here’s what some local restaurants are doing.

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Truesdell finally gets a new playground and residents are happy

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Truesdell finally gets a new playground and residents are happy

On Friday, November 13th, Mayor Muriel Bowser held an opening ceremony for the new $1.5 million playground at Truesdell Elementary School at 800 Ingraham Street NW. The new playground replaced a nearly 40-year old playground that was too small and proved to be unsafe for multiple students, according to Fareha Ahmed with the Truesdell’s Family Teacher Organization.

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Proposed library changes: Shepherd Park to close, Petworth to get refreshed, new Brightwood Park library

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Proposed library changes: Shepherd Park to close, Petworth to get refreshed, new Brightwood Park library

DC Public Libraries released a new master plan on November 19th that proposes changes to the libraries in our area, including refreshing the existing Petworth library and replacing the existing Shepherd Park library with a new library in Brightwood Park. The plan, titled Next Libris, Latin for “from the books,” lays out its research over DC demographics, library usage trends, and its goals in the coming years.

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Why were power and lights flickering across the area last week?

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Why were power and lights flickering across the area last week?

On Wednesday, November 11th, the local Twitterverse and email listservs lit up about homes being in the dark. People from Park View up to Brightwood and over to Crestwood and 16th Street Heights all commented that their lights were flickering on and off. What was going on?

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Autumn slowly falls over Petworth with warm colors for the colder days

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Autumn slowly falls over Petworth with warm colors for the colder days

The fall colors in the neighborhood have been especially good this year. All the rain over the summer helped the trees hold onto their leaves longer than last year and the results have been spectacular.

If you’ve found yourself walking around our beautiful neighborhood admiring the flowers and wondering what you’re looking at, we’re here to help. Welcome to "Petworth Blooming,” a popular series featuring some of the most common plants and flowers seen around Petworth. Follow @petworthblooms on Instagram for additional photos of our neighborhood flora.

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Let Petworth restaurants make your Thanksgiving easy and delicious

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Let Petworth restaurants make your Thanksgiving easy and delicious

COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in many of our Thanksgiving plans, but that does not mean it should keep us from having a delicious holiday meal. Whether you are looking to cook an entire meal or want to skip the cooking altogether (we don’t blame you, 2020 has been exhausting) we have rounded up the best Turkey Day options in Petworth.

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Photo gallery of the Socially Distant Halloween Parade!

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Photo gallery of the Socially Distant Halloween Parade!

The Petworth News Socially Distant Halloween Parade was a success! Really couldn’t be happier with how smoothly the parade went, how many people showed up, the kids and the costumes — awesome. It couldn’t have happened without the whole neighborhood pulling together!

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What you need to know if you're attending or want to watch the Socially Distant Halloween Parade

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What you need to know if you're attending or want to watch the Socially Distant Halloween Parade

The main priority is Covid-safety, followed by fun for our neighborhood kids. The US Park Police will be onsite to help with vehicle traffic and local safety. DDOT will have cones out. We’ll have more than a dozen volunteers onhand to help.

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Petworth neighbor launches business to create masks and promote women

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Petworth neighbor launches business to create masks and promote women

Erika Goodwin, a Petworth resident and a native Washingtonian, founded Creations by EME after sewing cloth masks for friends and family at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. She initially made masks to help cover her family and to keep them safe from the epidemic. She then started to make masks for her friends and extended family, to make sure that they were safe. Friends started to make large requests that never abated, and she realized that her hobby could become monetized and help fund her retirement.

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Black-owned restaurants share impacts of Covid and racial justice advocacy on business

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Black-owned restaurants share impacts of Covid and racial justice advocacy on business

Every restaurant I talked to had a different story. Fish in the Hood was concerned by neighborhood changes long before Covid arrived. Backyard Smoke Spot evaded closures because of its in-house convenience store. Mr. Braxton took a hit in sales due to Covid but has since largely recovered. Tsehay is still struggling and never saw tangible support from the promotion of Black-owned restaurants.

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AFRH reaches agreement on developing 80 acres for new retail, residential and more

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AFRH reaches agreement on developing 80 acres for new retail, residential and more

This past July, the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the DC government which set out the process to redevelop about 80 acres of its 272 acre campus. While a date for groundbreaking has not been set, the original redevelopment plan was approved in 2008, and then amended in 2018. AFRH will resubmit the master plans for review again later this fall.

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Fields 4 Valor farm helps veterans, and the Petworth resident who started it

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Fields 4 Valor farm helps veterans, and the Petworth resident who started it

Petworth resident Peter Scott has spent his entire adult life serving others. First the United States through his military career, and now to veterans in-need by providing food. Their Maryland farm provides 2 tons of food, and they can always use more volunteers to help.

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Featured Property: 755 Kenyon St NW

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Featured Property: 755 Kenyon St NW

Exposed brick brings through the full character of this cozy 2 bedroom, 2 bath rowhome, while the beautiful rustic wood flooring seamlessly connects all rooms on the main level.

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The 2020 ANC 4C candidates, in their own words

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The 2020 ANC 4C candidates, in their own words

ANC 4C has 10 single member districts, of which 2 have no opposition. The rest have two people running, so there’s 18 candidates offering their information. Remember, you only vote for one commissioner for your Single Member District.

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