This Takoma Park property offers large space and a ton of great features
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This charming brick home located at 206 Peabody St NE is nestled in a lovely, quiet neighborhood close to Takoma Park and all of its amenities.
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Agenda for ANC 4C November 2019 meeting
/Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C will host their November meeting at the Petworth Library in the Community Meeting room on the lower level. The meeting will begin promptly at 6:30pm on Wednesday, November 13th.
Read MoreCommunity Engagement: A talk with John Hughes from Friends of the Soldiers’ Home
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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.
Read MoreUpdate on listserv merge, some budget needed
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So migrating old content and email addresses comes with a cost … ($110 to be exact).
How about donating a dollar?
Read MoreSurvey on merging Petworth and Greater Grant Circle listservs
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I have created a survey for you to help me as I work to transition the Greater Grant Circle and the Petworth listservs to a new platform. As I was putting it together, I wondered at the option of merging these two listservs and reducing email clutter (and hey, no lie here, reducing my administrative work…).
Read MoreHis name is Yasser, but you can say “Yes, sir”
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Roosevelt High School has a new Arabic language teacher, whose goal is to help students learn one of the “critical world languages” being used across the globe. Yasser is finding teaching in an American school a challenge, and is using creative tactics to engage students.
Read More3rd Annual Dia de los Muertos celebration on Saturday November 2nd
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Join Petworth Arts Collaborative's 3rd Annual Dia de los Muertos celebration on Saturday November 2nd from 9am-1pm at the Petworth Farmers Market. There will be Dance, Music, a Community Altar, Calavera Face Painting and more!
Read MoreFeatured Property: It's all about the fine details at 4132 7th Street NW
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Perfectly nestled in the heart of Petworth, this elegant porch front rowhome at 4132 7th Street NW is perched on a quiet side street. The welcoming and exceptionally landscaped front garden is a beautiful oasis, featuring a premium Pennsylvania flagstone front walkway and porch, with a porch swing perfect for enjoying a drink on a beautiful morning. Open House: Saturday & Sunday 10/26-10/27 1-3PM
Read MoreSome Halloween events coming up!
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Halloween in Petworth is usually pretty quiet — except for all the local parades and block parties!
Read MoreA birthday pavilion, a "teen lounge" and lots of swings coming to Petworth Playground
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DPR plans to completely renovate both the little and big kids playgrounds, regrade the field and install a larger stage with a pavilion roof, upgrade the splash park, improve ADA access throughout the park, and install an outdoor teen hangout area with swings and other “passive movement” structures.
Read MoreTake a survey for Catholic University nursing students!
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Two third-year nursing students at the Catholic University of America in Brookland are taking a class in Community Health, and as part of their course requirements they are conducting a “windshield survey” of a neighborhood in DC — in this case, Petworth. They’re hoping you’ll anonymously answer some questions about the neighborhood.
Read MoreTour Crestwood houses while donating to a good cause
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CASA Crestwood is an annual neighborhood tour of homes raising funds for the prevention of homelessness in DC. See inside six eye-candy homes and one spectacular church in Crestwood, and raise funds to help upend the housing crisis.
Read MoreHelping local businesses and transforming Petworth's economy through microfinance Initiatives
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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.
Read MoreMake therapy sessions a walk in the park with the Kennedy Counseling Collective [sponsored]
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What if you could go for a walk and talk to someone, dig into what’s going on in your life and have someone there to help? That someone is the Kennedy Counseling Collective, and they’re starting a new program to help neighbors get the benefits of therapy while reducing stress.
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