Parker Flats FREE Halloween Haunted House

PARKER FLATS ANNUAL FREE HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE

The Parker Flats Condo Association is pleased to announce that we are holding our annual Haunted House for kids of all ages on October 31 at 2035 2^nd St. NW at the corner of 2^nd and Elm St. The doors open and the screaming begins promptly at 6:30pm and the event will die off with the last bodies being admitted at 9:00pm sharp!!! Last year over 300 people came through and were never heard from again…this year we are hoping for even MORE bodies to feed upon. Our theme this year is pure “insanity” and you do not want to miss out! There is no cost to come and enjoy and we will have scary elevator rides, escaped mental patients, chainsaw murderers, free electroshock treatments, ghouls, apples with razor blades in them, psych ward doctors, and torture of all shapes and sizes…oh yeah we have free candy/refreshments too! Of course all are welcome regardless of where you live so please feel free to spread the word to anyone and everyone. Again this event it totally FREE for anyone who want to come and have the daylights scared out of them!!!

 

So spread the word and come on out to enjoy this terrific event which has now become a neighborhood tradition. We truly are dying to see you all!!!

 

Coldest Regards,

 

The Parker Flats Condo Owners

2035 2^nd St. NW

For more info or to make a donation to this event please email parkerflatsliving@gmail.com

(Donations are appreciated but not necessary and can be made via cash, check, Visa, MC, Discover, and spare body parts of course!!!)

 

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Single Member District Meeting 10/22/11

ANC 5C
Single Member District 5C05

Saturday, October 22, 2011, 12:00pm-1:30pm

RAP Inc.

 1949 4th Street, NE
Washington, D.C 20002


Agenda



Greetings and Introductions

Redistricting Update

RAP Inc. Development Update

Discussion with DDOT about R Street truck related traffic issues

5c05 Liquor License Renewals

Crime Report

Community Concerns       (Please limit all comments to 90 seconds)

Meeting Adjourned 1:30pm

ANC5C Meeting Agenda 10/18/11

Ward 5 ANC Redistricting Plan

At the October 6th, Ward 5 ANC and Single Member District meeting, the task force was presented with three ANC options in which they where to vote on. At the September 14, task force meeting the larger group voted to allow a smaller group, comprised of some of the task force executive board members, to create options for ANC's based on the feedback given by residents in attendance that night. Most of the residents and task force members wanted to see options for smaller, more neighborhood focused commissions. The executive body took the advice, went back to the drawing board and proposed the three options below.

While two of the three options proposed, do exactly what many in the group wanted, create smaller commissions, they make very little since. Starting with the dramatic change in smd boundaries. Several smd's where altered significantly and no longer meet the 1900 resident criteria outlined in the Office of Planning redistricting guidelines. Several neighborhoods where also split between multiple ANC's, which is bound to be a hurdle when dealing with hot button issues. The biggest blunder of all is the ANC that runs West to East across the ward, from New Jersey Avenue to Eastern Avenue. This particular ANC includes parts of the Bloomingdale neighborhood, Bates and Eckington along with over 5 others.

Voting on the below plans was further complicated because there where no maps that displayed the proposed options and the text for some of the smd's had errors or just where not complete at all. Despite the lack of information and concern from the audience that the plan was hard to visualize, a vote still took place. The plan that ended up getting the majority of votes was the 6 commission option. People in support said the option got their vote because it was the only one that seemed to keep their neighborhoods together. However, it does the direct opposite for the rather close Bates, Bloomingdale, Eckington and Edgewood neighborhoods.

Hopefully the group is open to feedback and takes a second look at whats been proposed prior to our next meeting and council review. It's no reason a plan like this, that seems rushed and not well thought out should be considered final. It would be great to see a few options that make smaller commissions, with neighborhoods that are relatively close and use the smd boundaries the task force agreed on originally. 

Below are maps of what was proposed and option number 2 is what the majority of the voting members decided upon. 


Option 1 has 5 ANC's

View Ward 5 - Option 1 in a larger map




Option 2 has 6 ANC's

View Ward 5 - Option 2 in a larger map


Option 3 has 3 ANC's

View Ward 5 - Option 3 in a larger map


Maps created by Geoff Hatchard 

NoMa West Renderings

Here are a few renderings of the NoMa West development currently being built at Harry Thomas Way and Eckington Place NE.