The Edgewood Civic Association

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Edgewood Civic Civic association serving the communities of Edgewood and Eckington.

Browsing Archive: March, 2010

Pedestrian Bridge for Rhode Island Metro

Posted by Timothy Clark on Sunday, March 28, 2010, In : Rhode Island Ave 
The issue of the long promised pedestrian bridge to Rhode Island Metro station has been brought up several times in the debate over what could have helped save the now closed Safeway. Well it seems like the wait is finally over. 

 
 WASHINGTON - Metro riders who want to walk or bike to the Rhode Island Avenue station will soon have an easier time of it.

Metro's board of directors has approved an agreement allowing the D.C. Department of Transportation (web | news) to build a bicycle and pedestri...

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Senior Day at Universoul Circus

Posted by Alice Thompson on Tuesday, March 16, 2010,
UniverSoul Circus Tickets

UniverSoul Circus

May 6-23, 2010

Capital Plaza Mall

6900 Annapolis Rd., Landover Hills, MD  20784

Senior Days – 10:30 am show

May 7,11, 12, 13 14,19,20,21,

Ticketmaster. com


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DPR Hosts Soccer/Futsal Championship Games

Posted by eca on Tuesday, March 16, 2010,
Department of Parks and Recreation, Athletic Programs Administration - (202) 671-1700

DPR Hosts Soccer/Futsal Championship Games

 

Media Contact: John A. Stokes, (202) 673-2195


Athletic Programs Contact: Abdullah Tunis, (202) 297-6856

 

(Washington, DC), Today, the DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) released the schedule for the Annual DPR Winter Soccer/Futsal Championships for March 17 – 22, 2010.  Over 300 players of all ages, on 28 teams will compete to earn the championship title, the District of Columbia Cup.   

Futsal is an indoor version of soccer, played by two te...


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National Marathon Info

Posted by Timothy Clark on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, In : National Marathon 

SunTrust National Marathon Street Closings on Saturday, March 20, 2010


WASHINGTON, D.C. –The 5th Annual SunTrust National Marathon, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield National Half Marathon and Relay Raceswill be run on Saturday, March 20, 2010, with a 7 a.m. start time and 1 p.m. finish time. This half-day event includes a 26.2-mile marathon, a 13.1 mile half marathon, and relay races. The race route starts and ends at RFK Stadium and runs through six of the city’s eight wards. Race officials...


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Rhode Island Station Development to Break Ground Soon

Posted by ECA on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, In : Rhode Island Ave 
A big piece of the Rhode Island Avenue redevelopment is set to break grounds within 90 days.  This will hopefully play a big role in getting a new grocer in at 4th and Rhode Island.

The District plans to finalize financing for Rhode Island Station, a transit-oriented mixed-use development near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station, with A&R Development Corp. and Urban Atlantic, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Valerie Santos told a D.C. Council committee Tuesday.

The developer...


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Edgewood MBT Trail Talk from the Rails to Trails Blog

Posted by Timothy Clark on Sunday, March 14, 2010, In : MBT 
What Do a Rail-Trail and a Grocery Store Have in Common?

Last week, the Safeway grocery store at the Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center in Washington, D.C., closed its doors. Although the store location was walkable from the Edgewood neighborhood and close to a Metro station, the neighborhood is bisected by a traffic-choked road and a rail line, leaving the shopping center cut off from many potential customers arriving o...


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Street Sweeping in Ward 5

Posted by Timothy Clark on Friday, March 12, 2010, In : DPW 

Daytime Residential Street Sweeping Resumes March 22, Ticketing Begins March 29  
Street sweeping will resume in scheduled, signed residential neighborhoods on Monday, March 22, 2010.

The Department of Public Works (DPW) has announced that daytime mechanical street sweeping will resume in scheduled, signed residential neighborhoods on Monday, March 22, 2010. Alternate-side parking restrictions in these areas will go into effect as well. Parking tickets, which carry a $30 fine, will be issued, b...


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ANC5C March Meeting Agenda

Posted by Timothy Clark on Friday, March 12, 2010, In : ANC 5C 

Tuesday, March 16, 2009                                             Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, in the old sanctuary

7:00pm -9:15pm                                                               1613-15 3rd Street, NW (entrance mid-block up stairs)

                                               

AGENDA

 March 2010 Community Meeting

 

ANC5C participants are invited to bring suggestions and recommendations for community improvement to the meeting.  However, please observe simply courtesie...


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ECA Community Input Survey

Posted by Timothy Clark on Saturday, March 6, 2010,
Please take the time to fill out the ECA community survey your input is extremely important to us. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http
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ECA 2010 Meeting Schedule

Posted by Timothy Clark on Saturday, March 6, 2010, In : Community News 

February 22, 2010

McKinley Tech HS – Room 150

150 T. Street, NE, WDC 20002

 

March 22, 2010

The Edgewood View, Crawford Hall

635 Edgewood Street, NE – 9th fl.

WDC 20011

 

April 26, 2010

McKinley Tech HS

 

May 24, 2010

Harry Thomas Community Center

1743 Lincoln Road, NE

Washington, DC 20002

 

June 19, 2010

The Edgewood Recreational Center (tentative)

Evarts Street NE

Time:  (to be announced)

 

September 27, 2010

The Edgewood View, Crawford Hall

635 Edgewood Street, ...


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Say Farewell to Our Safeway Friendly Customer Service Representatives

Posted by Donetta Clark on Saturday, March 6, 2010, In : Safeway Closing 

SAFEWAY CLOSES SATURADY, MARCH 6, 2010

STORE #271

514 Rhode Island Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002

 

Edgewood –Eckington Citizens

Let’s Show Some Love to _____________

Our Friends [Customer Care Experts: cashiers, pharmacists, packers, deli, bakery, meat department, to all]; as the Safeway closes we are having our friends removed from us.

                                                       They deserve it!

We encour...


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