The Ward 8 Farmers Market is back!

Open every Saturday 9am - 2pm at THEARC in Congress Heights.

Stay tuned for the Farmers Market Shuttle Bus! 

Ward 8 June Meetings

Every Tuesday @ 7:00 pm

Free Zumba Classes

The Professional Building

2101 MLK Jr. Avenue, S.E.

Lower Level

Washington, D.C. 20020

Support Our Parks

Follow the Oxon Run Park project on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Oxon-Run-Trail/125390034221194

June 2012

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 @ 10:30 am

Domestic Violence Workshop

CM Barry’s SE Office

2100 MLK Jr. Avenue, S.E.

3^rd Floor Conference Room

Washington, D.C. 20020

If you have been abused and looking for love in all the wrong places, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 from 9:00 am – 12:00 noon

1^st Anniversary of DCRA’s Small Business Resource Center

Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

1100-4^th Street, S.W. 2^nd Floor

Washington, D.C. 20024 (Waterfront-SEU Metro Station)

Keynote Speaker:  Mayor Vincent Gray

Anacostia Skate Park

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Riding Journal Day 7 | The Circle Of Bike

1s Stop: Wildlife Seminar @ Shepherd Park

I can't believe it has only been a week since I resumed biking after at 20-year hiatus. There are so many wonderful benefits of riding again: the exercise, connecting with fellow bikers, and discovering new parts of my community.

Shane Farthing, WABA Executive Director (and all around nice guy!) stopped by today to bring my neighbor, Ms. Cynthia, her newly repaired bike. After a 30+ year stint collecting dust in storage her bike was now  functional. At 66 years old, Ms. Cynthia would once again be able to enjoy riding her Fuji. How cool is that?

2nd Stop: Ward 8 Farmers Market @THEARC

Before we reunited Ms. Cynthia with her bike we decided to road test it by riding through the neighborhood. We headed over to the National Park Service sponsored wildlife seminar in Shepherd's Park and then headed over to the Ward 8 Farmer's Market at THEARC. At the end of our ride I had accomplished quite a few things.

1. Riding a bike for transportation, not just recreation 
2. Riding down a big hill (Wheeler Rd)
3. Riding up a big hill (Stanton Rd)
4. Farthest bike ride 
5. Using the gears properly
6. Deciding that I absolutely, positively want to buy a bike of my own 

Once we returned back to Casa Advoc8te we called Ms. Cynthia to see her "surprise."  Ms. Cynthia was tickled pink to see the bike that she had brought IN PIECES was road-worthy once again. Soon she was planning on buying a bike helmet and getting back in the saddle bike seat again. We have already made plans to ride our bikes to the next Ward 8 Farmers Market.

Shane reintroduces Ms. Cynthia to her Fuji friend

Today at 11am - 12pm free wildlife seminar at MLK + Malcolm X - live animals!

The National Park Service is hosting a free wildlife seminar in the park at MLK + Malcolm X in wildlife. Learn about the beavers, foxes, possums, and squirrels that call our community home. There will even be some live animals -- like snakes!

Come check it out.

I'm going to ride my bike out there!

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SP | JUNE 1 - Core Health & Wellness Center Open House + Grand Opening

FRIDAY, JUNE 1ST

10am - open house

1pm - ribbon cutting + dedication ceremony

To learn more about Core Health & Wellness Center visit them on the web at: www.corehealthdc.com.

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City Biz | DC Calls for Proposals for St Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion

Go HERE for the full article.

Excerpt:

The DC Dept. of General Services (DGS) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the design and construction of a flexible structure on the St Elizabeths East campus to serve a wide range of interim uses and allow visitors to experience the site before redevelopment is complete. 

Envisioned as a destination for casual dining, as well as a venue for hosting a farmers' market and other weekend and afterhours, community, cultural and arts events, the Gateway Pavilion will host a number of small vendors/food stalls, food trucks and other mobile vendors, shared seating for patrons, and support facilities including storage and restroom spaces. 

The Gateway Pavilion will aim to serve as an interim - believed to be 2 to 5 years - heart of the East Campus, drawing pedestrian traffic from the West Campus, the Congress Heights neighborhood, and the adjacent Congress Heights Metro station. 

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Save The Date | LUMEN8Anacostia Wrap Party

Sat, June 16th
6pm - 10pm
Stay tuned for details!

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WashPo | Library board bucks D.C. politicos on Bellevue naming

Library trustees prepare to vote at Wednesday’s meeting. (John Muller)

Go HERE to read the full Washington Post article by Mike DeBonis.

Excerpt:

First it was the Washington Highlands library. Then it was the Bellevue library. Then it was the William O. Lockridge Library at Bellevue. Now it’s the Bellevue library again. But it’s not likely to stay that way long. 

The monthslong saga over the naming of a new $15 million D.C. Public Library branch in far Southwest has deepened, weeks ahead of a scheduled ribbon-cutting. The library’s board of trustees voted last Wednesday to undo a D.C. Council vote naming the facility after Lockridge, a community activist and school board member who died in January 2011.
That vote goes against the wishes of Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D), whovoiced support for the Lockridge naming shortly after his death, and the D.C. Council, which voted in December to overturn the board’s previous choice of Bellevue and add Lockridge’s name.

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