The Fairlawn Informer Fairlawn Citizens Association, Inc. President: Graylin Presbury 202-678-0291/[email protected] P.O. Box 30912 Washington, DC 20030-0912 Web: www.fairlawndc.org Vice President: Phillip Haughton 202-678-5636/[email protected] Fairlawn Citizens Association Monthly Meeting Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 7:00 PM Ora L. Glover Community Room, Anacostia Neighborhood Public Library 1800 Good Hope Road, SE, Washington, DC 20020 11th Street Bridge Park and DDOT: Penn., Minn., & DC-295 Our January speakers are Scott Kratz, Director, 11th Street Bridge Park and Mr. Dawit Muluneh of DDOT. The 11th Street Bridge Park is a planned new signature destination that will be built on the original pillars of the old bridge crossing the Anacostia River connecting the Capitol Hill and Anacostia neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the DDOT presentation will concern proposed changes to the Pennsylvania & Minnesota Avenue interchange and the nearby DC-295 ramps and the Sousa Bridge. 2015 OPC’s Horizons 2015 Horizons 2015: Uniting Energy, Technology and Consumers Symposium, is OPC’s spring 2015 symposium; a day of education for utility consumers who are seeking to connect to service providers that will present information to them about a new world of technology and service options. On Saturday April 18, at the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke Law School, 4340 Connecticut Ave., NW (near Connecticut Avenue and Yuma Street) from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Horizons 2015 will feature many dynamic speakers, food and prizes and, most importantly, will be a forum for District residents to raise their questions, concerns and ideas regarding DC’s energy future. To register please visit: http://horizons2015.net/ or call the Office of the People’s Counsel for the District of Columbia at: (202) 727-3071. Capital Bikeshare Open House On Wednesday, January 28, 6:00-8:00 PM at MLK Library, in Room A5, DDOT and the participating jurisdictions (Arlington County, City of Alexandria and Montgomery County) that own Capital Bikeshare, will host an open house. Representatives will present proposed fare increases, review system highlights and performance, solicit feedback from riders and discuss other issues related to the growth and development of the region’s most innovative transportation network. Learn more at: http://www.capitalcommunitynews.com/content/ddot-andparticipating-jurisdictions-host-capital-bikeshare-openhouse#sthash.E96pwrsL.dpuf. Please Report Illegal Activity Prompt and detailed reporting of suspicious activities helps prevent crime. If you see suspicious activity, or any activity that seems out of the ordinary, immediately call 911. When reporting suspicious activity, give an accurate description. Here are some things to include: • Brief description of the activity; • Date, time and location of the activity; • Physical identifiers of anyone you observed; • Descriptions of vehicles involved; • Information about where the people involved in the suspicious activity may have gone; • Your name and contact information. Remember, dialing 911 is the most direct route to access police service. Holiday Pot Luck Dinner We had another fantastic Christmas Holiday Pot Luck Dinner last month. There was plenty of good food and great fellowship among the 40 or so attendees. A special thank you to Patricia Green and all the others who pitched in to do whatever was necessary to make the event a fantastic success. There were so many door prizes; I think all but maybe three attendees won at least one door prize. Thank you Norma Brown, Donna Morrow and Donna Watts; I understand there were so many Harvest Ball door prizes donated that some were withheld just for the Pot Luck. Thank you all, everyone! Harvest Ball Ticket Layaway Because the Harvest Ball is our major fundraiser for the Fairlawn Scholarship Fund and we would like to get more participation from the Association’s general membership, I am proposing that we are piloting a ticket layaway plan. Fairlawn members may make deposits towards their purchase of a $50 Harvest Ball ticket and receive a deposit receipt. In cooperation with the Treasurer, Mr. Presbury will receive the deposits, issue the receipts, and maintain the record. All money received will be deposited into the Fairlawn general account. If the purchaser later decides they don't want their ticket and asks for a refund of their deposits, there will be a flat $5 service charge that will go directly to the Scholarship Fund. Purchasers may layaway as many tickets as they like, one ticket at a time, and may make deposits as frequently as they like through Mr. Presbury. To arrange a payment pickup please contact Mr. Presbury at 202-678-0291 or email: [email protected]. Now Open! Skyland Workforce Center The Skyland Workforce Center at 2509 Good Hope Road, SE, is now open. It is a joint project of the development and construction team for the Skyland Town Center and Workplace DC, a group of local non-profit organizations that provide employment-related services. The goal of the Center is to co-locate services and programs on-site that connect job seekers with positions and services that can help them to successfully obtain and retain employment with training and referral services. While the Center will assist with placing individuals with construction-related positions on the project, it will also offer a broad range of services to help individuals with placement in other jobs and to improve their education and skills. The nonprofits that will be providing services at the Center are: LIFT-DC is providing case management; Jubilee Jobs is doing job placement; Southeast Ministry is providing GED tutoring and adult basic education; STRIVE-DC is offering job readiness training; Byte Back is providing computer literacy training. D.C. Public, Charter & Private School Students Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late! The Fairlawn Informer needs student distributors. Earn your required community service credit hours by delivering the Fairlawn Informer once a month. For more information or to sign up, please call Mr. Presbury at 202678-0291 or email: [email protected]. Our Condolences to… Shirley Bethea on the loss of her son… and to Onieda Hall on the loss of her father. Correction to: December New & Renewed Members Cynthia Long Herbert Smith Janaury New & Renewed Members Mary Richardson Susie Resper George Resper Greta Fuller Demetra Rhone Patricia Tolson Paula Davis James Davis, II James Davis, III Donna Watts Happy Birthday! Members Born in January William Bowles James Clark Carl Cornelious Russell Cothran Johnnie Ferguson Kheli Morgan George Morgan Antionelle Ross Alice Summers Paul Simms Patricia Green Cherry Gillis Clara Hawkins Rev. Oliver Johnson Paul Little, Jr. Earl Lesesne Howard Terry Thomas William, Jr. Pattie West Barbara Wilson Alberta Wilkins Rhonda Young Internet Safety for Teens Thursday, January 22, 2015, 6:00 PM, at the Anacostia Library. The Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu will lead a workshop in Teen Space to educate our teens about Internet safety. MEMBERSHIP DUES FCA dues are $10 per person and are collected from September thru April. All annual memberships expire on August 31. Dues paid after April are applied to the Membership Year beginning the following September. To be recognized on your birth month or to meet FCA Scholarship qualifications, your dues must be current for at least one year. See membership form below. 2015 ANC Information There are now three Single Member Districts (SMD) located wholly within Fairlawn and four additional SMDs that are partially located within Fairlawn’s boundaries. SMDs 8A01, 8A02, and 8A03 are all wholly within Fairlawn and SMDs 8A05, 8A06, 8B01 and 7B03 are partially located in Fairlawn. The new and re-elected ANC Commissioners serving the Fairlawn SMDs are: Holly Muhammad (8A01), Barbara Clark (8A02), Cynthia W. Simms (8A03), Charles E. Wilson (8A05), Tina L. Fletcher (8A06), Khadijah Watson (8B01) and Gary Butler (7B03). ANC 8A meets on the first Tuesday of the month at the Anacostia UPO Center, 1649 Good Hope Road, SE, at 7:00 PM. CAC & PSA Information Fairlawn is in the 6th & 7th Districts of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and in Police Service Areas (PSAs) 607 & 701. The 6D Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) meets on the second Monday at 7:00 PM at100 42nd Street NE, while the PSA 607 (postponed) Lt. is Michael Jamieson and it meets on the second Thursday at 7:00 PM at MPD 6D Substation at 2701 Pennsylvania Ave, SE. The 7D CAC meets on the third Wednesday at 2455 Alabama Avenue, SE, while the PSA 701 Lt. is Craig Royal and it meets on the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM at the UPO Anacostia Center, 1649 Good Hope Road, SE. The Fairlawn Informer is published every month, except July and August, by the Fairlawn Citizens Association. After publication, more information may be found at www.fairlawndc.org. To provide information to the editor or the website, or to make inquiries, please email: [email protected]. 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