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NEWS: 12 Dupont-area Restaurants Named in Washingtonian’s Top 100
12 restaurants in the Dupont Circle neighborhood (ANC 2B) have been named in the Washingtonian’s annual “100 Very Best Restaurants” — including 2 in the top 10. 17th Street and the P Street “Restaurant Row” were well represented.
The 12 named Dupont restaurants are:
- Komi (#2) – 1509 17th Street NW
- Little Serow (#7) – 1511 17th Street NW
- Adour @ The St. Regis – 932 16th Street NW
- The Bombay Club – 815 Connecticut Ave NW
- Boqueria – 1837 M Street NW
- DGS Delicatessen – 1317 Connecticut Ave NW
- Eola – 2020 P Street NW
- Kaz Sushi Bistro – 1915 I Street NW
- Obelisk – 2029 P Street NW
- Plume @ The Jefferson – 1200 16th Street NW
- Sushi Taro – 1503 17th Street NW
- Vidalia – 1990 M Street NW
NEWS: DDOT to Host City-Wide “Transportation Ideas Exchange”
On February 9th, DDOT is hosting a public “Transportation Ideas Exchange” to “Get DC Moving.” Here is the full DDOT notice:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Media Contact: Monica Hernandez (DDOT) 202-671-2261, monica.hernandez@dc.gov
*** PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE***
DDOT Invites Public to Transportation Idea Exchange to Get DC Moving
Citizens To Help Shape The Future Of Transportation In The District
Washington D.C. – The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) today announced the moveDC Idea Exchange, a family-friendly public event, held to share ideas about how District residents, workers and visitors can have convenient and reliable multimodal options that connect them to economic and quality of life opportunities. Anyone who drives, walks, bikes, rides a bus, or takes a train in DC should attend to help shape the plan to develop a bold, new transportation vision for the District.
The public is invited to drop in anytime or stay throughout the day to hear information, participate in interactive activities and to join a panel discussion.
What: moveDC Transportation Idea Exchange
When: Saturday, February 9, 2013
9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Transportation Fair, drop in anytime)
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (City Leader Welcome)
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Future of Transportation Panel Discussion)
Where: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW
Get there: Bicyclists: Bike racks are available outside the main entrance on G St.
Bikeshare: Kiosks at G and 12th Streets, NW and H and 8th Streets, NW
Circulator: Georgetown-Union Station Route at K and 9th Streets NW
Metrorail: Metro Center Station (Blue, Orange and Red Lines)
Gallery Place/Chinatown Station (Green, Red and Yellow Lines)
Metrobus: Visit www.wmata.com
Parking: Handicap-accessible: G Street in front of the library in designated spaces.
Off-street: 997 G Place NW, 720 10th Street NW, and 701 8th Street NW
Agenda: City Leaders’ Welcome (10:30 am – 11:00 am)
Future of Transportation Panel Discussion (11:00 am – 12:30 pm)
Interactive discussion focused on transportation and…
§ The Competitive City
§ Neighborhood Vitality
§ Shared Prosperity
§ The Sustainable City
Transportation Fair (9:30 am – 3:00 pm)
§ Transportation information booths
§ Fun, interactive activities:
o My Transportation Wish
o Transportation Activity Book
o The Great Transportation Debate
o Transportation Innovation Station
o Choose Your Move
o How’s it Moving?
o Street Dreams
o Last Call
§ Giveaways
With a rapidly-growing population and the increasing demands on the whole system, it is essential to take steps to keep DC moving. The Idea Exchange will introduce moveDC, a collaborative transportation planning effort to incorporate all methods of transportation in the District of Columbia into a single Multimodal Long Range Transportation Plan.
“This planning effort will help shape the future of transportation in the District,” said DDOT Director Terry Bellamy. “This plan will focus on bringing together transit, vehicular, bicycle, pedestrian and freight recommendations to create a seamless, convenient transportation system for the District.”
moveDC is led by DDOT’s Policy, Planning and Sustainability Administration (PPSA) and is expected to be completed by early 2014. After the Idea Exchange, there will be workshops, public meetings, surveys, and other ways to stay engaged in the process. Follow the project online at www.wemoveDC.org, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/WeMoveDC) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/wemovedc).
For those who need special accommodations or language assistance services (translation or interpretation), please contact Jordyne Blaise, Office of Civil Rights, 202-671-5117 or Jordyne.Blaise@dc.gov by February 6, 2013. These services will be provided free of charge.
NEWS: Mayor’s “State of the District” Address 2/5/13
The Mayor has announced his annual “State of the District” address for February 5, 2013 at 7:00pm at the Historic 6th & I (“Eye”) Street Synagogue. Seating will be first-come, first-served. The public invitation is below:
GUEST BLOG: Former Commissioner Phil Carney on the “Standing Ovation for Teachers” Event
Please enjoy this guest post from recently retired ANC 2B Commissioner Phil Carney:
A Standing Ovation for DC Teachers (www.stadingovationforteachers.org)
At the third annual event honoring exceptional DC public school teachers, the surprises were the award presenters: Secretary of Health and Human Services, Vernon Jordan, Jim Lehrer, Andrea Mitchel, the Mayor, a graduate of DC’s Duke Ellington School who starred in Meet the Browns TV show, and a former DC public school teacher who started her rather successful second career upstairs at Mr. Henrys on the Hill, Roberta Flack. Each had a story about a teacher or teachers who changed their lives.
George Stevens created and produces shows like the Kennedy Center Honors. Three years ago he came up with the idea for a special event to honor DC Teachers which he now also produces. The presentations are held in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall with a reception held afterward. This year there was a 46 percent increase in DC teachers rated as “exceptional.” My gardening buddy, Steve Aupperle, was one of the many honored as exceptional teachers. NBC’s Jim Vance again hosted the event. There were 7 teachers and one principal individually honored as the best of the best.
What impressed me the most were the presenter’s stories. Kathleen Sebelius shared that her nun teachers always argued that their girls would have opportunities that they never had and could accomplish amazing things. And then the Cabinet member added, “And I did.”
Jim Lehrer had my favorite story. As a teenager he wanted only to play shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He told friends who told his coach who told Lehrer that he needed another plan for his future because Jim was a lousy baseball player. The next day Lehrer’s English teacher gave him an “A” for a paper and wrote, “You are a very good writer.” By the next day he had decided to become a writer and except for 3 years in the Marines, he has spent his life writing.
Philanthropist David Rosenstein had a teacher who told him not to worry about the big words he couldn’t pronounce and had him stay after school and practice pronouncing those big words with the teacher. The teacher also took him to the Pratt Library and got him a library card that allowed him to check out 12 books a week. And every week after that, he checked out 12 books a week. Today he still reads books plus 10 newspapers every day.
Forty years ago while on Army leave in Hawaii and en route to DC from Korea, I first heard Roberta Flack in concert sing her signature song. As she explained back then, a new kitten inspired her to write her most famous song. And forty years later I again heard her sing, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. Her voice may not be as powerful, but her beautiful song still is.