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NEWS: Follow-up Parking Meeting Tuesday 10/2/2012

Last April the Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commission arranged a meeting with DC officials to discuss residential parking regulations and the methods various neighborhoods are using to ensure the most efficient use of limited street parking spaces. As a follow up a second meeting, also with DC officials, is planned for Tuesday, October 2, starting at 7 PM at the Hotel Dupont. This meeting will build on the discussion we had in April and then focus on specific parking options for our neighborhood.

Please join us if you can.

NEWS: Public Meeting on Proposed Stead Park Improvements 10/3/12

On Wednedsay, October 3rd from 7:00pm to 8:30pm, the Friends of Stead Park (FOSP) will be hosting a meeting at the Jewish Community Center to present initial proposed plans for improvements of Stead Park, especially the playing field area. Stakeholders are encouraged to attend.

NEWS: Bicycle Safety Meeting 9/27/12

Day/Time: September 27 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

Location: The Chastleton Ballroom, 1701 16th St., NW (corner of 16th & R)

The Dupont Circle and Logan Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC) jointly announce a public meeting for residents, business owners and organizations to discuss bicycle safety issues in the community. With biking for transit expanding rapidly in our community, many issues, concerns, and questions have arisen. Some topics for discussion are:

The District’s plans to make DC more bike/pedestrian-friendly; any plans or ideas for the Dupont-Logan area and its residents.
The laws/rules about street/sidewalk biking; consequences for those who break them. Whether any of these laws/rules should be revised or updated by the City Council.
New bike lanes: Where/when are they coming and where else are they needed. Tips for dealing with the new 2-way bike lanes for bikers, drivers, and pedestrians. Also, bike parking.

After hearing strong concerns about road safety at a public listening session on in June, the Dupont and Logan Circle communities are working together to discuss these and any other issues that residents wish to bring up. At this meeting, District transportation and police officials will be in attendance, in addition to community leaders and bicycling experts. The Dupont Circle Citizens Association, the Logan Circle Citizens Association, and the Urban Neighborhood Alliance are partnering with the ANC’s on this important community listening and education session.

This is an opportunity to have your voices heard on bicycle safety concerns whether you’re a daily or occasional biker, a pedestrian, or a driver. The meeting will be a guided discussion to help inform and guide the city’s public safety agenda so that your bicycle safety concerns can be addressed productively and collaboratively — if not at the meeting, at least in the near future.

We hope to see you and hear from you and your neighbors at the meeting.

Kishan Putta (Dupont)

Noah Smith (Dupont)

Chris Linn (Logan)

Public Safety Liaisons

NEWS: Please Share Neighborhood Photos with Us for Our Flickr Stream

The ANC has created a Flickr account for photos related to the neighborhood — including photo “sets” of events, ceremonies, meetings, parks, buildings, streets, life in the neighborhood, and more. If you have any photos of the neighborhood that you would like to share with us, please send them to our webmaster (web@dupontcircleanc.net) to add to our Flickr stream. Thank you!

Full link for our Flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dupontcircleanc2b/sets/

NEWS: Revised September Meeting Agenda

The September meeting agenda is now available here. We will be meeting in the Somers Room at the Brookings Institution (1775 Massachusetts Ave NW) for the September 12, 2012 meeting at 7:00pm.