ANC 4C and 4D Commissioner winners
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Numbers for local Advisory Neighborhood Commission elections aren’t finalized, but they’re pretty final. Here are the winners for ANC 4C and 4D for 2020.
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The 2020 ANC 4C candidates, in their own words
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ANC 4C has 10 single member districts, of which 2 have no opposition. The rest have two people running, so there’s 18 candidates offering their information. Remember, you only vote for one commissioner for your Single Member District.
Read MoreThe 2020 ANC 4D candidates, in their own words
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ANC 4D has six single member districts, one of which has no candidate running for the seat (4D05).
Here are interviews with the five 2020 candidates (one seat has no one running… maybe you should?).
Read MoreANC 4C draft agenda for September 2020
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Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C is meeting online on September 9th at 7pm. You can access the meeting via WebEx. Details in the article.
Read MoreYou can make a difference: How to run for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner & give back to your community
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Every two years elections open up for seats on local Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs). Commissioners provide a valuable role in the city as the liaison between DC government and their approximately 2,000 residents / constituents in a Single Member District (SMD). Commissioners have no legislative powers — hence the “advisory” in the name. But Commissioners can make a difference.
If you want to make a difference in your community, here’s how to run for election as a Commissioner.
Read MoreANC 4C July 8th meeting agenda (virtual!)
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Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C has its next meeting on July 8th. The meeting is starting 30 minutes later than usual and takes place online via WebEx. The agenda is below (and always kept updated on Google Docs). It doesn’t seem like a particularly long meeting.
Read MoreDraft agenda for ANC 4C June meeting (via WebEx)
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Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C has its next meeting on Wednesday, June 10th at 6:30pm — online only. Here’s the draft agenda and instructions on accessing via WebEx.
Read MoreANC 4C meets online Wednesday evening with a full agenda
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Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C will hold its first meeting since the COVID-19 crisis, this time virtually using web conference software WebEx on Wednesday, May 13th starting at 6:30pm . If you’ve wanted to see how the ANC does things but didn’t want to leave home to do it, here’s a great chance.
Read MoreDraft agenda for March 11th ANC 4C meeting
/Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C meets on Wednesday, March 11th at 6:30pm at the Petworth Library. Their draft agenda is available.
Read MoreA bloody February: Repeated gun violence leaves Petworth shaken and frustrated
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Petworth has been rocked by nine shootings over the last month, most of them in broad daylight. Residents are upset, wanting to know why these acts of violence keep happening. Are they gang related? Targeted violence and “street beefs”? What’s going on, and what can they do?
Read MoreTwo weeks of violence: Shootings, safety and what comes next for Petworth
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On the afternoon of Saturday, February 1st, a car drove past the Petworth playground at 8th and Taylor Streets NW, shots rang out from the car, children and parents dove for cover under slides, and a young man was shot in the foot. He’s not talking about what happened.
In the early evening of Thursday, February 13th, MPD was involved in a shootout with a suspect in an alley off of 8th and Upshur. At least six shots rang out, residents walking home dove for cover, an officer was injured, and after a pursuit with police, a young man was gravely shot.
Bookends of violence.
Read MoreMeeting on safety and the Petworth Playground on Tuesday
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ANC 4C Commissioner Kim Varzi sent an email about an upcoming meeting to discuss safety concerns at the Petworth Playground. The meeting is on Tuesday, February 6th at the Petworth Recreation Center (801 Taylor Street NW). This is precipitated by the recent shooting on Monday, February 3rd at the park.
Read MoreAgenda for ANC 4C February 12th meeting
/Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C has its February meeting on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. The meeting takes place in the basement of the Petworth Library from 6:30-8:45pm.
Read MoreQuick update on the Hebrew Home renovation
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In a January 16th community meeting at the Petworth Library, developers presented updates on the ongoing redevelopment and expansion of the old Hebrew Home on Spring Road into new senior living and residential facilities.
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