Two days after Quebec Place homicide, Park View residents quit being polite

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Two days after Quebec Place homicide, Park View residents quit being polite

At least 50 people poured into the Park View Recreation Center for what was supposed to have been a regularly scheduled United Neighborhood Coalition public safety meeting, but had been hastily refocused to address Monday’s murder and the circumstances that led to it. Representatives from MPD, the US Attorney’s Office and the DC Attorney General’s Office addressed the crowd and offered suggestions for how to counter neighborhood gun violence.

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A bloody February: Repeated gun violence leaves Petworth shaken and frustrated

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A bloody February: Repeated gun violence leaves Petworth shaken and frustrated

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?

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Third Annual Chili Cookoff featuring local chefs and tons of flavor!

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Third Annual Chili Cookoff featuring local chefs and tons of flavor!

The only thing better than hot chocolate in cold weather… is Chili! It’s time for the Third Annual Lower Georgia Ave Main Street Chili Cook-Off! 

This popular community-based, family-friendly and free event is in its third year of delicious chili and social gathering. The highlight is the chili tasting, featuring 9 local restaurants and chefs along the Georgia Ave corridor. Come hang at the Midlands on February 16th from 2-4pm!

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Walls of Books in Park View to close after four great years

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Walls of Books in Park View to close after four great years

Walls of Books at 3325 Georgia Avenue NW opened four years ago to much anticipation. In those four years, the independent bookstore has been a location for community events, fundraisers, children’s activities and stack after stack of books. The store will officially close on February 2nd at 3pm.

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Op-Ed: Why neighborhood parents need to speak-up for a safer Petworth Playground

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Op-Ed: Why neighborhood parents need to speak-up for a safer Petworth Playground

So like many parents, I was shocked to see news reports surfacing this past spring that independent testing had found extremely high levels of lead in the synthetic rubber “poured in place,” or PIP, playground surfaces at several DC schools – the same type of surface my kids play on at Petworth Park.

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A new farmers market opens at Hook Hall in Park View, and it looks great

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A new farmers market opens at Hook Hall in Park View, and it looks great

There’s a new indoor farmers market that just opened in Park View, and it looks great. Founders (and husband and wife team) Chuck Brodsky and Michelle Harburg left their previously successful jobs to make a change in their lives, and open the market at Hook Hall.

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Holiday Lights winners showcase great local businesses

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Holiday Lights winners showcase great local businesses

The Lower Georgia Avenue Main Street organization gave out awards for the local businesses who participated in the Holiday Lights competition (over 60 businesses signed up!). It was heartening to see so many businesses take pride in Georgia Avenue and decorating for the holidays, no matter their backgrounds and type of business.

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BurgerIM brings a million delicious ways to make a burger to Georgia Ave

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BurgerIM brings a million delicious ways to make a burger to Georgia Ave

BurgerIM is the new fast food restaurant at 3728 Georgia Avenue NW, next to the Petworth Metro, selling gourmet burgers, fries and milkshakes. It’s a fast-growing food chain, with three locations in the DMV area in just less than four years. Their menu of options for how you can make a burger is pretty extensive.

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Holiday lights bingo contest, vote for best decorations and more

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Holiday lights bingo contest, vote for best decorations and more

It may be cold but Georgia Ave businesses are keeping it cozy and bright with the Lower Georgia Ave Main Street HOLIDAY LIGHTS! Here's how to join the fun…

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Help the Holiday Lights Competition brighten the neighborhood

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Help the Holiday Lights Competition brighten the neighborhood

It’s going to be a bright holiday season in Petworth!

Local businesses are participating in the Lower Georgia Ave Main Street Holiday Lights event December 1st through the 31st to decorate their storefronts with lights and competing for awards. The resulting light show will include businesses along lower Georgia Avenue and the 800 block of Upshur Street.

And they'd love your help to decorate, and vote for the winner!

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Georgia Ave businesses can now RSVP for DDOT's Open Streets meetings

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Georgia Ave businesses can now RSVP for DDOT's Open Streets meetings

DDOT and District Bridges are holding a series of six meetings starting August 19th with businesses along the Georgia Avenue corridor who will be impacted by the closure of the road on October 5th for the “Open Streets” project.

If you own a business — or want to be involved — you should plan to attend one of the meetings.

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Georgia Avenue “Open Streets” event gets some changes

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Georgia Avenue “Open Streets” event gets some changes

The DC Department of Transportation’s plan to close three miles of Georgia Avenue for an “open streets” test is set for October 5th. Since the Petworth News articles on the closure raised some concerns, DDOT has agreed to make some changes.

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DDOT believes closing Georgia Avenue for 3-miles is good for the community and businesses, forgetting to ask the community and businesses

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DDOT believes closing Georgia Avenue for 3-miles is good for the community and businesses, forgetting to ask the community and businesses

The idea of closing a major road to motor vehicles, opening it up to healthy uses for bikes and pedestrians sounds like a cool idea, so DDOT is closing Georgia Avenue for three miles to test it out.

The concern is how DC is doing it.

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