Mr. Braxton in Park View participates in Day of Service campaign

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Mr. Braxton in Park View participates in Day of Service campaign

Booker Parchment, from Mr. Braxton Bar & Kitchen in Park View, managed DC participation in a national Day of Service campaign this month to provide free meals to frontline workers, community centers, and others.

On March 6th and 7th, Mr. Braxton, in association with and supported by Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, Food and Friends, and nutrition expert Camille Range MPH RDN, among others, provided 700 meals across the city.

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Petworth Park needs you to volunteer

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Petworth Park needs you to volunteer

The Friends of Petworth Park is a non-profit that was formed in 2012 to partner with the Department of Parks and Recreation to help guide the development and community use of the park at 8th and Taylor Streets NW. They need volunteers to keep the organization running.

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New proposed development at current Dance Loft on 14th Street brings more housing options

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New proposed development at current Dance Loft on 14th Street brings more housing options

After a few years of renovations in a crumbling building, along with notice of a pending building sale, Dance Loft on 14 on the 4600 block of 14th Street NW is planning to purchase their current building in partnership with Heleos and redevelop the location.

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As houses for sale fall to a record low, bidding wars are skyrocketing

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As houses for sale fall to a record low, bidding wars are skyrocketing

Homes are selling fast lately. More than half of all home sales are going under contract in less than two weeks. More than half of all home-buyers (56%) are facing bidding wars in their offers, and that number keeps rising. It is the main reason keeping home searchers from buying a home — they keep getting outbid.

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DPR to open summer camp registration on Monday, 3/22

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DPR to open summer camp registration on Monday, 3/22

The DC Department of Parks and Recreation will be opening summer camps children 3-13 years old at 38 locations across all eight wards. Camps will be open from 9-5pm, with pre- and after-care available. Campers participate in traditional camp activities with social distancing, hand hygiene and face covering guidelines in place. Registration begins on Monday, March 22nd at 12pm.

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WMATA 14th Street "bus barn" renovation faces criticism

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WMATA 14th Street "bus barn" renovation faces criticism

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) closed the garage for renovations in 2019. The subsequent renovation project plans to preserve the garage’s historic façade, while rebuilding and updating the infrastructure for new and future bus systems, installing new maintenance and paint facilities, and building new retail and community meeting spaces.

Meanwhile, neighborhood advocates fear the renovation plan preserves that status quo, including, they claim, dangerous levels of diesel fumes.

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Grab and go "Little Food Studio" opens on Upshur Street

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Grab and go "Little Food Studio" opens on Upshur Street

While there won't be a dine-in seating area for now, that could change in the future. She also mentioned she would love to teach others to cook through cooking events or classes once we are in the clear from Covid-19.

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Donate new/gently used sports equipment for area youth

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Donate new/gently used sports equipment for area youth

Spring is on its way — and for a lot of children and adolescents that means playing team sports with their friends and peers. Baseball and softball, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, golf, football, hockey, field hockey, volleyball, racquet sports… and so on. While there may be numerous options for some to play sports, many children are not given the opportunity to benefit from the mental and physical aspects of youth sports participation because the equipment is not affordable. Covid has widened this spread.

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New art show at Art of Noize evokes the African diaspora

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New art show at Art of Noize evokes the African diaspora

A cool art exhibition is opening at Art of Noize, with the opening reception on Saturday, March 6th from 7-10pm (in the rear of 821 Upshur St NW). Featuring local artists Emond Nassa and Khalid Thompson’s exhibition, Transatlantic: Innermost Connections.

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After a terrible house fire, local resident needs support

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After a terrible house fire, local resident needs support

In the early hours of March 3, fire trucks converged on Renee's Petworth rowhouse on the 500 block of Shepherd Street NW, where a fire had started in the bathroom. After two hours, and believing they had completely quenched the fire, DCFD left. Renee spent the night at her cousin’s and hoped that the damage would be repairable. Tragically, the fire re-ignited, and firefighters returned around 5am to find the house going up in flames.

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DC’s preeminent 90's cover band White Ford Bronco talks about their experiences through COVID

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DC’s preeminent 90's cover band White Ford Bronco talks about their experiences through COVID

Petworth News is starting a new article series on local bands — how to support them, listen to them, and learning more about them — during this strange new time of “Covid-life.” I used this as an opportunity to interview one of my friends, Sean McCauley, who plays bass in DC’s most popular cover band, White Ford Bronco, to talk about their experiences of life as a band during Covid.

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Featured Property: 4517 7th St NW

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Featured Property: 4517 7th St NW

Built in 1923, this 1,728 square foot home features 3 bedrooms and 3 1/2 baths in a fully renovated house on a great block. This lovely renovated home has been redone from top to bottom. New kitchen, bathrooms, HVAC, plumbing and electric systems.

This Petworth rowhouse at 4517 7th Street NW is up for auction to the highest bidder over $599,000 on March 12th.

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A look at historical, systemic racism in Petworth real estate

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A look at historical, systemic racism in Petworth real estate

Historians Mara Cherkasky and Sarah Jane Shoenfeld, of Prologue DC, along with GIS specialist Brian Kraft, have devoted efforts since 2014 to mapping racially restricted property covenants in DC to illuminate the racism ingrained into DC housing history. Similarly, Tanya Golash-Boza is a sociologist who grew up in Petworth and now studies race and gentrification. Both Cherkasky and Golash-Boza have presented in TedX seminars examining housing segregation in DC and Petworth-area gentrification. Petworth News met with these historians and sociologists to talk more about the history of segregation and racism in our neighborhood.

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DC residents with qualifying medical conditions can sign up for vaccine appointments starting Friday, February 26th [updated]

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DC residents with qualifying medical conditions can sign up for vaccine appointments starting Friday, February 26th [updated]

DC Health announced today that at 9am, Thursday, February 25th, approximately 4,350 appointments will be made available for DC residents who live in priority zip codes (20422, 20011, 20017, 20018, 20002, 20001, 20019, 20020, 20032, 20593)

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