Both those dates work for us, so far. Antonia - thanks to both you and Robert for keeping on the city about the alley and the formerly vacant houses. What a difference!

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On Mar 21, 2011, at 5:37 PM, toni Herzog <antoniaherzog2004@...> wrote:

As many of you already know our alley work is now officially completed. While it wasn't as much as we all hoped would be done (or dreamed about like Gessford) it is still a vast improvement over where it was a year ago. And with the nice weather this weekend many of us took advantage and were out back socializing and watching the kids playing together.

I am attaching a couple of photos we took this weekend showing all the fun that was had.

To officially inaugurate the improvements in the alley as well as the fixing up of 221 and 223 11th st (WOW, who thought that would ever happen!) I thought it would be fun to have a block alley party one weekend afternoon. Block it off from cars and we could have a potluck with tables set up and food and drinks. I mentioned this to some folks and everyone seemed to like the idea.

So, I was thinking weather willing we could aim for the end of April. Would either Saturday, April 30, or Sunday, May 1 work for folks, say 4pm? Let me know what you think and then we can firm this up.

Thanks!

Antonia





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Thanks everyone for your positive responses. ? I found out that Gessford is having their own alley party on April 30th. So as not to compete with them I suggest we do Sunday, May 1st, which overall actually seemed to work better for folks anyway. ? So, mark your calendar. Sunday, May 1st, 11/10th street alley party starting at 4pm.? As we get closer to the date we can hammer out more details. ?Antonia --- On Mon, 3/21/11, toni Herzog <antoniaherzog2004@...> wrote: From: toni Herzog <antoniaherzog2004@...> Subject: [11thSEblock] Alley update, a party? To: "200 block of 11/10th St SE" <11thSEblock@...> Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 5:37 PM ? As many of you already know our alley work is now officially completed. While it wasn't as much as we all hoped would be done (or dreamed about like Gessford) it is still a vast improvement over where it was a year ago. And with the nice weather this weekend many of us took advantage and were out back socializing and watching the kids playing together.? ? I?am attaching a couple of photos we took this weekend showing all the fun that was had. ? To officially inaugurate the improvements in the alley as well as the fixing up off 221 and 223 11th st (WOW, who thought that would ever happen!) I thought it would be fun to have a block alley party one weekend afternoon. Block it off from cars and we?could have a potluck with tables set up and food and drinks. I mentioned this to some folks and everyone seemed to like the idea. ? So, I was thinking weather willing we could aim for the end of April.? Would either Saturday, April 30, or Sunday, May 1 work for folks, say 4pm? Let me know what you think and then we can firm this up. ? Thanks! ? Antonia ? ?

From: toni Herzog
Subject: [11thSEblock] Alley update, a party?
To: "200 block of 11/10th St SE" <11thSEblock@...>
Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 5:37 PM

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As many of you already know our alley work is now officially completed. While it wasn't as much as we all hoped would be done (or dreamed about like Gessford) it is still a vast improvement over where it was a year ago. And with the nice weather this weekend many of us took advantage and were out back socializing and watching the kids playing together.? ? I?am attaching a couple of photos we took this weekend showing all the fun that was had. ? To officially inaugurate the improvements in the alley as well as the fixing up off 221 and 223 11th st (WOW, who thought that would ever happen!) I thought it would be fun to have a block alley party one weekend afternoon. Block it off from cars and we?could have a potluck with tables set up and food and drinks. I mentioned this to some folks and everyone seemed to like the idea. ? So, I was thinking weather willing we could aim for the end of April.? Would either Saturday, April 30, or Sunday, May 1 work for folks, say 4pm? Let me know what you think and then we can firm this up. ? Thanks! ? Antonia ? ?

On Mar 22, 2011 9:51 AM, "Tschantz, Jennifer" <jennifer.tschantz@...> wrote:

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Fabulous idea.? We are around that weekend and either day would work for us.? Antoinia---thanks again for all your work on getting the alley fixed!

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Jennifer

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From: 11thSEblock@... [11thSEblock@...] On Behalf Of toni Herzog [antoniaherzog2004@...]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 5:37 PM
To: 200 block of 11/10th St SE
Subject: [11thSEblock] Alley update, a party?

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As many of you already know our alley work is now officially completed. While it wasn't as much a...

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As many of you already know our alley work is now officially completed. While it wasn't as much as we all hoped would be done (or dreamed about like Gessford) it is still a vast improvement over where it was a year ago. And with the nice weather this weekend many of us took advantage and were out back socializing and watching the kids playing together.? ? I?am attaching a couple of photos we took this weekend showing all the fun that was had. ? To officially inaugurate the improvements in the alley as well as the fixing up off 221 and 223 11th st (WOW, who thought that would ever happen!) I thought it would be fun to have a block alley party one weekend afternoon. Block it off from cars and we?could have a potluck with tables set up and food and drinks. I mentioned this to some folks and everyone seemed to like the idea. ? So, I was thinking weather willing we could aim for the end of April.? Would either Saturday, April 30, or Sunday, May 1 work for folks, say 4pm? Let me know what you think and then we can firm this up. ? Thanks! ? Antonia ? ?

From: marthastracener
Subject: [11thSEblock] Join us Thursday evening at The Corner Store to learn more about The Hill Center
To: 11thSEblock@...
Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 10:06 AM

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Hey Friends and Neighbors -

We wanted to invite you all to join us this Thursday March 24th from 6 - 8pm at The Corner Store for a cocktail party to learn more about The Hill Center. The Hill Center is an incredibly exciting new community center slated to open this summer in the Old Naval Hospital, just a few blocks away at 9th and Pennsylvania Ave. You may've noticed the construction that's been going on there for the past several months. The historic restoration is an amazing process in itself as the building is an architectural treasure that has been allowed to deteriorate for far too long. But perhaps more important, The Hill Center will provide our neighborhood with another community meeting place that will offer something to residents of all ages and interests. In addition to a range of classes, exhibits, lectures, performances and social programs, the environmentally friendly campus will provide a unique venue for special events and conferences, a family friendly café in the old carriage house, as well as office space for local nonprofits.

The Capitol Hill Community Foundation gave vision to this project and has been working tirelessly for the past ten years to bring this wonderful resource to life. This is a $12 million project, and just over $10 million has been raised to date. Of this, $1.2 million has been quietly raised from members of our Hill community, which represents ?10% of the whole budget for the renovation and start-up of the Hill Center. ?The Hill Center needs to raise an additional $2 million and we are spreading the word wider, seeking support from many other members of the community. As a part of this effort, the Hill Center is holding a series of cocktail parties around the Hill to introduce the newly named Executive Director, Diana Ingraham and solicit the support of a broad cross-section of the Hill community.

We hope you'll join us Thursday evening at The Corner Store to learn more and consider ways that you may be able to contribute to this important campaign. And while we hope you will financially support the effort in whatever way you can, what is most important to us is that you come out and learn about the opportunities the Hill Center has to offer to our neighborhood.

Check out their website to learn more and see a great video about the vision for the Hill Center:

If you can join us Thursday, please RSVP to Ann Goodwin at or 202-546-8483.

Hope you all enjoyed this beautiful weekend in our lovely neighborhood. And we really hope to see all of you on Thursday evening.

Cheers!

Martha and David Dantzic

Over the last 2 years many of you may have noticed the vegetable stand that appeared on our porch June-November, every Thursday, 4-7 pm. This is a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) group run by local farmer Michael Protas that we belong to as do neighbors Gregg and Jennifer, and Martha and David.

Michael is currently looking for new members to join his CSA for this coming season. We all love it and the veggies are REALLY wonderful. Plus you can't beat the convenience of the pick up location, our porch. If you are interested in joining here is the info.

Farmer Michael Protas
One Acre Farm LLC
www.oneacrefarm.com
www.oneacrefarmgirl.blogspot.com
301-503-3724

Any questions please let me know.

Antonia

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They are back and with large trucks this time!

--- In 11thSEblock@..., "Antonia Herzog" wrote:
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> From my contact over in the mayor's office. Here is what I was told today.
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> "DDOT was out in the alley on Tuesday to make measurements. They will reconvene, weather permitting, within the next 5-10 business days."
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From my contact over in the mayor's office. Here is what I was told today.

"DDOT was out in the alley on Tuesday to make measurements. They will reconvene, weather permitting, within the next 5-10 business days."

whoops i meant Feb 24th of course.

--- On Tue, 2/22/11, Antonia Herzog <antoniaherzog2004@...> wrote:

From: Antonia Herzog <antoniaherzog2004@...>
Subject: [11thSEblock] tree pruning on March 24th
To: 11thSEblock@...
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 6:03 PM
















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You'll have noticed the signs that went up on the north end of the block this weekend for tree prunning to happen later this week. This was a result of my request to the city. I specifically had asked awhile ago to get the tree directly in front of our house (219) pruned. Finally, they are getting around to it, and it appears they might also be doing ??the other trees on the north end of the block as well which is great.

From: Antonia Herzog
Subject: [11thSEblock] tree pruning on March 24th
To: 11thSEblock@...
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 6:03 PM

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You'll have noticed the signs that went up on the north end of the block this weekend for tree prunning to happen later this week. This was a result of my request to the city. I specifically had asked awhile ago to get the tree directly in front of our house (219) pruned. Finally, they are getting around to it, and it appears they might also be doing ?the other trees on the north end of the block as well which is great.

From: Antonia Herzog
Subject: [11thSEblock] Reminder: New contact table, please fill in your info
To: 11thSEblock@...
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 5:26 PM

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I have filled in all the contact info I could for folks on this email list. Please go into the table and fill in any blanks or correct any mistakes I made.


thanks! antonia

--- In 11thSEblock@..., "Antonia Herzog" wrote:
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> Just a reminder to please fill in your contact info in this table I created. This will be very useful for us all to have.
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> Thanks!
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> --- In 11thSEblock@..., "antoniaherzog2004" wrote:
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> > I have created a table for everyone's contact info. I think this will be quite handy to have.
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> > It would be great if everyone can go to it and fill in your names and contact info. Should only take a minute. It is at,
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> > On a less positive note. Now unclear what work if any DDOT was really doing in our alley earlier this week. I am in contact with staff at the Mayor's office to see what more I can find out. In addition, I have been keeping Tommy Well's staff involved and they have been helpful in pushing the project forward as well.
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> > As I get updates I will be sure to pass it on to the group.
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> > Antonia
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Just a reminder to please fill in your contact info in this table I created. This will be very useful for us all to have.



Thanks!


--- In 11thSEblock@..., "antoniaherzog2004" <antoniaherzog2004@> wrote:

I have created a table for everyone's contact info. I think this will be quite handy to have.

It would be great if everyone can go to it and fill in your names and contact info. Should only take a minute. It is at,

On a less positive note. Now unclear what work if any DDOT was really doing in our alley earlier this week. I am in contact with staff at the Mayor's office to see what more I can find out. In addition, I have been keeping Tommy Well's staff involved and they have been helpful in pushing the project forward as well.

As I get updates I will be sure to pass it on to the group.

Antonia