Park View, D.C.

The June 2011 Park View News is now available for anyone that has not received a paper copy (click on image to the right). Among the features in the newsletter are:

• Summary of the May ANC 1A meeting;
• An update on the redesign of the Park View Rec Center’s athletic field;
• A report on the status of the modernization of the Park View School;
• Area crime report;
• Community and Kids Zone calendars; and,
• More!!!

This issue and previous issues are archived on the ANC 1A Web site and can be found here.

The May 2011 Park View News is now available for anyone that has not received a paper copy (click on image to the right). Among the features in the newsletter are:

• Summary of the April ANC 1A meeting;
• Information on planned renovations at the Park View Recreation Center and announcement of a Community Meeting to plan for future renovations of the athletic field;
• Announcement of early planning for a Park View Centenary celebration;
• Area crime report;
• Community and Kids Zone calendars; and,
• More!!!

This issue and previous issues are archived on the ANC 1A Web site and can be found here.

The April, 2011, Park View News is now available for anyone that has not received a copy (click on image to the right). Among the features in the newsletter are:

• Summary of the March ANC 1A meeting;
• Information on donations the Ward 1 Senior Wellness Center is in need of;
• An overview of 2010 Census results for the area;
• Area crime report; and,
• Community calendar.

This issue and previous issues are archived on the ANC 1A Web site and can be found here.

The March, 2011, Park View News is now available for anyone that has not received a copy (click on image to the right). Among the features in the newsletter are:

• Summary of the February ANC 1A meeting;
• Information on upcoming books by residents of the community;
• Details on the future Petworth Safeway;
• Area crime report; and,
• Community calendar.

The issue also included the March Park View Kids Zone activity calendar below:

I’d like to introduce a new newsletter that I hope the community will take advantage of … the Park View News (click on image for full newsletter). I call it new because I intend for its focus to eventually be for the entire Park View community. While I was only able to deliver it throughout the ANC 1A08 SMD at this time, I offer it here electronically to all. Readers that would like to receive a hard copy in the future should contact me to make sure you get them in the future.

This issue includes a greeting from both me and the new Park View UNC president  as well as a monthly crime report, safety tips to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, and a community calendar.

While I refer to the newsletter as new, it’s actually and old idea that our neighborhood first saw nearly 95 years ago, and from which I have drawn my inspiration. The original Park View News was first introduced on April 6, 1916. I have included the first page of that newsletter below.

Readers interested in development on Georgia Avenue or the Park View School will probably find the introductory article by J. G. McGrath of interest. It documents improvements to Georgia Avenue and the building of the school from that time.