Petworth News

Bridges Charter School

[from Carol S.]

Bridges Public Charter School has openings for the 2008-2009 school year. Bridges is free and open to all District of Columbia residents. Non-residents can apply and attend for a fee. Bridges is a small, public, child-focused preschool for children ages 3-5 years old. The school is located at 1250 Taylor Street, NW.

Program Features:

- Small classroom size and well trained staff

- Individual educational planning for each student

- Thematic and project-based curriculum

INFORMATION / OPEN HOUSE SESSION WILL BE HELD ON:

* Tuesday, September 30, 2008 from 9:30-10:30am

For an application please visit or call the school, or visit www.bridgespcs.org.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bridges Public Charter School

1250 Taylor Street NW

Washington, DC 20011

www.bridgespcs.org

(202) 545-0515

Yes Market

[from Joseph Martin, ANC 4C Chair]

At Friday's [9/12] "topping off" ceremony at the new building at 4100 Georgia Avenue NW, Gary Cha, the owner of Yes Organic Market, singled out Petworth residents and our ANC (4C), for the considerable support we have shown in bringing Yes to Petworth.

Yes is scheduled to open in a matter of months. It will be the largest Yes in the District, about one-third larger than the new Yes in Brookland on 12th Street NE. The Georgia Avenue Yes will occupy the entire first floor of the new apartment building at Georgia Avenue, Taylor Street and Kansas Avenue NW.

I write to express my own heartfelt thanks for all the people, our neighbors, who took the trouble to send emails, called or sent letters indicating strong support for bringing Yes to Petworth and came to ANC 4C's recent meetings on Yes. 

Thanks, too, to Councilmember Bowser for her crucial support and Mayor Fenty* for his work during his Council days and more recently. 

Mr. Cha said the ANC (4C) and Petworth residents made an enormous, favorable impression on him. Again, my personal thanks to our Petworth neighbors and any other area residents who helped. This stuff doesn't happen in a vacuum.

*A note of transparency:  I also work for the Mayor in the Mayor's Office of Community Relations and Services

[Ed. note - I know this made the rounds of the listservs a week or so ago but I wanted to highlight it on PN as well]

Post article 9/20

Preserving Petworth's Porch Culture

It seems everyone in Petworth agrees that the neighborhood is changing rapidly. But what that means for the Northwest Washington community depends on your perspective.

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