Shepherd Park News A newsletter for the residents of Shepherd Park, Next Community , and Meeting Tuesday, February 9, 7 pm 2016 Vol., Issue 1 www.shepherdpark.org FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 “Faith Night,” Bylaws Top Slate for SPCA Meeting by Mark Pattison t our next community meeting, set for Tuesday, most recent updating of the proposed bylaws. February 9, 7 pm, in Shepherd Elementary’s auditorium, The SPCA board also approved a budget for 2016, which Awe’ve invited the leadership of Shepherd Park’s nine houses reflects many of our priorities: welcoming new neighbors and of worship to tell us about their ministry and mission providing much-desired face time for neighbors old and new, for “Faith Night.” It’ll probably take the first half of the from the January 31 potluck to the picnic to the Halloween meeting. Our churches and synagogues are some of our parade and a host of events in between. Some initiatives don’t neighborhood’s strongest institutions, and we should do require much, if any, money those include our watchful eye more together. I can’t guarantee 100% participation, but it on development on the periphery of Shepherd Park, and our won’t be for lack of trying! continued generosity with winter coats, holiday gifts, canned Voting on our proposed bylaws revision will also be on goods, and other projects yet to be unveiled. There’s never the agenda. The SPCA board has done its work on updating been a better time to join the SPCA (see membership article the bylaws from 1985, and it will be the SPCA members’ below): just $25 and your vital statistics does it! turn on February 9. Go to www.shepherdpark.org for the Happy New Membership Year to All! by Edward J. Cordone www.shepherdpark.org and accessing the form on-line. You can complete the form on page 2 of this newsletter. In addition, memberships are processed at each of our yearly events, where staff can assist you and answer any questions. Joining at the annual pot luck on January 31 is a great way to support the organization, meet your neighbors, and engage in community building. For those who are already members, it’s a good time to renew your membership. The SPCA thanks all for their support and welcomes all.

In This Issue: appy New Year to all of our Shepherd Park friends and • SPCA Membership Application ...... pg 2 neighbors! The Shepherd Park Citizens Association • SPCA 2016 Budget ...... pg 3 H(SPCA) organizes many events for the community each year, • SPCA Community Meeting Highlights ...... pg 3 including the potluck dinner, garden tour, yard sale, summer picnic, spring and fall plantings, and the Halloween parade. In • 16th Street Circle Update ...... pg 4 addition, it publishes a newsletter four times each year. Please • Hope and a Home ...... pg 5 help support the SPCA and our community by becoming a • Walter Reed Update ...... pg 5 new or renewing member now. The membership year for • News You Can Use ...... pg 5 2016 is here, and annual dues are only $25 per household. • Business Beat ...... pg 6 Yearly business memberships also are available. • Community Calendar ...... pg 7 Signing up is easy. Payments are accepted by check, cash, • SPCA Upcoming Events ...... pg 8 or credit card. You can join by going to the SPCA website, PAGE 2 SHEPHERD PARK NEWS FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016

SPCA Board of Directors 2016 SPCA Membership Mark Pattison, President (202) 829-9289 [email protected] Application Yvette Pearson, Vice-President I want to join or renew my SPCA membership for 2016. (202) 841-7793 [email protected] Dues are $25/household for the calendar year. Carl Bergman, Treasurer (202) 726-6415 [email protected] o I live in the area bordered by Eastern Ave. on the north, Aspen St. on June Confer, Recording Secretary the south, Georgia Ave. (west side) on the east, and on (202) 722-1461, [email protected] the west. Eddie Cordone o I don’t live in Shepherd Park, but I want to be a Friend of SPCA. Corresponding Secretary/ Membership Coordinator (202) 412-7865 [email protected] Name(s):______Address:______At-Large Delegates Cynthia Prather Email Address:__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__ (202) 882-7419 [email protected] Angela Martin Phone No:______(202) 723-0323 [email protected] Signature:______Date:______Bonnie Randolph (202) 215-7710 [email protected] Josh Gorman o I would like to volunteer to help with the following: (202) 701-9951 [email protected]

___ Spring Plant-in, Sat, May 14, 8:30-10:30 am Delegates to the Federation ___ Garden Tour, Sun, May 22, 2-5 pm of Citizens Associations ___ Yard Sale, Sat & Sun, June 4-5, 9 am-3 pm Ed Atkins ___ Picnic, Sun, June 12, 2-5 pm (202) 723-1594 [email protected] Deirdre Evans-Pritchard ___ Newsletter (323) 333-3125 [email protected] $______SPCA 2016 Membership Dues Paula Sanderlin Dorosti (202) 291-4123 [email protected] $______Contribution $______Total Delegates to the Federation of Civic Associations Rosemary Reed Miller (202) 723-1707 [email protected] Make your check out to SPCA and mail to Donalee Wood SPCA, PO Box 55255, Washington, DC 20040-5255, or (202) 829-7387 [email protected] visit the on-line store, squareup.com/market/SPCA. Questions? Contact SPCA Membership Coordinator, Eddie Contact the Editors! Cordone, [email protected] Whether it’s a letter to the editor, info on a community event, or an ad, we’d love to hear from you!

The Shepherd Park News, a newsletter of the Shepherd Park Citizens Editor: Cynthia Prather Association, is published four times per year: October/November; (202) 882-7419 [email protected] December/January; March/April*; and May/June. Advertising: Beth Allaben As a matter of policy, all errors of substance are corrected in the next issue. (202) 882-2609 [email protected] Report errors to [email protected] Calendar: Claudia Anyaso The Shepherd Park Citizens Association is an IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt [email protected] organization. Donations are deductible from Federal, state, or DC taxes. Editing & Layout: André R. Carley (202) 813-3152 [email protected] * (February/March this year) FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 SHEPHERD PARK NEWS PAGE 3

Board Adopts FY2016 Budget by Carl Bergman nder its board-approved Fiscal Year2016 budget, SPCA It’s a long and winding road to tax exemption, but we’re will spend $17,520 on an income of $18,723. With almost there. Last year, we became an IRS 501(c)(3) tax Uadded revenue due to membership dues and donations, we exempt organization, making all your dues and donations can increase expenditures on key activities by $1,830. As a deductible. We’ve added a DC Charitable Solicitation License result, the new budget features some notable improvements. so we can garner donations and grants. We’re applying for a Each newsletter is funded for 12 pages (note that this issue DC tax exemption, so SPCA doesn’t have to pay sales tax, is shorter by choice). New homeowners will receive an etc. SPCA welcome basket. The potluck, picnic, and garden tour Thanks to the SPCA’s Finance Committee for its help in also get increases. Our website, www.shepherdpark.org, preparing the draft 2016 budget. has the full budget.

December Meeting Highlights SPCA, School, and Community Developments by June Confer he SPCA community meeting on Eastern and the latest news about Walter December 8 had a full agenda. Reed, including small zoning adjustments, TShepherd Elementary Principal Jade the approved agreement for a DC payment Brawley conducted a tour of completed of $22.5 million for its 66 acres, and the renovations and described ongoing groundbreaking for the new fire station at work to be completed by August Georgia and Butternut. The international 2016. She also shared her education charter school and housing for homeless background as a DCPS student and veterans should open on the Walter Reed

15 years as a DCPS educator, and Miller Mary Reed Photo by Rose campus by 2017. highlighted some of Shepherd’s current Mark presented the proposed revisions educational programs. to the 1985 by-laws and distributed copies to attendees for review Mary Jo Schumacher from the nonprofit organization, Hope and comment (comments were due on January 9). Comments and a Home, expressed thanks for our support of its 15 families received were to be considered by the SPCA Board on January 12 by collecting winter wear for all the children and by contributing and will be presented for final approval at the community meeting to other gifts for them for the holiday season. Mark Pattison then on February 9. announced SPCA’s January project–collecting canned goods/ non-perishable food for Shepherd’s Table, a nonprofit organization  in downtown Silver Spring that provides help to people who are  homeless or in need by providing meals, social services, medical  support, clothing, and other assistance. Donations were collected  from January 2-31 at Manoukian Rugs on .   Rosalyn Coates, the “Potluck Queen,” invited all to the January 31   potluck at Northminister and asked for food items and volunteers.   The new inventory of shirts – t, polo, and sweat – was modeled   by Paula Sanderlin-Dorosti. The shirts will be available at upcoming   events.  Ed Atkins updated us on the Jemal development at Georgia/ 

       PAGE 4 SHEPHERD PARK NEWS FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 16th Street Circle Update: Cross-Jurisdictional Safety Efforts Begin by Paula Edwards hanks first to neighbor Ralph Blessing for informing us that State Highway Administration, the National Park Service, the the official name of the 16th Street Circle is Blair Circle. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the District TNext, note that some steps have been taken to address Department of Transportation, the Montgomery County the traffic concerns at Blair Circle. Excess foliage has been Department of Transportation, and members of the Advisory removed from the circle as a result of Councilmember Brandon Neighborhood Commission… Specifically, the District Todd’s work with officials from the District Department of Department of Transportation submitted plans to Maryland Transportation and the Department of General Services. State Highway Administration, which will move the process Larger lane lane markings and stop lines also have been installed. forward....” Coss-jurisdictional safety efforts also have been revived at The sheer number of agencies involved demonstrates why the circle. The most recent and comprehensive updates that I this problem has persisted so long. The short-term solutions have received on progress there comes from the December we have seen so far have been implemented on the DC side, 1 letter from Councilmember Todd as cited: “Yesterday, we but the more intractable issues must also be addressed on the took yet another step towards solving this longstanding issue. Maryland side. With the building frenzy on both sides of the Councilmember Tom Hucker of the Montgomery County line, traffic and the attendant problems will only become worse Council and I convened a meeting that had the full support of in the future. The point of contact for Councilmember Todd is the Executive Office of the Mayor. Included was the Maryland Michele Blackwell, [email protected].

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     FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 SHEPHERD PARK NEWS PAGE 5 A Bouquet of Smiles for the Holidays by Claudia Anyaso he poster to the right is just one of the many thank yous from Hope and a Home to the Shepherd Park Tcommunity for its awesome generosity this holiday season. Hope and a Home is a nonprofit organization that supports 15 homeless families in transitional housing. To kick off the SPCA Year of Service Initiative, gift giving began in October with a winter coat drive. With the help of one neighbor who donated 10 coats and an anonymous donor who gave 9 coats, the goal of 46 coats was easily met. In addition, hats, gloves, scarves, and adult garments were left at the Rex Cleaners dropoff site. The goal for the second drive – toys, games, and clothing perishables for Shepherd’s Table will be reported at the for 37 children and teens – was achieved in three days, and February meeting and in the next newsletter. all the families were signed up for supermarket gift cards two Let’s all give a big shout-out to Mark Pattison and the days later. The Pre-Kers and kindergarteners at Shepherd SPCA Board for making these initiatives possible. Thanks Elementary School wrapped the gifts, which required two also to Rex Cleaners, Morris Miller Wines & Liquors, and cars to transport from the Morris Miller dropoff site. The Manoukian Brothers for serving as dropoff sites. results of the January 2-31 drive for canned goods and non- News You Can Use Walter Reed Update by Ed Atkins he District government recently reached an agreement Shepherd Park with the Army to pay $22.5 million for a 66-acre Tproperty on the former Walter Reed campus. The deal Email Group Serves could close as early as this spring after council review and Thousands approval. A public hearing was held to authorize the Mayor eighbors can learn information about the Shepherd to acquire this site on December 17, but no further review Park neighborhood in Washington, DC through the was scheduled as of press time. NShepherd Park neighborhood email group. The listserve is a The District also reached an agreement on a 30-year Yahoo!Group and is open to all. Topics include community ground lease with the developers–a joint venture of Hines announcements and special events, meeting notices and Interests LP, Urban Atlantic, and Triden. The city will collect summaries, home repair referrals, and more. a one percent administrative fee when the development This Yahoo!Group is not affiliated with or sponsored by team sells individual parcels to developers, helping to offset the Shepherd Park Citizens Association. Its current format the acquisition cost. was started by a neighbor in 2000 with the goal of providing These agreements mark an important milestone in the a forum for neighbors to share practical information. District’s effort to convert the Army hospital campus into The listserve has become very popular, with over 2,500 2,000 residential units, a town center, a hotel/conference subscribers. To join, send a blank email to shepherdpark- center, open space, and office uses. [email protected].

       PAGE 6 SHEPHERD PARK NEWS FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016

Membership benefits (depending on the level) include a listing on the SPCA website, an online business profile, and credit towards an ad in theShepherd Park News.Visit Business www.shepherdpark.org for a list of all of our business and community members. We Beat encourage our neighbors to check out their goods and services.

Renewing Platinum Members Lowell School (202) 882-1605 Blumenthal & Cordone, PLLC 1640 Kalmia Rd NW www.tifereth-israel.org 7325 Georgia Ave NW Washington, DC 20012 [email protected] Washington, DC 20012 (202) 577-2000 (202) 332-5270 www.lowellschool.org Washington Ethical Society [email protected] [email protected] Amanda Poppei, Senior Leader [email protected] 7750 16th St NW Rex Cleaners & Shoe Repair Washington, DC 20012 Bonnie Randolph, Weichert, 7346 Georgia Ave NW (202) 882-6650 Realtors® Washington, DC 20012-1720 www.ethicalsociety.org Chevy Chase/Uptown Office (202) 291-2121 [email protected] 5034 Wisconsin Ave NW Washington, DC 20016 Shepherd Park Christian (202) 215-7710, Church (202) 326-1300 x 150 office 7900 Eastern Ave NW www.randolphsellshomes.com Washington, DC [email protected] 20012 [email protected] (202) 882-3367 www.spcc-doc.org Ledo Pizza and Pasta [email protected] 7435 Georgia Ave NW Washington, DC 20012 Zenith Gallery (202) 726-5336 1429 Iris St NW www.ledopizza.com Washington, DC [email protected] 20012 (202) 783-2963 Lee Goldstein www.zenithgallery. Associate Broker com The Lee Goldstein Group Margery@ An inclusive community of life-long learners W.C. & A.N. Miller Realtors zenithgallery.com in which each individual is valued and respected (A Long & Foster Company) 5518 Connecticut Ave NW Renewing Silver Learn more about our programs for Washington DC 20015 Members children ages 2 1/2 through 8th grade! (202) 744-8060 direct Tifereth Israel (202) 966-1400 office Congregation www.lowellschool.org www.Upper16th.com Rabbi Ethan Seidel [email protected] 7701 16th St NW 1640 Kalmia Road NW Washington, DC Washington, DC 20012 202-577-2000 20012

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Community Calendar, February – March 2016 Thurs, Mar 17, 7 pm Shepherd Park Library Tues, Feb 2 Thurs, Feb 18, 7 pm Session 4 Aquatics 4D Police Citizens 4D Citizens Advisory Programs Continued at Other Registration Advisory Council Mtg Council Mtg Open to currently enrolled 6001 Georgia Ave NW 4D Headquarters Locations 6001 Georgia Ave NW During the renovation, the following programs families Sun, Feb 28, 10:30 am will be continued at other locations Lowell School African, American & Me Save the Date: Tues, Feb 2, 7 pm Day Sat, Apr 23, 8:30 am Job Seekers Drop-In Clinic ANC 4A Mtg, Location TBD St. Mary’s Baptist Church Help is offered at all DCPLs. Rock Creek Clean Up Presentation on Interviewing Skills at Petworth Thurs, Feb 4 Rock Creek Conservancy Library on Feb 3, 12 pm For more information, contact Session 4 Aquatics March John Maleri, jmaeri@ Registration Baby and Toddler Story Time Open to all in the community Tues, Mar 1, 7 pm rockcreekconservancy.org Story hours are offered at Takoma Library Lowell School ANC 4A Mtg Location TBD Sat, May 14 Let’s Read The Annual Shepherd Moved to Shepherd Elementary School on Tues, Feb 9, 7 pm Wed, Mar 10, 7 pm Elementary PTA Gala Tuesday afternoons as aftercare offering SPCA Community Mtg PSA 401 Mtg Shepherd Elementary School Takoma Library, History/Biography Book Club 416 Cedar St NW Moved to Ledo Pizza on Saturdays at 3:30 pm Wed, Feb 10, 7 pm Feb 20 (Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention) and PSA 401 Mtg Sun, Mar 13, 10:30 am & 3 pm Mar 19 (The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story Takoma Library Officers Day, Praise of the Women Who Helped Win WW II) 416 Cedar St NW Dancers & Guest Preacher St. Mary’s Baptist Church Sun, Feb 14, 1 pm February Biology Reading Group Sun, Mar 13, 1–3 pm Group will continue to explore Summer Camp Open Mon, Feb 1, 7:30 pm Life on the Edge by Johnjoe House Lowell School Mindfulness Mtg, for people interested McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili, in practicing meditation and living with All are welcome mindfulness – or for anyone wanting to find Wash. Ethical Soc’y out more about these topics Wash. Ethical Soc’y

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SPCA Upcoming Show Events Community Meeting Your Tues, Feb 9, 7 pm Shepherd Elementary SPCA Garden Tour Sun, May 22, 2-5 pm Shepherd School Yard Sale Park Annual Meeting Sat/Sun, June 4-5 (Elections) 9 am-3 pm Photo byBeth Allaben Spirit! SPCA Sweatshirts, T-shirts, and (for Tues, May 10, 7 pm SPCA Picnic Shepherd Elementary Sun, Jun 12, 2-5 pm the first time ever) Polo Shirts are Now School Place to be determined Available! Sizes: Adult S, M, L, and XL Spring Plant-in Colors: forest green, maroon, charcoal, and navy Sat, May 14, 8:30-10:30 am Prices: T-shirts - $17; Sweatshirts/polo shirts - $30 Ledo Pizza & Pasta Available at SPCA potluck, community meetings, and other SPCA gatherings!