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The Burleith Bell January 2006 BURLEITH CITIZENS ASSOCIATION EVENTS Welcome New Residents! Village in the city The Burleith Bell January 2006 BURLEITH CITIZENS ASSOCIATION www.burleith.org EVENTS Some events and activities have a fee or require reservations. Please call ahead. Jan. 7, Music to Our Ears Family Saturday tour of music at the Cathedral and hands-on “create an instrument,” Washing- ton National Cathedral, 10-11:30 am, noon- 1:30 pm.; 537-2934; www.cathedral.org Jan 10, Alliance for Local Living ALL, an advisory council and community action group dealing with issues affecting off-campus student living, meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm. More info: offcam- pus.georgetown.edu/all.html or email Chuck Vansant at [email protected] to be added to the mailing list. Jan. 11, Spring Registration Georgetown U. School of Continuing Studies walk-in registration, 9 am-6 pm. 2nd Floor, Lake Burleith—Raw sewage flows across Whitehaven Park on Jan. 2 after an underground pipe became Poulton Hall (37th and P Streets). More info: blocked on New Year’s Day. After repairs are made and the ground begins to dry, DCWASA will spread topsoil over 687-5719; scs.georgetown.edu the area—but recommends staying away from the sewage-soaked park until then. Jan. 11, Community Gathering Historic Preservation Q&A with Patsy Fletcher of the D.C. Historic Preservation Office; Wash- Shuttle Service Sparks Controversy ington Intl. School, 7 pm. 36th and R Streets NW. More info: www.burleith.org Georgetown University has begun a for the 20-minute Burleith loop. The Jan. 13, Sr. “Pop” Showcase new student shuttle service to replace its shuttle will stop at various stop signs along Duke Ellington School of Arts, 7:30 pm. 3500 R SafeRides program. SafeRides began as a the routes, running between the hours of Street; 337-4825; www.ellingtonschool.org call-in door-to-door service for students, 10pm and 3am, Thursday through Satur- Jan 15, Open House who could request a pick up or drop off in day. Abe’s Transportation will be operating Corcoran College of Art + Design faculty and nearby residential neighborhoods. the service. staff will answer questions about Spring 2006 The call-in service has recently experi- “How is standing in the open waiting courses and certificate/degree programs. Stu- dent work on view; light refreshments served. enced an increase in ridership as parents fifteen or twenty minutes going to make 35 & S Streets NW. More info: 298-2542; and students have become concerned about them safer?” asked a resident. www.corcoran.edu/continuing street-safety issues. In an effort to become Not all online comments were against Jan. 20, Student Recital more efficient and relieve the concerns the program: “While we understand that Duke Ellington School of Arts, 2:30 pm of students and parents, GU established students are often the cause of problems in the new shuttle service—but without first our community,” wrote a resident, “shoot- Jan. 21, Sr. Fashion Show Duke Ellington School of Arts, 7:30 pm consulting affected neigborhoods. ing down a program aimed at decreasing Some Burleith residents turned to their crime is certainly not something we sup- Jan. 26, Jazz Orchestra/Vocals online chat group (burleith.org) to express port.” Duke Ellington School of Arts, 10:30 am & 7:30 pm their concerns. Residents concerns were voiced by a BCA “This will exacerbate the already unac- delegation in December at the Alliance Jan. 26, Joint Board Mtg. ceptable problem ...of loud, drunken, for Local Living meeting. The consensus Washington Intl. School, 7 pm; 36th and R Streets NW. More info: www.burleith.org destructive behavior,” wrote one resident. between the university and the residents “[The shuttle] would only draw more of Georgetown and Burleith was that the Jan. 31, ANC2E Meeting students and people to Burleith for shuttle program should respond to commu- Georgetown Visitation School, 6:30 pm, www.anc2e.com partying.” wrote another. nity concerns and will be tweaked in the Ann Carper The shuttle loops through Burleith and [email protected] Georgetown. A 12-seater van will be used See SHUTTLE, page 3 The Burleith Bell, January 2006 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Ellington Field Reopens eorgetown University’s work on the track at Ellington Field he new GU shuttle service loop has been on the minds of many G T was completed at the end of November and reopened for commu- residents and understandably so. GU made a serious misstep by nity use in early December. When not in use for practice by GU’s not asking the community for their comment before initiating this track team, the track is available to the community for those wish- program. The BCA recently sent a letter to the ANC commenting ing to keep in shape by jogging and/or walking. Those wanting to on this issue. It is the opinion of the Board that the Shuttle be dis- keep “track” of how many miles they’ve completed should know continued as presented to the community until a complete review the track is a fifth of a mile; five times around results in one mile. can be taken by the Association. Ongoing discussions with Burleith Other community use, such as walking dogs at the facility, has residents and the University are needed. There are many serious also resumed. Dog walkers are advised to be vigilant about picking issues to be addressed before a program that has up after their pet and take care to ensure that they do not interfere the potential for great impact on our community with other activities. and residents be put into place. Linda Greenan Safety is an important issue for residents and [email protected] students. (Lt. Lucas, of the MPD tells me that we are not experiencing a crime wave.) While the Shuttle program is being reviewed and com- mented upon, we suggest expanding the services Lenore provided by the current Saferides program. The underlying issue of the shuttle service is poor student behavior and whether the service will fuel this behavior. In the coming month, I hope to meet with the Lt. Lucas, Chuck Vansant and Burleith residents to directly address the con- cerns of student houses. Burleith’s online community has been vigorously debating the issue for the past month. If you haven’t joined Burleith online (see “Take Action,” Page 5), I recommend you do so. Compared to De- cember 2004, when there were only 5 messages, this year there are 64! Security, traffic and health alerts were e-mailed out to residents who received the information in a timely manner so that it was im- mediately useful. If you need help in signing up contact Jen Perry at 338-1201. Treasurer Tori Irvine resigned last month. Dwane Starlin has been approved by the Board to take over as Treasuer. He comes to the position with a wealth of experience as a tax attorney. Thank you to outgoing board members Kay Twomey and Tori Irvine for their dedicated service to Burleith. I had the opportunity to attend a symposium on community Burleith Citizens Association heritage preservation, sponsored by The Humanities Council of www.burleith.org Washington. It was both informative and enlightening. We were Board of Directors Members at large: aksed why we would want to preserve our community’s heritage? Lenore Rubino Mark Gisler Why preserve a building? The answer to that went deeper than - President Caroline Phelps architectural integrity of a neighborhood. Buildings provide a Jennifer Perry Ed Soloman “folkway” into the past and enable community members to connect - Vice President/Web master Walter Hillabrant Dwane Starlin to the heritage of a neighborhood through its architecture. Build- - Treasurer Newsletter ings have stories to tell and give a community a sense of time and Jennifer Jarratt Editorial Committee place—something to think about as we move along in our discus- - Co-recording Secretary Patterson Clark sion of whether Burleith should become an historic district. Ashley Lathrop Lenore Rubino January’s Community Gathering is this Wednesday. Patsy Fletcher - Co-recording Secretary Advertising Director Sara Revis Michael Farquhar from DC’s Historic Preservation Office returns with a slide pre- - Corresponding Secretary Circulation sentation on historic preservation. Join us for a glass of wine and Marjorie Wolfe socialize with your neighbors. - call 965-1699 See you around the neighborhood. Lenore Rubino Send your opinions and comments to: [email protected] Lenore Rubino, 1955 39th St. NW, 20007 202-262-1261 or send an email to [email protected] Advertising inquiries: Page 2 Contact Michael Farquhar, 338-2921, [email protected] The Burleith Bell, January 2006 page 1 SHUTTLE, from No formal vote was taken on whether ACTIVITIES coming months as feedback comes in from the program will be officially supported residents and students. by ANC2E, but it was proposed that there Some activities have a fee or require reser- The ANC2E examined this issue at its be a committee of an ANC commissioner, vations. Please call ahead. January 3rd meeting. G.U. representative- BCA representative and CAG representa- Guy Mason Winter Classes Dave Morell apologized that the communi- tive to be kept informed of changes as the Registration for Winter 2006 classes at Guy ty wasn’t consulted ahead of time, express- program moves forward. Mason is underway. Classes start week of Jan. ing his desire to keep the community in the Lenore Rubino and Jen Perry 9. To register in person, visit Guy Mason Center loop in the future. at 3600 Calvert Street NW, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-10 pm, and Sat. 9 am-5 pm, or call Robert The ANC commissioners expressed their Haldeman/Caryl King at 282-2180.
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