VOLUME XXIX / ISSUE 9 / NOVEMBER 2013 WWW.CAGTOWN.ORG CAG Salutes Oral History Pioneers at City Tavern Club n Wednesday, November 20, CAG will hear families, building businesses, entertaining, renovat- from well-known Georgetowners Pie Friendly, ing houses – and more. OBilly Martin, Steve Kurzman, Barbara Downs, and Chris Murray, all of whom have participated in Our host for the evening will be the City Tavern CAG’s oral history project. These engaging Georget- Club who will provide refreshments for the recep- owners have recorded their recollections about life in tion starting at seven o’clock. The City Tavern Club Georgetown in one-on-one interviews with CAG’s oral also invites CAG members to continue the evening history volunteers. The results have been fascinating – following the Oral History panel by offering a cash visit www.cagtown.org to read the summaries andor bar beginning at 8:30 and the opportunity to have the entire interviews. Come and meet these living a three course dinner for $35 per person. RSVP by Georgetown legends and hear some of their intriguing Thursday, November 14, to Sue Hamilton at 333- stories first hand. 8076 or [email protected]. Tom Birch will introduce the program with a sum- Please join CAG at the elegant City Tavern Club, mary of the project. The interviewees will then talk 3206 M Street, for an evening filled with well-de- City Tavern Club hosts CAG informally about their memories of growing up in or meeting November 20 served salutes to significant Georgetowners -- and moving to Georgetown, pursuing careers here, raising their role in capturing the history of Georgetown. Recent Public Safety Happenings The officers gave other good crime prevention tips and expressed Jennie Buehler the importance of community involvement. For example, when you are walking in the community, carry your cell phone in order to alert ur very active Public Safety Committee is moving on several police in the event you notice suspicious activity. This simple tip has fronts: We held a community meeting recently at the Safe- and will help prevent thefts and robberies in our neighborhood. Oway Café during which MPD Officer Atkins along with Lt. John Hedgecock, Lt. Ralph Neal, and Officer Robert Anderson briefed The growing number of over 80 CAG Public Safety Block Captains residents on recent crimes, the upcoming holidays, bike and cell phone are communicating very efficiently via their special email network, and thefts, and the issue of reporting suspicious people. Because of increased passing relevant information to the residents of their blocks. To see bike thefts over the summer, Officer Atkins directed people on how who is captain of your block visit our website: http://www.cagtown. to register their bikes on the website: http://nationalbikeregistry.com. org and click on Public Safety Program, a link to block captains is at the bottom. Be sure to give your block captain your email address (and Package theft has been reported by many residents and Block Cap- the names of new neighbors) so everyone gets these timely alerts and tains. If you are worried about your package being left outside your specific information. If your block doesn’t have a captain, consider being door, have it delivered to your workplace, or to a family member, friend, one. Call the CAG office at 337-7313 and ask for more information. or neighbor. If it is being delivered by UPS or Fed Ex, you can have it held at one of their locations and pick it up at your convenience. And please make a donation to the Public Safety program. A request Coordinate with your neighbors. If a package is delivered while you letter goes out later this month – your contribution is totally tax deduct- are out see if a neighbor can pick it up and store it until you are able ible with perks such as having the CAG Guards cell phone numbers to to retrieve it. request house monitoring and escort services for you and your guests. 1 GEORGETOWN CITIZENS / NOVEMBER 2013 TTR 2 NOVEMBER 2013 / GEORGETOWN CITIZENS President’s Letter abandoned building to ANC2E and OGB. those attending the meeting may stay on at Pamla Moore The Levy Group has held a number of public the club at 8:30 pm for a one-hour cash bar meetings to explain their concept for both and also make reservations for dinner in the he chill is in the air and in the late af- the building and the green space surrounding club’s Tap Room. ternoon you can smell the smoke from the property. Did you attend one of them? Tfireplaces as you walk down the side- Let me know what you think of the concept The Georgetown Gala! What can I add to walk. It is tempting to stay a little closer to plans by sending an e-mail to cag-president@ the many accolades offered about this Ital- home. And thoughts begin to turn towards cagtown.org. Although not on-line as I write ian Embassy extravaganza! It would not have plans for the holidays. been the success it was without the year-long planning by co-chairs However, the Citizens Associa- Colleen Girouard and Robin Jones. tion of Georgetown, thanks to many The Gala committee, including Jill volunteers, is deeply involved in the Altman, Florence Auld, Hannah major goings-on in our community. Bahar, Annie Lou Berman, Jennie Our mission is to protect George- Buehler, Constance Chatfield-Tay- town’s historic character; improve lor, Marcie Connolly, Betsy Cooley, the community, and advocate for Susan Dimarco, Ellen Clare Dreyer, our residents. Michele Evans, Caitlin Girouard, Pamela Hines, Darla Jackson, Cathy Recently CAG has drafted pro- Kerkam, Lesley Lee, Nancy Miya- posed legislation that we believe hira, Jackie Pletcher, Ada Polla, will improve neighbor notifica- Annemarie Ryan, Kallie Seniff, tion during a home owner’s appli- Council members Vincent Orange and Jack Evans, House Representative Nancy Taylor-Bubes, Amy cation for design review of exterior Eleanor Holmes Norton, Honorees Patricia and Herb Miller, Pamla Moore Tercek, Mariella Trager and Beth alterations in Georgetown. Because Webster, showed amazing talents Georgetown is a National Historic Landmark this, there will be a web site for review of the and created the beautiful evening for us all to applications for building permits for exterior project plans. enjoy. Thank you! Thank you! alterations or additions are subject to review by the Old Georgetown Board (OGB) of the Before I move on to thanking the most The sponsors for the evening were a big U. S. Commission of Fine Arts and in the amazing group of people who made the annual part of the success and are key to the CAG’s cases of alterations not visible from a public CAG Gala a total success on October 18, I have work to enhance our community. Thank you way, applications for permits are subject to a few bits of news to share. to Community Pillars: Capital Asset Manage- review by the D.C. Historic Preservation ment and Manhattan Construction Company; Review Board (HPRB). However, and this is Number one–I am delighted to announce Cornerstone Patrons: Beasley Real Estate, our concern, permit regulations do not require that John Richardson has agreed to join the Nancy Taylor Bubes-Washington Fine Proper- that neighbors of the proposed project receive CAG Board. As many of you know, John gives ties, Chesapeake Management Group, Clyde’s notice of the referral of the building permit so much to our community. His many years as Restaurant Group, The JBG Companies, application to OGB or HPRB. Responding to president of Friends of Volta Park turned Volta Georgetown University, Shelley and Bruce numerous resident’s concerns and frustrations park into a place that brings us all together in Ross-Larson-CDI, The Levy Group, Long & and talking to our elected officials, architects a delightful setting. (I believe the high quality Foster, Vornado Realty Trust, and Western and preservationists, CAG believes there is a of our parks has encouraged young families Development Corporation. Dumbarton Pa- legislative solution. We look forward to sharing to move here.) trons: Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, the conversations with you that will, hope- Creel Publishing-Digital Lizard, EagleBank, fully, lead to a process that will better serve Second, CAG has planned its next general Georgetown University Hospital, M.C. Dean, our residents. meeting for Wednesday, November 20 at the Inc., and Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. City Tavern Club. One of our monthly pro- Potomac Patrons: Merribel Ayres with Amina Another important issue in which I hope grams that receives the greatest applause and Rubinacce, The Georgetown Current, The you will choose to be engaged is the plan to hearty laughter is our Oral History evening. Georgetowner and PNC Mortgage. And a transform the West Heating Plant on 29th What is more fun than listening to our re- very special thanks to Ambassador and Mrs. Street, the canal and K Street into a 60-70 unit nowned neighbors tell personal tales and sto- Claudio Bisogniero for enabling us to have Four Seasons condominium. By the time you ries from Georgetown past? With Tom Birch as the Gala at the Italian Embassy. See page 6 read this, The Levy Group and its team, will the moderator, get ready. A new twist, thanks and 7 for photos and visit CAG’s website and have presented their initial “concept” for the to Susan Hamilton and the City Tavern Club, facebook page for more pictures. 3 GEORGETOWN CITIZENS / NOVEMBER 2013 Aspects of Georgetown Georgetown Village: A Success Story for an individual and $900 for a household. is tax deductible as no services are received.