Media Advisory For Release: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne, delledonne.n@comcast.net , 703 929 6656 NBC4 Reports 'Confusing' Traffic on 17th St. DDOT Continues to Stonewall Rally and Walking Tour of 17th St. by Neighborhood Coalition Where: 17th & Q Sts., NW, When: Wed., July 14, 11 am Guest: Reverend Graylan Scott Hagler, Plymouth Congregational Music by Lorenz A. […]
Category: Ward 2
For Release: Thursday, July 8, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 Mayor Bowser Hears Our DDOT Complaint for Bike Plan Presentation Mayor Bowser heard the community call for a public presentation of the controversial and confusing 17th St Bilke Plan proposed by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). “I will look into […]
Media Alert and Release : Saturday, July 3, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 BREAKING – CM Pinto Says: No, to 17th St Bike Plan Presentation Friday, July 2, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto refused to provide a public presentation for the benefit of her constituents in Ward 2 regarding DDOT’s confusing 17 th St. Bike Plan. But, oddly, she […]
For Release: Monday, June 28, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 DDOT Bike Plans Face Rising Opposition, Merchants, Civic Associations Demand DDOT Stop Stonewalling DC neighborhoods, including Dupont East, Shaw, Glover Park and Burleith, are getting together in collective protest of DDOT’s proposed protected bike lanes through congested commercial and […]
For Release: Monday, June 14, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 DDOT Changes 17th St. Bike Plan – Refuses Public Presentation; Residents Appeal to Mayor Bowser, CM Pinto Residents led by a neighborhood civic association demand the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) hold a public presentation of recent changes to the […]
Media Alert May 21, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 ‘Still Homeless’ – DECAA testifies on end of COVID Services “Homeless people housed in hotels are still homeless,” says Dan Casey, until recently homeless and a member of Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA). He will testify Friday, May 21, at the DC Council hearing […]
Media Release: Monday, April 12, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne, delledonne.n@comcast.net 703 929 6656 ‘The Neighbors Don't Want It!’ Dupont ANC Struggles Again with Masonic Project The Masons’ plan for an oversized, inappropriate apartment building in an historic district at 16th and S Streets, NW – a development that would destroy the low-rise historic stretch of […]
Media Advisory April 7, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne 703 929 6656 When is a Roof Not a Roof? Residents Challenge Zoning Approval of Masonic Lot – Dupont ANC Committee Agenda Tonight Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) asks the question: When is a roof an embellishment? In a presentation tonight at Dupont ANC […]
Media releaseMarch 21, 2021Contact Nick DelleDonne703-929-6656 The Peculiar Alliance between Mayor Bowser and Developers,What the Lawsuit on the Masonic Temple Development Shows Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) was established in 2019 to promote the historic character of the neighborhood. One of our first acts was to apply for an extension of the historic landmark […]
Media release March 15, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 Community May Solve Encampment Mystery! With MPD Video, Dupont Neighbors May ID Vigilantes in Homeless Encampment Removal at Safeway, July 2020 Last year early in the morning of Sunday, July 26, vigilantes under cover of night, removed the homeless encampments on 17th St. NW, outside the Safeway. In a despicable act of violence on residents of the community who have little, a […]