Civic Association Meeting Monday 15th November 2021

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The next Civic Association meeting will be held Monday 15th November 2021 at 7.00 pm EDT via Zoom.
All are welcome to attend.

The November Neighbor News is available here.

On the agenda are

  • 1. Discuss the annual Douglas Park Holiday Fund Drive.
  • 2. Progress on the 2021 Douglas Park Neighborhood Conservation Plan.
  • 3. Open floor to discuss and hear ideas about what neighbors would like to see in the neighborhood in 2022, be it events, advocacy, or other activities (and how we could make them happen!).

A Zoom pre-registration link will be provided in the next several days.

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Civic Association Meeting Monday 20th September 2021

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The next Civic Association meeting will be held Monday 20th September 2021 at 7.00 pm EDT via Zoom.
All are welcome to attend.

The September Neighbor News is available here.

On the agenda are

  • 1. An overview of Arlington County’s Neighborhood Conservation program presented by Tim McIntosh.
  • 2. Introduction and Discussion of the DRAFT 2021 Douglas Park Neighborhood Conservation Plan.
  • 3. A vote on whether to approve the DRAFT 2021 Douglas Park Neighborhood Conservation Plan.

The DRAFT of Douglas Park’s updated [2021] Neighborhood Conservation Plan is available here [PDF, 36,4 MiB].

Please use the instructions below to pre-register for the meeting:

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DPCA General Meeting via Zoom
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Monday 20 September 2021 at 1900/7pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpd-igpjIiH92QYcBtitDODWzptMjwBNeJ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Neighborhood Conservation Revision Kickoff, Tue 19 Jun 2018

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Please mark your calendars for 7:30-9PM on Tuesday, June 19th, for our Neighborhood Conservation Plan Revision kickoff event at Fire Station No. 9 (in the basement – and Fire Station No. 9 is the one off of Walter Reed Dr. near the dog park).

We’re going to have food (pizza and other things) and beverages and talk about what we want our neighborhood to look like over the next 10-20 years. At the event, we’re going to go over the NC Plan briefly and we’re going to give you an opportunity to provide your specific thoughts on what you’d like to see in the new plan, and how you can help us get there.

Please join us!

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12th St S (S Highland to Glebe) Neighborhood Conservation Project Documents

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For those who could not attend, attached are the documents presented at the 5 April 2018 meeting regarding the Neighborhood Conservation project along 12th St S from Glebe Rd to S Highland St. This project includes curb, gutters and a sidewalk.

Aerial View [PDF, 31.1 MiB].

Plan Schematic [PDF, 1.7 MiB].

Parking Plan [PDF, 1.4 MiB].

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Meeting on the 12th St S Neighborhood Conservation Project; Thu 5 Apr 2018 at 7.15pm

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The Douglas Park Civic Association will host a special meeting to review the initial design concepts for the Neighborhood Conservation project along 12th St S from Glebe Rd to S Highland St. This project includes curb, gutters and a sidewalk. Please join us for a special civic association meeting Thursday evening 5 April 2018 at 7.15pm in the downstairs meeting room at Firehouse 9; 19th St S at Walter Reed Drive. County staff will present the draft plans and take questions and comments.

See the official County meeting announcement here [PDF, 344 KiB].

Please join us!

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Civic Association Meeting Tuesday 28th April 2015

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The next Civic Association meeting will be held Tuesday 28 April at 7.30pm in the downstairs meeting room of Firehouse No. 9 at 19th Street South and South Walter Reed Drive. On the agenda:

  1. Mail Delivery. In November, we met with regional US Post Office officials to discuss ongoing issues with mail delivery in Douglas Park. It was a lively meeting, to say the least! At April’s meeting, postal officials—including recently-appointed South Station Manager, Marcus Clinkscale—will return for more discussion and feedback. A thank-you to Douglas Park resident Carol Freysinger for coordinating with the USPS folks!
  2. Neighborhood Conservation. We will discuss and vote
    on our next project to submit to the Neighborhood
    Conservation queue. Under consideration are:

    1. Completion of curb, gutter and sidewalks along 18th St S
      from S Quincy to Walter Reed Drive.
    2. Completion of curb, gutter and sidewalks along 13th St S
      from Glebe Road to S Walter Reed Drive.
    3. Streetlights along S Oakland St between 18th and 19th
      Streets S.

Please keep in mind that any project requires both a champion to oversee the process and approval by residents controlling at least 60% of the street frontage
in the project area to move forward. So, attend and let your opinion be heard!

3. Neighborhood Volunteer Needs. We have several opportunities for residents to help their fellow DPCA members and neighbors, including

• Newsletter advertising coordinator
• Newsletter distribution coordinator’
• Newsletter Spanish translator
• Fourth of July Coordinator
• Election Day Bake Sale Assistant
• Writers for the update of our Neighborhood Conservation Plan

If you’d like more information or can help, please attend the meeting or contact Adam Henderson at president<at>douglasparkca.org.

4. Other business.

All are welcome to attend.

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Recap of 24th February Civic Association Meeting

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Approximately fifteen people attended the Civic Association meeting on Tuesday evening 24 February at Firehouse 9.

The agenda included:

Annual Election of Officers
All current officers submitted their names for nomination for new terms. Nominations were solicited from the floor; none were offered. A motion to re-elect the current officers was made, seconded and agreed by the participants assembled:

  • Adam Henderson, President
  • Tony Brooks, Vice-President
  • Annette Pigott, Secretary
  • Al Fox, Treasurer

We discussed various current and upcoming projects along the Pike, including Arlington Presbyterian, Pike 3400 and 4707 Columbia Pike

We agreed to sponsorship of DP resident Sean Steele’s proposal for a spring cookout.

We solicited various proposals for our next Neighborhood Conservation project.
A list of proposals will be presented shortly on the listserv and in the next newsletter ahead of a final vote at the April meeting.

We discussed the need for volunteers to assist the Association with various tasks.
These include

  • Newsletter Advertising Coordinator
  • Newsletter Distribution Coordinator
  • Fourth of July Coordinator
  • Election Day Bake Sale Assistant
  • Writers for the update of our Neighborhood Conservation Plan

Further details regarding these opportunities will be forthcoming. If you can help, please email Adam Henderson.

Our next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday 21 April.

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Civic Association Meeting Tuesday 24th February 2015

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The next meeting of the Douglas Park Civic Association will be held Tuesday 24 February 2015 at 7.30p in the downstairs meeting room of Firehouse 9, 19th Street South at South Walter Reed Drive.

On the agenda:

  1. Elections. This meeting will include our annual election of civic association officers. All current officers (Adam Henderson, President; Tony Brooks, Vice-President; Al Fox, Treasurer and Annette Pigott, Secretary) are running for re-election. However, new nominations are open for all these offices as well. If you would like information about the role of civic association officers, please contact Adam Henderson at president<at>douglasparkca.org.
  2. Neighborhood Conservation. Our project for streetlights along 12th St S between S Quincy St and S Monroe St was approved by the Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee (NCAC) in December and should be approved by the County Board this month.  Our next project—curb, gutter, sidewalk and streetlight improvements along 12th St S between S Glebe Rd and S Walter Reed Dr—is in the queue.   That means it’s time to submit a new project.  We’ll start the discussion at this meeting with a decision at our April meeting ahead of the May 2015 submission deadline.
  3. Neighborhood Volunteer Needs. We have several opportunities for residents to help their fellow DPCA members and neighbors, including newsletter, Fourth of July, and Neighborhood Conservation.  If you’d like more information or can help, please attend the meeting or contact Adam Henderson at president<at>douglasparkca.org.
  4. Other business.

All are welcome to attend.

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