All Douglas Park residents are invited to the 37th Annual Douglas Park Fourth of July Parade and Picnic.
The neighborhood will gather in Monroe Park (14th St S at S Monroe St) at 10 am on Thursday, July 4th for judging of the best parade floats, costumes, decorated bikes, and the coveted prize of Mr and Ms Douglas Park. The parade itself starts at 10:30am from Monroe Park, proceeding along S Nelson Street to 18th St S, to S Quincy Street and into Douglas Park for the picnic. There will be a waterslide, a moonbounce and sno-cones.
This is a pot-luck picnic, so bring your finest recipes to share:
Folks with last names beginning with A-M are asked to bring a side dish.
Folks with last names beginning with N-Z are asked to bring a dessert.
Free water and hot dogs provided by the Douglas Park Civic Association.
At noon, there will be a reading of the Declaration of Independence. If you would like to volunteer to be one of our readers for the Declaration, please email me!
See you there!
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Civic Association Meeting Monday 29th June 2020
Civic Association Agendas, Civic Association Elections, Civic Association MeetingsThe next Civic Association meeting will be held at 7.30pm, Monday 29th June 2020 at 6.15 pm via Zoom.
Along with the usual neighborhood updates, Bill Browning and Marion Jordan of Arlington Master Naturalists will give a talk on White-Tailed Deer in Arlington.
Key highlights are here:
https://armn.org/2020/05/09/white-tailed-deer-and-forest-health-in-northern-virginia/
https://arlingtonmasternaturalists.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/deer-flyer-suburban-landscapes.pdf
This month’s newsletter is available here.
All are welcome to attend.
Civic Association Meeting Monday 24th February 2020
Civic Association Agendas, Civic Association Elections, Civic Association MeetingsThe next Civic Association meeting will be held at 7.30pm, Monday 24th February 2020 in the downstairs meeting room of Firehouse No. 9 at 19th Street South and South Walter Reed Drive.
It’s our annual election of officers; all positions are open for candidates and we are in need of a new secretary.
Also on the agenda:
Pizza will be served!
This month’s newsletter is available here.
All are welcome to attend.
Civic Association Meeting Monday 25th November 2019
Civic Association Agendas, Civic Association Elections, Civic Association MeetingsThe next Civic Association meeting will be held at 7.15pm on Monday 25 November 2019 in the downstairs meeting room of Firehouse No. 9 at 19th Street South and South Walter Reed Drive. On the agenda:
All are welcome to attend.
Listserv Changes
Community Events, EngagementAs many of you are aware, Yahoo! is making some pretty significant changes to Yahoo! Groups this fall. Yahoo! Groups is the service provider for our listserv. Because of these and other changes, we have decided to move the listserv to groups.io; a dedicated listerv hosting company started by Mark Fletcher who was one of the pioneers of listerv platforms. Our listserv is in the queue for transition (as are a LOT of other groups; Yahoo’s actions have precipitated a mass exodus). If all goes to plan, all current listserv members should be transferred to the new platform once the transition is complete. We will be communicating to the listserv as we work through the transition and eventually retiring the current listserv. If you’ve not signed up for the listserv before, now is the time to get a jump on the new platform; just send an email to dpca-listserv+subscribe@groups.io.
37th Annual Douglas Park Fourth of July Parade and Picnic
UncategorizedAll Douglas Park residents are invited to the 37th Annual Douglas Park Fourth of July Parade and Picnic.
The neighborhood will gather in Monroe Park (14th St S at S Monroe St) at 10 am on Thursday, July 4th for judging of the best parade floats, costumes, decorated bikes, and the coveted prize of Mr and Ms Douglas Park. The parade itself starts at 10:30am from Monroe Park, proceeding along S Nelson Street to 18th St S, to S Quincy Street and into Douglas Park for the picnic. There will be a waterslide, a moonbounce and sno-cones.
This is a pot-luck picnic, so bring your finest recipes to share:
Folks with last names beginning with A-M are asked to bring a side dish.
Folks with last names beginning with N-Z are asked to bring a dessert.
Free water and hot dogs provided by the Douglas Park Civic Association.
At noon, there will be a reading of the Declaration of Independence. If you would like to volunteer to be one of our readers for the Declaration, please email me!
See you there!
Civic Association Meeting Monday 24th June 2019
Civic Association Agendas, Civic Association Elections, Civic Association MeetingsThe next Civic Association meeting will be held Monday 24 June 2019 at 7.30pm in the downstairs meeting room at Firehouse 9 (19th St S at Walter Reed Dr). Pizza will be served. On the agenda:
This month’s newsletter is available here.
All are welcome to attend.
Pike West End Food Truck Party, Sat 11 May 2019, 11a-2p
Civic Association Agendas, Civic Association Elections, Civic Association MeetingsThe first Pike West End Food Truck Party of the year is less than two weeks away!
Enjoy great street food by:
Co-sponsored by the Columbia Forest and Douglas Park Civic Associations.
Civic Association Meeting Tuesday 26th February 2019 [Updated]
Civic Association Agendas, Civic Association Elections, Civic Association MeetingsThe next Civic Association meeting will be held Tuesday 26 February 2019 at 7.30pm in the downstairs meeting room at Firehouse 9 (19th St S at Walter Reed Dr). Pizza will be served. On the agenda:
UPDATE: All 2018-2019 Officers were re-elected to another term.
UPDATE: The assembled membership agreed unanimously to support Metta in their move to South Highland Street.
UPDATE: There was considerable opposition to connecting 12th St South through to Monroe St; but no opposition to connecting 12th and Lincoln as per previous plans. County staff were encouraged to review the history of both Pike 3400 and the Post Office to learn of historical discussions regarding 12th St.
OTHER ACTIONS: The assembled membership agreed to donate $500 to Phoenix Bikes’ annual fundraiser.
Attendees were reminded to participate in the Neighborhood Survey that closes 9 Mar 2019.
This month’s newsletter is available here.
All are welcome to attend.
36th Annual Douglas Park Fourth of July Parade and Picnic
UncategorizedAll Douglas Park residents are invited to the 36th Annual Douglas Park Fourth of July Parade and Picnic.
The neighborhood will gather in Monroe Park (14th St S at S Monroe St) at 10am on Wednesday, July 4th for judging of the best parade floats, costumes, decorated bikes, and the coveted prize of Mr and Ms Douglas Park. The parade itself starts at 10:30am from Monroe Park, proceeding along S Nelson Street to 18th St S, to S Quincy Street and into Douglas Park for the picnic. There will be a waterslide, a moonbounce and sno-cones.
This is a pot-luck picnic, so bring your finest recipes to share:
Folks with last names beginning with A-M are asked to bring a dessert.
Folks with last names beginning with N-Z are asked to bring a side dish.
Free water and hot dogs provided by the Douglas Park Civic Association.
At noon, there will be a reading of the Declaration of Independence.
See you there!
Civic Association Meeting Monday 25th June 2018
Civic Association Agendas, Civic Association Elections, Civic Association MeetingsThe next regular Civic Association meeting will be held Monday 25 June at 7.30pm in the downstairs meeting room at Firehouse 9, Walter Reed Dr at 19th St S. On the agenda:
This month’s newsletter is available here.
All are welcome to attend.