March 12 Marathon Road Closures Starts at 7:30 AM (check the course map below)

Rock 'n' Roll DC Road Closure Reminder

Dear ANC Commissioners, This is a reminder that the Rock ‘n’ Roll DC Marathon & Half Marathon is coming up on Saturday, March 12. Please post this information on your community list servs. The course passes through several Advisory Neighborhood Commissions between the start line on Constitution Avenue NW at 14th Street NW and the finish line at RFK Stadium. Informational door hangers were distributed to residents, businesses and organizations along the route last week. Please visit our website to view an interactive course map and download PDF versions of the course map, road closure times, no parking zones, meter/bump cross routes, and alternate directions. As leaders in your community, we want to share key phone numbers for you to call if you experience any race-related issues on race day: District of Columbia: 202.727.1000 Metropolitan Police Department: 202.727.9099 Rock ‘n’ Roll  DC Organizers: 844.411.4674 Some of your constituents will be running in the race and we hope that others will get involved with volunteer activities at the start/finish or along the course on race day. Thank you for your support of this exciting event. Community Relations Department Rock ‘n’ Roll DC Marathon & ½ Saturday, March 12, 2016                                                                                                     http://www.runrocknroll.com/dc/the-races/road-closures/

Location of new Commercial businesses in the Convention Center

Before that let me note we have another new restaurant coming to the neighborhood:

1230 DC is a unique French/American Nouveau Restaurant & Lounge. OPENING SPRING 2016. Located at 1230 9th Street NW

Washington, DC · http://1230dc.com

 Now for the Convention Center, already open are Sbarro at 1104 7th Street and Kanvas DC (a gift shop inside the Center)

Here are the new commercial businesses and their location around the exterior of the Center

·         Unconventional Diner, a locally owned and operated high-end diner concept and brainchild of multiple DC residents/business owners.

o   Address: 1207-1219 9th Street NW

·         Union Kitchen Grocery, a locally inspired corner market that will be expanding the brand’s footprint from their existing location in the Capital Hill neighborhood to include the Shaw neighborhood. 

o   Address: 1249-1251 9^th Street NW

·         Smoked & Stacked, a fast-casual sandwich shop that will showcase in-house brined and smoked pastrami developed by Top Chef Marjorie Meek-Bradley. 

o   Address: 1239 9th Street NW

·         Morris, a craft cocktail bar, featuring notable DC-based chef and restauranteur, Spike Mendelsohn along with Vinoda Basnayake.  This cocktail bar will be an expansion from their Sheppard concept which had its original location in Dupont Circle.

o   Address: 1020 7th Street NW

·         Urban Athletic Club and Bodycore Lab, a motivating and inspiring fitness marketplace and health diagnostic center. Urban Athletic Club is expanding upon its existing locations in both Georgetown and Glover Park to now include the Shaw neighborhood. 

o   Urban Athletic Club Address: 802-804 N Street NW

o   Bodycore Lab Address: 760 N Street NW

·         A Barbershop Concept that will relocate their existing location in the Shaw neighborhood to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

o   Address: 750 N Street NW

Thanks to Theresa Dubois for this information.

Greg

Holiday Party Tonight 8 Jan @ Baby Wale Loft (to rear, up the stairs) 1124 9th Street 6-8 PM

hors d'oeuvre and soft drinks provided
cash bar

Party Reminder for this Friday night!!

Blagden Alley and Naylor Court Association Holiday Gathering Friday 8 Jan @ Baby Wale 6-8 PM

Happy New Year

Hoping everyone has a safe and pleasant New Year’s evening.

Blagden Alley and Naylor Court Association is hosting a Holiday Gathering at the Baby Wale on Friday, January 8, 2016 between 6 and 8 PM.  We will be together on the Balcony portion of the facility.  As reminder notice will be sent the day before.

Here’s the particulars:

Holiday Gathering,
6 to 8 PM, Friday, January 8, 2016 at the
Baby Wale
1124 9^th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
http://babywaledc.com/

ANC2F Schedule
The ANC2F meeting schedule for 2016 has now been posted here:
http://www.anc2f.org/
 



BANCA Blog - www.blagdenalley.blogspot.com
 
 

Naylor Stables LLC, withdraws ABRA application for 1322 9th ST NW, Note from Paul Harrison below

Dear Neighbors,

We received a note this morning announcing that the applicants for the proposed beer garden on 9^th Street had withdrawn their request for a liquor license and were walking away from the project.  The protest hearing before ABRA scheduled for tomorrow has therefore been cancelled.

As I’ve noted in my prior emails, those of us who protested the application have been, and continue to be, supportive of the redevelopment of 9^th Street as a commercial and restaurant destination for a diverse clientele.  Throughout the conversation, and again after the notice, we made it clear to the applicants that our opposition was about this site and this use – not them - and that we’d welcome their opening the right operation in the right building in our part of Shaw.  I personally will continue to support them at Etto and hope that we see them here in Shaw in the future. 

Many people supported us in this effort, we can’t thank them enough!

Please let me know if you have any questions, and stay tuned in all of our continuing effort to support the revitalization of 9^th Street.

Best,

Paul Harrison

Holiday Party and Meeting Schedule for 2016

Latest Happenings

The BANCA meet on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the Whitman Condos on 9^th Street NW.
 
The discussion for the evening focused on crime and safety issues as well as plans for the first part of 2016.
 
It was decided, due to everyone’s busy holiday schedule, to plan a post-holiday pot-luck gathering for the evening of Saturday, January 16, 2015.  Details for the event will be sent to this list after the New Year’s period.
 
Next meeting times were selected to be March 8-10 and June 7-9 weeks (Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday), with Thursday the preferred day for each of these periods.  We are looking for someone to host each gathering.