Oct
31
4:00 PM16:00

🔶 WestMonster Halloween Party

Join us for WestMonster, our neighborhood Halloween party for kids and families, on Saturday, October 31st, from 4 to 6 pm at Westminster Park (the playground), 911 Westminster St NW. Come in costume for crafts and pizza!

The event is free. An optional $5 donation for pizza is welcome: please Venmo @wnadues.

More information: https://wnadc.org/westmonster-halloween-party-saturday-october-31/

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Oct
31
6:00 PM18:00

🔶 U Street trick-or-treat

This isn’t so much an event as a tip! Our friends at the U Street Neighborhood Association are compiling a map of neighbors who will have candy for trick-or-treating — very handy!

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Nov
7
9:00 AM09:00

🔶 Vermont Ave Garden Fall (Work) Party

With the help of our Green Thumb volunteers & Mother Nature, the warm season plants are still looking great out  there!  But as temps drop, it's time for our cool season planting.

Mark you calendars & RSVP for our Vermont Avenue Gardens Fall (Work) Party Saturday morning, November 7th!  Start time is 9am, with about 2 hours of projects, followed by complimentary Taco Brunch this year at Lulu's Winegarden, including a cocktail & great Door Prizes.

We will again be cleaning up the beds, planting cool-weather ornamental Kale & Pansies, mulching & completing a few other projects.  Breakfast snacks, instructions & equipment, fun & fellowship will be provided.  Dedicated volunteers are needed, including Project Leaders & few workers to prep beds in the days prior to the event.

Please support our Major Sponsors:  David Treanor & Bediz Group Realtors, Torti Gallas & Partners Architects, I.M.P./9:30 Club, Nellies Sportsbar, Lulu's Winegardens, ANC1B, DC Urban Forestry, Fort Meyer Construction, Align-DC, Stoladi Property Group, & LiUNA construction workers union, Local 11.
And thank our Other Sponsors:  African American Civil War Memorial & Casey Trees.

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Oct
17
5:00 PM17:00

🔶 Temperance Alley Garden birthday party

From the U Street Neighborhood Association:

Temperance Alley Garden is turning six! Come sing happy birthday, enjoy some Fall sweets, and give an apple cider toast to another year of growing together. This family-friendly tradition welcomes all to the Garden, new and old alike.

Details: https://www.ustreetcommunity.org/events/tags-6th-birthday-party-

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Oct
16
to Oct 17

🔶 Howard University Homecoming (local streets closed)

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Please find full schedule & details at homecoming.howard.edu.

Streets closed to vehicle traffic

Friday, October 16, through Saturday, October 17

These streets are scheduled to be closed from 4 a.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Saturday:

  • 6th Street NW — Girard Street to College Street

  • Girard Street NW — Georgia Avenue to 6th Street

  • Fairmont Street NW — Georgia Avenue to 6th Street

  • Howard Place NW — Georgia Avenue to 6th Street.

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Saturday, October 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.

The following additional streets are scheduled to close:

  • 6th Street NW — College Street to W Street

  • Gresham Place NW — Georgia Avenue to 5th Street

  • Euclid Street NW — Sherman Avenue to Georgia Avenue

  • 9th Street NW — Euclid Street to Florida Avenue

  • Barry Place NW — Sherman Avenue to Georgia Avenue

  • 8th Street NW — Barry Place to V Street

  • V Street NW — 9th Street to Georgia Avenue

  • W Street NW — 9th Street to 8th Street

  • W Street NW — Georgia Avenue to 4th Street

  • 5th Street NW — Gresham Place to McMillan Drive

  • 4th Street NW — W Street to McMillan Drive

  • College Street NW — 6th Street to 4th Street

  • Bryant Street NW — Georgia Avenue to 4th Street

  • Gresham Place NW — Sherman Avenue to Georgia Avenue.

Other streets that may close intermittently Saturday

From approximately noon to 11 p.m., police may temporarily close portions of V, U, T, W, 8th, 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd Streets NW, along with Bryant, Adams, Elm and Bohrer Streets NW, depending on traffic and crowd conditions.

Georgia Avenue and parking restrictions

Georgia Avenue NW, from Columbia Road to Florida Avenue, will have emergency no-parking restrictions from Friday morning through Saturday night. Additional parking restrictions will affect streets throughout the surrounding neighborhood. No parking restrictions do not automatically mean a street is closed to traffic.

Howard University Hospital traffic will be permitted to enter from Georgia Avenue and Florida Avenue, and local residents will retain access to their homes where indicated in the advisory.

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Sep
30
6:30 PM18:30

🔹 Special Committee on the Comprehensive Plan

This special committee will be providing input on the Districts next Comprehensive Plan.

Use the following link to register for this Zoom meeting: https://dc-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SrT3A7jnSuW0oX-1bC_Ugw

Agenda:

  1. Introduction to the Comp Plan and what information is out there now

  2. What is the role of this committee

  3. What will we be providing feedback on?

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Sep
24
5:30 PM17:30

🔶 3D CAC Public Safety Day

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On September 24th, 3D CAC will celebrate 3D CAC Public Safety Day and our 45th Anniversary. For 45 years, we have brought residents, MPD, District agencies, civic leaders, businesses, faith communities, and neighborhood partners together around one shared goal: safer, stronger, more connected communities.

We’ll begin with a special anniversary ceremony, recognize the partnerships that have sustained this work, share cake and punch, and then continue directly into our regular 3D CAC Public Safety Leaders Meeting.

This will be a simple but meaningful celebration of where we’ve been, the people who helped get us here, and the work that still lies ahead.

3D CAC Public Safety Day & 45th Anniversary Celebration:  5:30 PM
3D CAC Public Safety Leaders Meeting: 7:00 PM
Third District Metropolitan Police Department
1620 V Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

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Sep
21
6:30 PM18:30

🔹 ZPD Committee Meeting

Join us for our monthly ZPD meeting on Zoom.

To attend the meeting, please register here

Agenda:

1.Welcome

2. Roll call

3. New Business

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i. Attached via email, Box link: https://app.box.com/s/dhn9muwq7e6fqor5v5v40hn1w7yanfma/folder/412587847048 

4. Review Guide Draft (Jarrett Stroman)

5. Letter of Support and Motion-Making templates

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Sep
20
10:00 AM10:00

🔶 DC Family Bike Fest 2026

You’re invited! Calling all kids on bikes, families who bike and folks who are bike curious. All are welcome at our BIG annual celebration. 

Connect with other families, meet local shops and orgs, check out lots of different bikes and setups and have fun together!

Featuring neighborhood bike rides, Kids Bike Parade, library storytime, learn to ride workshop, demos, test rides, gear swap, BIG raffle prizes, food trucks and lots more. 

And as always – free sno cones 🍧and free bike checkups 👩‍🔧for all 🥰

For more information: https://waba.org/event/dcfamilybikefest/

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