From Frank... For those of you that suffer through winter as I do, it seems like spring (and more light) will be in our near future!  This week, I was able to go for my first run outside which is always preferable to the dreaded treadmill. Being outdoors allows me to clear my mind and important thoughts and feelings always bubble up to my consciousness more easily.  On a stretch of the trail along Rock Creek between Pierce Mill and the national zoo, I was reminded of the wisd

From Frank...Every February we celebrate Black History Month. Next Thursday, February 19th, we've arranged a special lunch and subsequent tour of Frederick Douglass' home in Anacostia. There is no cost for the transportation and admission to the museum. We will leave from the Broadmoor Coop. Apts. (3601 Connecticut Ave. NW) at 11am and will have lunch at Busboys and Poets in Anacostia, a restaurant specifically chosen given their mission: "Busboys and Poets is a community wh

Our Village won the Washington Area Village Exchange’s Founders Award for our We Are Your Neighbors project! Thanks so much to all who participated in the project. Congratulations to the 2025 Founders Award Recipients! Valley Village    Harrisonburg, VA Neighborhood Companions    Baltimore, MD Cleveland & Woodley Park Village  Washington, DC The WAVE Founders Award was created in honor of the organization's founders, Virginia Hodgkinson, Miriam Kelty, and Andy Mollison, and r

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