The North Columbia Heights Civic Association (NCHCA) is putting on a neighborhood carnival in the Trolley Turnaround Park (11th & Monroe St NW) on Saturday, June 21st from 11am-3pm. There will be carnival games, face painting, food, and a clown for all to enjoy. Bring your kids, families and friends to enjoy a day of community summer fun in Columbia Heights!

We are in need of volunteers to help run this event, so if interested, please email brittany.kademian@gmail.com

On Saturday, April 19th, the NCHCA and the Friends of the Trolley Park are putting on two events for the community.

- from 10am-12pm, we are doing a neighborhood clean-up, with all supplies included!  Meet at the corner of 11th St NW and Monroe St NW (at the corner of the park) for the start of the clean-up.

- at 11:30am, there is a kids’ easter egg hunt in the Trolley Turnaround Park (11th & Monroe)!  All babies and kids up to 9 years old are welcome to participate; have them bring their own Easter baskets for this fun, free event.  Must be attended by parent or older sibling.  If you want to volunteer to help hide the eggs, come early, as they need volunteers!

We will have our NCHCA April meeting this Thursday, April 10th at 6pm, held at Coffy Cafe (3310 14th St NW).  We will discuss and plan out all of our upcoming events, including:

- neighborhood clean-up in April

- community yard sale and bike registration drive in May

- kids neighborhood carnival in June

All Columbia Heights residents are welcome to the meeting – please bring ideas of anything else you envision us doing to help the community!

We have a bunch of great events planned for our community this spring/summer, starting with:

- Ward 1 Council Member Candidate Forum next Monday, March 10th at 7pm in the basement of Meridian Pint. Come on out to hear what candidates Jim Graham and Brianne Nadeau have to say about why they are running and what their plans are for improving our community before the primary on April 1st.

- DC At-Large Council Member Candidates Forum on Tuesday, March 18th at 7pm at the Park Road Community Church (1019 Park Rd NW)

- Neighborhood Clean-Up on Saturday, April 19th

- Community Yard Sale & Bike Registration Drive on Saturday, May 17th

- Neighborhood Carnival in the Trolley Turnaround Park on Saturday, June 14th.

Hope to see you at one of these great events!  If interested in volunteering or helping to organize one of them, please contact us at brittany.kademian@gmail.com

All,

We will have our last NCHCA meeting tonight at The Coupe.  We will meet in the couch seating area at 7pm to discuss and plan upcoming Halloween events – our third annual Halloween Extravanagza of kids’ costume contest, costume parade, dog costume parade, and trick or treating up and down 11th St).  We need a lot of volunteers to help set-up/decorate the trolley turnaround park; manage the costume contests and awards; and act as crossing guards for kids going trick or treating to 11th St businesses.  If interested in volunteering, please contact Brittany at brittany.kademian@gmail.com

We will also open the floor to any suggestions of things to do for the community during the Fall/Winter months.  Hope to see you there!

This Saturday, October 19th the NCHCA is sponsoring a clean-up of the Columbia Heights Dog Park at 11th St and Park Rd, NW.  We’ll be sweeping, scooping, raking, and collecting trash from 10am-2pm.  Thanks to a grant from ANC1A, we have purchased pet friendly fencing/barrier material so that we can repair the fence perimeter and prevent little dogs (or balls!) from escaping.  If the manpower is there, we’ll have topsoil and bark/mulch available to freshen up the tree boxes.  All other clean-up materials (bags, gloves, rakes, brooms, shovels) will be provided.

If you would like to volunteer, please email ANC1 Commissioner Pat Flynn at patrick.flynn@anc.dc.gov

As a thank you, Kangaroo Boxing Club (KBC) is offering a 15% off discounted brunch (or free drink) to all dog park clean-up volunteers.

All,

Our next neighborhood clean-up will be this upcoming Saturday, August 24th. We will meet at the corner of 13th Street and Kenyon St (in front of Harriet Tubman Elementary School) at 9:30am to start the clean-up. Our targeted area for this event will be from Kenyon St southward between 14th and Sherman, picking up all the trash on the sidewalk/street, by our metro, and in alleys. Trash bags, gloves, and a few brooms/rakes will be provided to volunteers. Please let me know if you have any questions; hope to see you there!

The North Columbia Heights Civic Association, in partnership with the Friends of the Trolley Turnaround Park, are organizing the Second Annual Columbia Heights Block Party.  This free event will occur on Saturday, August 3rd from 12pm-2pm in the Trolley Turnaround Park (11th & Monroe St NW).

Many of the 11th St businesses are participating in the block party by generously donating food from their restaurants, and a portion of the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra will be performing for this event.  So come join your neighbors, new and longtime residents, elected officials, local businesses, and civic organizations to enjoy free local food and live jazz music in celebration of our neighborhood, Columbia Heights!