Please join us for the third meeting of the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Association (CHNNA). We will be electing officers and it’s your chance to help shape the future of our community.
Date/Time: Saturday, June 21st, 10 am – Noon
Location: Andrew Foster Auditorium, Gallaudet University
800 Florida Ave NE**
Through the creation of this neighborhood association, we, the residents, will be able make use of valuable resources to improve the area in which we live. The boundaries of this association are Florida Ave, 8th St, G St and the railroad tracks.
This month’s meeting is very important in that we are identifying the leaders and setting the direction of the association. We will hold elections for officers by secret ballot. To become an officer and help steer the direction of the organization, please complete a copy of the Officer Information Form (available at the CHNNA Google Groups site at http://groups.google.com/group/chnna).
Please complete the form by June 17th and email it to CHNNA08@gmail.com. You need not be present to be elected, but you must complete and submit the form if you want it to be read at the meeting. Note that you must be present to vote – there will be no absentee ballots or voting by proxy.
We will also discuss the organization mission, vote on dues and bylaws, and we hope to address resident concerns about the focus of the association. As a reminder, our purpose is to promote the welfare of all residents within the boundaries of the Capitol Hill North neighborhood.
For questions or comments, please contact CHNNA08@gmail.com.
7 comments:
For what it's worth, some of the geographic area within this group's boundaries is already a part of the Stanton Park Neighborhood Association.
Not only that, the bounded area is far away from Capitol Hill. Could have named their group Georgetown East...
Post Hickjack..............Sunday June 15th.....3 police cars in front of Studio 400......I smell a trend. I hope the guy mentoring my child it alright.
Doesn't it stand to reason that the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Association should/would be in Capitol Hill? I applaud their efforts to improve their neighborhood, but denying where they actually LIVE isn't a good place to start.
I like the idea of "Georgetown East" or maybe "South Takoma Park," if Takoma Park is upscale-sounding enough.
I went to earlier meetings (including the inaugural meeting several weeks ago) and there was a lot of push back regarding the proposed name. There were several names suggested including Swampoodle and Near Northeast. The concern with the latter suggestion is that there is already a well known organization called Near Northeast Citizens Against Crime & Drugs. I believe people did not want the 2 entities to be confused. The coordinators encouraged anyone interested in deciding the name of the association to join the naming committee and attend a separate meeting in which the name would be decided. I don't believe that many people attended that subsequent meeting. I was supposed to attend but ended up not going because of a prior commitment. Unfortunately, I don’t know under what circumstances that name was finally chosen but I do know that people were given an opportunity to weigh in.
Tom: The text of the original post is missing a word...the group is called the Capitol Hill NORTH N'hood Assoc.
Whether that's accurate I'll leave to others to debate :-)
I applaud them, too. For most of us our free time is our most precious possession, and they're giving it to improve the n'hood.
I don't see anything wrong with a one block overlap with Stanton Park Neighborhood Association -- especially when that one block encompasses H Street.
As far as the name goes, the geographical area of "Capitol Hill" has long considered to go all the way to F St. NE; some say H St. It doesn't seem that much of a stretch to me that the handful of blocks north be considered "Capitol Hill North." We have Hill East too.
The most important thing, IMO, is that a group of neighbors, diverse in ways such as age, race, and length of residency, are working together to improve the neighborhood. Kudos, I say.
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