HAND DANCING LESSONS

Come join in the fun and meet other residents in our community.  The hand dance classes, taught by Mr. Harold Little, will begin on Wednesday, August 29, 6:45 pm – 8:45 pm, Harry Thomas Recreation Center, 1743 Lincoln Road, NE (second floor). 

Please contact me if you are interested in participating in the hand dance classes, Sylvia Pinkney, Commissioner ANC 5C02 (269-4180) or 5C02@anc.dc.gov.

Meeting THIS Wednesday!

Just a reminder that the Hanover Area Civic Association will be meeting this Wednesday at 6:30 at CAPCS. We'll be having a potluck indoor picnic, so please come join in! So far we have hot dogs, hamburgers, salad, and sodas. Email Sylvia Matthews at sem49[@]earthlink[.]net if you can bring a dish to share.

We will not meet in August, so it would be great to see everyone before the break.

Meeting for July

HANOVER AREA CIVC ASSOCIATION

Monthly Meeting    Wednesday July 18, 2012

Community Academy Public Charter School (CAPS)

1400 First Street, NW, Washington DC  20001

                                  6:30pm - 8:30pm

Call to order                                                          6:30   pm

                                                                             Sylvia Matthews

Welcome                                                                 6: 35 pm

                                                                              Sylvia Matthews

Minutes                                                               Secretary

Financial Report                                                Treasurer

Councilman Mc Duffie                                      Ward 5

Ray Nix                                                                Urban Matters LLC

MM Washington

Question / Answers                                                  8:00 pm

Adjourn                                                                       8:15 pm

HACA Meeting 20 June 2012

HACA meeting tonight at 6:30pm at CAPS. Unfortunately, I never received an agenda. Potential guests - MM Washington Developers and DPW parking official to let us know how to get ward 5 parking stickers.

Special Joint Meeting: Tuesday, May 1st

Please see the below message regarding a special joint meeting for BACA and Hanover Area Civic Association called by Bradley Thomas, ANC 5C01 comissioner.

Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 7:00 pm.
Location: CAPCS Charter School P and First St NW
From: Thomas, Bradley (ANC 5C01) [mailto:5C01@anc.dc.gov]
Subject: Special Joint SMD Meeting on Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Good Day All:

In light of the volume of comments (pro and con) about the pending application to locate a medical marijuana dispensary in the 1300 block of North Capitol Street, N.W., Commissioner Sylvia Pinkney and I are calling for a Joint Single Member District (SMD) Meeting for all residents of ANC5C01 and ANC5C02. The meeting will be held at the Community Academy Public Charter School (CAPCS), 1400 First Street, N.W. (entrance on P Street), on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. This may the only opportunity for all of us in the Bates and Hanover areas to put our heads together on this sensitive subject before the ANC meets the following Tuesday, May 8th, and votes on whether to support or oppose the application. We need to be able to tell our fellow commissioners where our residents stand on this issue.

Please come to the meeting and come with a resolve to be respective of all points of view, even if they differ from your own. Most of us have pretty strong views about this application but if we are going to be a community, we have to be willing to listen to and thoughtfully consider the points of view of those who we might not agree with.

Thanks, and I'll see you at CAPCS on Tuesday.
Bradley A. Thomas
Commissioner-ANC5C01
(202) 670-0151

Special Meeting to Review Pending City Business

On May 2nd, the Hanover Area Civic Association will have a special meeting to review the neighborhood agreement with Big Ben Liquor and the proposed medical marijuana dispensary.  Please plan to attend at CAPCS, 6:30 pm on Wednesday, May 2nd. 

Items for Neighborhood Input: ABRA License and Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Big Ben's liquor license is up for review.  Because there is Voluntary Agreement, we have an opportunity to review that agreement and the recent history of any crime related to the address.

We also will be reviewing the application for a medical marijuana dispensary application currently being considered for our neighborhood.  The official application is here; if you would like the 25 page proposal, please e-mail Hanover ACA to the gmail list to the right and it will be sent to you.