Mandalay DC Breaks Ground in Shaw
June 23, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, Economic Development Committee, Prosper, Shop Local, Small Businesses, The People's Blog
On June 14th, At-Large Councilmember Kwame R. Brown joined Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, SBA District Director Bridget Bean and Shaw Main Streets Executive Director Alexander Padro for the groundbreaking of the new Mandalay restaurant in DC.
The restaurant will be located at the northeast corner of 9th and P Streets, near the Giant grocery store. [...]
Support DC’s Most Improved Students
June 22, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, Intensify Education, Parental Engagement, Teachers + Parents, The People's Blog
Join Kwame for the 4th Annual Most Improved Student Awards
On Friday, June 25, 2010 at 6:30 p.m., join At-Large Councilmember Kwame R. Brown for the 4th Annual Most Improved Student Awards. Each year, Councilmember Kwame Brown extends invitations to public high school principals and teachers in the District to nominate seniors who have shown significant [...]
“Mix” at Susan Calloway Fine Arts
June 18, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, Prosper, Shop Local, The People's Blog
Susan Calloway Fine Arts wants you to get into the “Mix” at this DC art studio.
Event Details
“Mix” recent work by Natasha Karpinskaia
Opening reception, Friday, June 25th from 6 – 8pm
Display: June 18 – July 24 2010
1643 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20007
(202) 965.4601 / www.callowayart.com / gallery@callowayart.com
Natasha Karpinskaia’s monotypes, paintings and collages are as much [...]
Need Help with Your Mortgage?
June 17, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, Housing, Prosper, The People's Blog, We Alerts
The federal government wants to help you with your mortgage. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet with credit counselors and banks at the Washington Convention Center on Saturday, June 19th.
Download the flyer.
WE Alert: DC 2009 Individual Income Tax Bill Errors
June 17, 2010 by Charles Mason
Filed under Community Action, We Alerts
This week, the Office of Tax Revenue mailed the first individual income tax bills arising from 2009 income tax filing season. A third-party software product, used by practitioners and taxpayers, contained an error in the reporting of withholding tax payments on paper returns. This resulted in some taxpayers not receiving full credit for the withholding [...]
Digital Capital Week’s Hot Start
June 11, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, Job Creation, Local Investment, Prosper, Small Businesses, The People's Blog
Help make DC a premier technology hot spot by attending the Digital Capital Week’s “Hot Start” followed by ten days of events. Here’s the invitation from the organizers:
Digital Capital (DC) Week: SBA’s Hot Start
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is hosting a “Hot Start” during Digital Capital Week to promote technology business start-ups in the [...]
Discuss Obama’s Help for Homeowners
June 11, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, Housing, Prosper, The People's Blog
Here’s your opportunity to discuss President Barack Obama’s Making Home Affordable Program with the Department of Housing and Development and the US Treasury. It’s a public roundtable for you! See the invite below and RSVP by June 16th. The next day you can get direct help for your mortgage. Click here to learn how to [...]
MLK National Memorial Running on Schedule
June 11, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, The People's Blog, We Alerts
Funding still needed to close $13 million gap
After news broke of a potential delay of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, At-Large Councilmember Kwame R. Brown has been in close contact with the foundation in charge of seeing the project through. The foundation is reporting that the memorial is running on time. The foundation [...]
Kwame Commits $10,000 to Save MLK Memorial from Delay Due to Greek Economic Crisis
June 7, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, The People's Blog, We Alerts
UPDATED: At-Large Councilmember Kwame R. Brown committed to raising at least $10,000 to save the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial from delay due to the Greek economic crisis. The Greek government had offered assistance to help cover the cost of the transportation of the memorial sculpture from China to the United States but the [...]
DC Library: To Live or Die a Slave
June 7, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, Intensify Education, The People's Blog
The DC Public Library asked us to highlight the following upcoming events:
To Live or Die A Slave
Dolen Perkins-Valdez will discuss her debut novel “Wench” Saturday, June 12. 12:00 p.m., at the Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library. Perkins-Valdez explores the lives of four slaves serving as masters’ mistresses who meet when their owners vacation in Ohio. As [...]
