Member Meeting Recap
DCCA members convened online for an informative meeting on Monday.

  • Councilmember Mary Cheh updated members on information related to protests, Phase One Reopening, and offered details on the fiscal challenges DC will face as it moves forward. In her presentation and Q&A she shared insight on transportation issues, the Comprehensive Plan, and new legislation to help expand sidewalk and street space to support safe outdoor dining.

  • Importantly, DCCA Members voted to approve a charitable donation totaling $10,000 to area organizations who are supporting community members affected by COVID-19. The list of recipients includes The Capital Area Food Bank, DC Central Kitchen, Martha's Table, Miriam's KitchenLa Clinica del Pueblo, Congregation Action Network, Ayuda, Asylum Seekers Assistance Project, The Taking Care Fund and Mary's Center. You can read about these orgs and others on our COVID giving page.

  • The meeting culminated with a membership vote on the slate of 2020-2021 DCCA Board and officers. We are please to welcome three new faces to the Board, Nick Manning, Tim Norman and Tom Reiter. And we remain grateful to the service and hard work of all outgoing and current Board Members. Visit our website to read about the members of the DCCA Board.

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Presidents of DC Civic and Citizens Federations Issue Joint Statement
In these turbulent times DCCA stands with other citizens' associations in solidarity against racial injustice.

Please see the joint statement from Graylin Presbury and Earl Williams, presidents of the DC Civic and Citizens Federations. The statement addresses the death of George Floyd and addresses the turmoil now happening in the city and across the nation as so many rise up in protest.

DCCA is a member of both organizations and fully supports the joint statement.

Click here and read the letter.
16th Street Vigil Against Racism - Tonight!
Friday, June 5
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
The Entire Length of 16th Street NW

People from all houses of worship and are invited to gather on 16th Street to join in a physically distant vigil tonight at 5:00 PM.

Join in on the blocks of 16th Street (both sides), maintaining a distance of 6 feet and wearing masks. If the blocks near you are covered, please move to another location on 16th Street. The hope is to cover as much as 16th Street as possible, bearing witness to the love that grounds us as people of faith and good will.  Please bring a sign.

Dupont's Foundry Church on 16th Street will be among those to ring the church bells at 5:45 PM. Places of worship are invited to toll the bells, beginning at 5:45 PM and lasting 8 minutes, 46 seconds, in remembrance of the brutal killing of George Floyd. Those standing on 16th street may kneel during the tolling of the bells. 

For more detail on the event click here .
Dear Friends, Neighbors and DCCA Members....
When I arrived in Dupont Circle in 1963, I was immediately taken by its beautiful architecture. As the years passed I came to know the neighborhood in a new way, including its history, its character, and the people that occupied each beautiful home. I learned that behind the door of each row house, apartment, mansion or brownstone are fascinating stories of its present and past occupants, passed down through families and homeowners. 

The stories these homes tell soon surpassed my initial admiration of the architecture. People and houses are intertwined. Yes, the architecture still holds my interest. But it is the stories of Washingtonians that hold my attention. 

As I get older, I know my memories will fade and possibly disappear. May I suggest that you, my friends and neighbors, help me to assemble our stories of Dupont's people and the history of the homes they occupied? I believe that many of you have enchanting, or haunting, or historically interesting stories of a Dupont home.

Would you kindly send to me your stories? We would like to attempt to assemble an informal history that tells the stories of Dupont Circle homes and ask your permission to share your submitted story (and permission to paraphrase or edit, as needed) for publishing and archiving in the DCCA file, to ensure the stories and legend live on.

Thank you,

Marcy Logan
Dupont Circle Citizens Association

Get Involved in Grassroots Democracy and Help Your Neighbors: Consider Becoming an ANC Commissioner!
Your Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC)  provides people with a greater say in the matters that affect their neighborhoods, to bring government closer to the people and to bring the people closer to government. ANCs are a unique feature of the District's Home Rule Charter since 1976. 

Dupont Circle is represented by ANC2B with nine Commissioners. Each Commissioner has a Single Member District (SMD) and represents about 2,000 residents. Corcoran Street NW neighbor Susan Meehan served on the first Dupont Circle ANC. The Ward 2 ANC map can be viewed  here .

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners  are non-partisan, serve two-year terms without pay and are elected at DC Elections in November in even-numbered years. 

The ANCs' main job is to be their neighborhood's official voice in advising the District government (and Federal agencies) on things that affect their neighborhoods. Although not required to follow the ANCs' advice, District agencies are required to give the ANCs' recommendations  "great weight"  on certain issues. 

Moreover, District law says that agencies cannot take any action that will significantly affect a neighborhood unless they  give the affected ANCs 30 days advance notice . This  includes zoning, streets, recreation, education, social services, sanitation, planning, safety, budget, and health services.  The ANCs may also  initiate recommendations for improving city services, conduct neighborhood improvement programs, and monitor resident complaints.

Qualifications:  You must be a registered voter in the District of Columbia and lived in your Single Member District (SMD) for 60 days prior to Election Day. Twenty-five (25) signature 
Membership runs through the calendar year.

DCCA membership is open to residents, businesses and supporters of the Dupont Circle neighborhood according to the Association's Bylaws.
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