Monday, May 3 @ 7:30 PM

The May meeting will continue the annual tradition of having Dupont's Ward 2 Councilmember present at the meeting and answer questions. A presentation and neighbor Q&A with CM Brooke Pinto will kick off the meeting and it will be followed by neighborhood updates, featured news and the election of DCCA Officers and Board Members.

DCCA Members - Have you registered to receive your entry link?? Click HERE to register. Not yet a member?

New membership start as low as $15. Click to join.

DCCA's Committee on Homelessness recently worked with community leaders to organize an online information series about single people who are homeless and unhoused in the Dupont neighborhood.

At the conclusion of the series DCCA and the Homelessness Committee issued a statement which can be found here.

Thanks to the team of 15+ neighbor volunteers that showed up on a recent Sunday morning to rake, week, dig and plant while enjoying the company of neighbors. It was great to see new and familiar faces, an ANC Commissioner and our small but mighty team member who is featured here doing his part to help our gardens grow!

Keeping our city leafy and green requires all hands - take a look at Casey Trees watering tips and Pledge to Water the trees in street boxes are specially in need of care and will thank you in their own special way!

As always you can find the DC Government's COVID-19 informational page here. The page contains continually updated news, resources, vaccination sites and data on the public health emergency.

The Mayor's April 26 Situational Update gives information on accine distribution include walk-up sites, and details on Phase 2 Reopening which begins on Saturday May 1.

Read more here.

DC Preservation League takes a look at the nomination of Annie's which has occupied two sites: it operated out of 1519 Seventeenth Street NW from 1948 until 1985, at which time it moved to 1609-1611 Seventeenth Street NW. Click here to read more about the history and the nomination.

The DC Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) has since held a hearing and designated the buildings a historic landmark and recommended that the nomination be forwarded to the National Register of Historic Places with Social History/LGBTQ as the Area of Significance and with 1948-1985 as the Period of Significance by a vote of 8-0.

A resident recently found and shared a book of old advertisements and addresses of the “elite residents of Washington” which includes lists of “receiving days” for some homes when visitors were preferred. This makes our DCCA House Tour hearts swoon!

The discovery was shared on community boards and popville - where you can

click to visit and view photos of the book's contents.

Parking Enforcement To Resume In June, But Ticket Amnesty Offered - LINK

Smithsonian Announces Reopening Dates For Some Museums, Zoo - LINK

Here Are Proposed Locations For New Public Bathrooms In D.C. - LINK

Butter Chicken opening today at 1506 19th Street - LINK

D.C.’s explosive growth continued over the past decade, census data shows - LINK

How Glenn Close became a DMV hero by shouting out go-go legends at the Oscars - LINK

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.