Family Orientation at Watkins

Last night, I "manned" the PTA table at the Watkins family orientation night.  The goal was to increase parental involvement in both the school and within the cluster community.   We allowed parents to sign-up for PTA membership, school directory inclusion and classroom parent on the spot.  Additional, we shared information on grocery store card registration and our upcoming fundraiser (Family Night at Nats stadium). 

The school administrative team shared the teaching model, expectations for the year and procedures for the daily operating of the school in an informative and knowledgeable manner while inspiring parents to be involved in their child's learning.

To assist parents in absorbing all of the information shared by the school the PTA also sponsored a child care program that included snacks, outside play and a movie. 

The Battle of Ivy City

Andria Swanson and Ivy City was featured on UnSectored today within a blog post entitled "The Battle of Ivy City" please follow the below link to the write-up

The Battle of Ivy City

Back to School Drive

Trinity Baptist Church is hosting a back to school outreach to provide free school supplies, book bags and haircuts (provided by Bennett Career Institute) on August 25th from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm at 1814 Central Place Street NE Washington, DC 20002. If your in the Ivy City area please stop by if you are in need of any of these services or would like to volunteer.  Hopefully, I will see you tomorrow!

Commissioner Jacqueline Manning Hosts Job Fair

MV Transportation, Inc.

FULL TIME DRIVERS NE WASHINGTON, DC

LIVE IN THE DISTRICT WORK IN THE DISTRICT

MV Transportation, Inc., is looking for DRIVERS to fill driving opportunities in our new Northeast Washington, D.C. location. MV driver’s provide safe, reliable transportation for Metro Access clients. No CDL required and we offer paid training.

Diver requirements: Must be at least 21, and able to pass: pre-employment drug test and physical exam, MVR record & background check. Must have valid MD, VA or DC driver’s license with safe driving history. Must bring full and complete certified copy of driving record history when you apply to be considered.

WE OFFER: Excellent Starting wages, Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits, 401(K), Vacation & Sick Pay, Paid Training

APPY IN PERSON MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 8 AM TO 4 PM Now until September 14, 2012 at: Holiday Inn Express – Arboretum Room – 1917 Bladensburg Rd. NE or Call 202- 710-6711 for information or Email resume to: mvrecru...@mvtransit.com  EOE

Job Fair Hosted By: Jacqueline Manning

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5B09

Running Un-Opposed in November

The petition challenge period ended yesterday at 5:00 pm without any notice from the elections board so its official I am running un-opposed in the November 6th elections.  The next step on my journey to become Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner is to attend a lottery for ballot positioning on September 14th.  In the interim I will have "campaign palm cards" created to share with residents as I introduce myself to my soon to be constituents.

ANC 5B Public Meeting

Below are details for the September ANC 5B Public Meeting:

ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 5B

                        

                        

                  PUBLIC MEETING

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 @ 7:00PM

(We will return to our normal meeting schedule the first Thursday of the  month  starting in  October.)

 

          Fifth District Police Station

                      1805 Bladensburg Rd. NE

                          Community Room

 

                         INVITED GUEST 

                  

 MICHAEL DURSIO FROM THE OFFICE DEPUTY MAYOR – UPDATE THE 5B COMMISSION FURTURE DEVELOPMENTS

 

RICK WALKER OF WALKER DEVELOPMENT – Updates on ARBOR PLACE

 

 

JACQUELINE MANNING

CHAIR

 

VAUGHN BENNETT

VICE CHAIR

  

ANC 5B meet the first Thursday of each month at the 5^th District Police Station except July and August. Please note our meeting date/ location are subject to change.

Latest News on Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center for Ivy City

This article was copied from the Washington Times.

D.C. medical marijuana firms moving slowly through regulatory process

By Tom Howell Jr.

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The Washington Times

Monday, August 20, 2012

Months after the D.C. government gave 10 firms the go-ahead to start growing medical marijuana and sell it to qualified patients within the city’s borders, none have acquired the regulatory documents needed to begin the program, city officials said.

The successful applicants for six cultivation centers and four dispensaries must apply for building permits, certificates of occupancy and business licenses before they register as part of the initiative to aid the sick and dying. Each of these documents would be issued by the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.

“As of this morning, we have not issued any certificates of occupancy to any of the approved medical marijuana cultivation centers or dispensaries,” DCRA spokesman Helder Gil said Monday. Each firm needs a certificate of occupancy to apply for a business license.

After an exhaustive review, the Department of Health in March selected the half-dozen cultivation centers for registration. In mid-June, officials approved four applicants who intend to register dispensaries, where the drug is doled out. Pressure is on the cultivation centers to establish the supply of medical marijuana before dispensaries can dole it out, but a precise timeline for the burgeoning program is still unclear.

Dr. Saul Levin, who recently took over as the city’s health director, said the program has “moved out of our area” and “into the regulatory side of getting this up and running.”

 

“I can’t even give you a date,” he told The Washington Times earlier this month. “In order to do this right, we don’t want to rush it.”

Patience has been a necessity when it comes to the District’s medical marijuana efforts, which city voters approved in 1998 before congressional interference barred the initiative for more than a decade. The D.C. Council passed legislation to authorize the program in 2010, setting in motion a series of regulations and painstaking rules for applicants as the city tries to avoid the legal pitfalls that have doomed medicinal marijuana operations in various states.

“No one would want to sacrifice doing this the right way,” said Corey Barnette, a principal at District Growers. “I’m happy the District is being cautious in rolling it out.”

Mr. Barnette’s firm is among five cultivation centers approved for registration in a maze of curved streets and four-way stops near New York Avenue and Bladensburg Road in Ward 5. He said his operation is winding up the construction, or “build out,” of its warehouse to make it suitable for marijuana cultivation and he hopes to apply for a certificate of occupancy by next week.

 

Some Ward 5 residents objected to the use of the Ivy City community as a de facto “dumping ground” for the program because of zoning restrictions in other parts of the District, prompting the D.C. Council to set limits on the number of medical marijuana centers per ward. While it is unclear how the centers will ultimately appear from the street, to date there is no outward sign of the marijuana program in the area marked by nondescript manufacturing operations.

 

Mr. Barnette said passers-by should not expect to notice anything. Unlike a dispensary, members of the public will not be moving in and out of the cultivation centers.

“There should be no reason why someone would put up an outdoor sign,” he said.

The only cultivation center outside of the Ward 5 cluster, Phyto Management LLC, estimated in its initial application that the business “will commence operations on July 3, 2012.” But city lawmakers threw a wrench in Phyto’s plans to open a center east of the Anacostia River in Ward 7 when it barred medical marijuana centers from opening in retail-priority areas, forcing its proprietor to search for a new location.