The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Victoria Pickering.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Correction to an earlier post: Georgetown Visitation is doing its annual Christmas tree sale after all.
• Georgetown University continues to report over 25 Covid cases a week.

Washington Harbour

Tonight is the December meeting of the ANC. There are a variety of interesting topics on the agenda, but potentially the most interesting is a presentation by Perkins Eastman on the feasibility of renovating Jelleff Rec Center.

The aging rec center is in dire need of renovations. The facilities are extremely outdated and the building has terrible accessibility. The DC Council had budgeted $7 million at one point to provide the needed renovations, but then in 2019 the mayor proposed instead to spend $25 million to completely rebuild the center. It will be interesting, therefore, to see what sort of plans such a rebuild could entail. Log in to the zoom at 6:30 tonight to find out.

Some of those other interesting agenda items include the monthly crime update from MPD, a discussion on the DCPS schools reopening plan, and the installation of a bust on the pediment outside the Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce building on Potomac St.

The rest of the agenda can be found here.

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Newly discovered artifacts reflect Georgetown University’s connection with slavery.
• The Citizens Association of Georgetown just bought a rowhouse on 30th St.

1200 block of Potomac St.

As you hopefully stay home for Thanksgiving this week, it’s important to take some time to think about those that have much less than us to be thankful for. And to turn those thoughts into action, please consider giving to Georgetown Ministry Center.

The institution, based right in the heart of Georgetown, offer services and programs to the area’s homeless. And in cold winter nights, it offers a place to sleep, which can be a question of life or death. As GM wrote back in October, the center is trying to adjust to the challenges of Covid, and could certainly use your help in doing so.

If you’re a federal employee who participates in the Combined Federal Campaign, please add the center (CFC# 31661) to your list of charities. Then pass the gravy!

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Herb Miller sells the Powerhouse building on Grace St.
• John Kerry was tapped to be Biden’s climate czar, but don’t expect to see high profile security outside the former Secretary of State’s house on O St. again, he sold it last fall.

1000 block of 29th St.

Photo by Vincent.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• DPW will be collecting leaves raked out into the street this week in east Georgetown. It will do the same in west Georgetown next week.
• Pillar and Post selected as one of the best home stores in America.