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Continuing Coverage of Good People Doing Good Things

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to a reader for passing on from Medstar Hospital Center:

“We have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of generosity and support from the community during the #COVID19 pandemic. We recently recognized D.C.-area chef Erik Bruner-Yang and his crew Troy Hickman, Cuong Vo, and Chef Peter Prime of Cane, who donated their 10,000th meal to our hospital staff. Our Chief Nursing Officer Tonya Washington presented them with commemorative plaques in recognition of their devotion to our team. The food crew took a victory lap through a delighted throng of 200-plus associates. Thank you, Chef Erik and your team, and thank you to everyone who helped make his Power of 10 Initiative happen! We are so grateful!”

Animal Fix

Your Afternoon Animal Fix – AdoPtville

By Prince Of Petworth

If you have any animal/pet photos you’d like to share for the regular fix please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com with ‘Animal Fix’ in the title and say the name of your pet and your neighborhood. AdoPtville is run by two volunteers who compile these pets weekly from local shelters.

Meet handsome Sam! This 5-year-old black Lab / Plott Hound mix is a good-looking fellow in search of a great forever home. Sam is quite the gentleman; he is both house and crate trained, and a great canine citizen. Sam will do best in a calm, adult-only home where he can shower his people with all the love. He could possibly do well with another calm pup, but mostly he likes to be the center of attention, so will flourish as a “one and only”. Sam weighs about 63 lbs. now but needs to get up to about 70. He loves to play fetch and go for long walks, and does well riding around with his foster mom while she does her errands. This pup loves people and is very respectful with guests and affectionate with people he knows. Sam will make someone a wonderful and loyal companion – could it be you? Find out more about adopting Sam here.”

Say hello to shy and pretty girl Sally! Sally was found as a stray and is approximately a year old. Miss Sally is a little bit on the timid side, but will likely flourish in the right furever home! She is looking for a cat-savvy family who will give her the time and the calm environment she needs to show her true colors – she already loves to be petted! Sally gets along well with other cats but her cautious nature means she would be better in a home without dogs or young children. This little sweetheart just needs the right home to bring out her purr-sonality! To find out more about adopting Sally, go here.

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Your property manager doesn’t protect your condo value. We help you.

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The reality

You’ve probably never read your building’s property management contract all the way through. Most board members haven’t either. If you did, you’d find a carefully defined scope of work — vendors coordinated, maintenance dispatched, assessments collected, reports generated.

What you wouldn’t find: anything about fiduciary duties. Reserve funding strategy. Compliance tracking. Case documentation. Institutional memory. The legal obligations that make your board personally accountable to unit owners.

That’s not an oversight in the contract. It’s the contract. Property management was never designed to cover governance. And yet most boards — paying $10,000 to $18,000 a year for the service — assume it does.

Operations and governance are different jobs. One has a contract. The other has a fiduciary duty.

What your building is paying — and what it’s getting.

What the contract covers. What it doesn’t.

The markup problem most boards don’t know about.

Beyond the management fee, most property management companies mark up vendor invoices — the plumber, the landscaper, the elevator contractor — by 10 to 15 percent before passing the bill to the association. It’s legal. It’s common. And boards have almost no visibility into it. (more…)

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Dear PoPville

“what are people paying/charging for storage units inside condo buildings?”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by Tim Brown

“Dear PoPville,

I’d love to know what people are paying/charging for storage units inside condo buildings. I’ve been renting mine out for years to the same person, but now that they are moving out, I’m wondering what is a fair price to charge per month? It is roughly 5’x5’x8′, made of chicken wire in a locked storage room within the building.”

Dear PoPville

“Petition–DC Department of Transportation: Stop sign at Piney Branch and Dalia”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I saw the post yesterday about the two horrible traffic fatalities. The story of the young man that was killed crossing the street between Piney Branch and Dalia Street caught my attention because I live on Dalia Street, so I understand how dangerous it is to cross this street during the day, so the nighttime is even worse. My heart aches for him and his family and wanted to share a petition that was circulated through my building.

Please sign this petition: “DC Department of Transportation: Stop sign at Piney Branch and Dalia”

Dear PoPville

What the Helen of Troy is This?

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

This system has been set up at the corner of Florida and 13th St, NW for over two weeks (potentially over three, but time has ceased to have meaning for me) and I cannot figure out what it is for. I have yet to see any sort of workers here with it either. I’d love to know what’s being worked on or if people have any idea what it is even for! Thanks so much!”

Restaurants

“HalfSmoke debuts new frozen cocktails and a Wear Your Pride milkshake for the month of June”

By Prince Of Petworth


651 Florida Ave, NW courtesy HalfSmoke

From an email:

“HalfSmoke is pleased to unveil a collection of new frozen cocktails to help beat the heat this summer. Frozen libations will be available for guests on HalfSmoke’s 35-seat patio exclusively on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. through September 6, 2020. All three frozen beverages are 16 ounces, priced at $10 each. Highlights include the Frosé, frozen rosé wine; the Piña Colada with rum, coconut milk and pineapple juice and the Margarita with tequila, lime, triple sec and agave syrup. (more…)

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