Tons of reports from 14th to 16th Street, NW. DCFD reports: “Box Alarm 1400 block of Chapin St NW. Smoke showing 2 story row.”
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doing this again. tonight. 7pm. get yer pots, get yer spoons, head to an open window or balcony, bang like hell. https://t.co/R8GgRZmvoS
— Peter Krupa (@peterkrupa) June 2, 2020
Photo by Tim Brown
“Dear PoPville,
I imagine I am not alone in wanting to join the protests downtown but not doing so because of personal reasons (in my case a young kid, but what for others may be work, vulnerabilities to COVID, transportation, etc.). I would like someone to organize some sort of peaceful but noise making protest that people can do from home at a coordinated time to show support, but having not seen anything yet. So I’m writing to see if you would post something. It’s not too creative, but I would propose having everyone honk their car horns, bang pots and pans, etc. at 8:46 (amount of time Chauvin, the cop, kneeled on Flloyd) in the morning (night time seems unfair to people with kids) on Wednesday (to give it time to hopefully spread) for one minute.”
@PoPville Just thinking that so many of us in DC have access to a window, a balcony, a rooftop, etc from our homes, where we can safely unite in a unified voice at a specific time tonight to send a message, No Justice No Peace, that the police can't mute out. Thoughts?
— Bailey Nash (@baileycnash) June 2, 2020
3715 Macomb Street, NW just off Wisconsin Ave
From an email:
“2Amys has come to a difficult decision: barring some kind of miracle, we plan to remain open for carry-out only for the rest of 2020.
We have spent much time trying to figure out how to stay safe in our kitchen while also being able to cook for our customers. After attending numerous Zoom conferences and reading up on various best practices, we have decided this is the safest and best way forward for us. (more…)
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…)
655 K Street, NW via Shouk
From an email:
“After sustaining broken windows, as well as some fire and water damage, at Shouk’s K Street location during Sunday night’s protests (statement available here), partners Ran Nussbacher and Dennis Friedman are able to re-open the kitchen today. While there are still repairs to be made, the restaurant is fully open for carryout and delivery orders, as well as its weekly ‘hood drops (schedule available on the Shouk app).
Friedman and Nussbacher will be donating a percentage of proceeds from this week’s sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund..
While the storefront remains boarded up until the glass can be replaced, they have provided paint and writing materials and are inviting their neighbors to visit (in a safe and socially distanced way) to fill the plywood surface with their own messages of love and hope.” (more…)
Join Mindful Movement DC this Memorial Day Weekend for a 3 night yoga retreat to rebalance strength & softness in our lives! During this weekend in the woods, we will create a sacred space to nourish and embrace our whole selves through yoga, meditation, journaling, time in nature, and community building.
Event led by:
Thanks to E for sending: “The grounds within one block of the White House have been closed to cars, bikes, and pedestrians. Uniformed police officers are turning all traffic around. As well as 15 and 17 btwn Con and Penn”
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory via Archdiocese of Washington
Thanks to Kip for sending Archbishop Wilton Gregory. (more…)
Thanks to James and everyone else for sending: “All of NY Ave and Florida Ave NE is completely shut down blocking traffic in all directions. Unclear why.” (more…)
explore data here
Ed. Note: Yesterday there were 8,857 total positives.
The District’s reported data for Monday, June 1, 2020 includes 29 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 8,886.
The District reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths.
· 79-year-old male
· 79-year-old male
Tragically, 470 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19.
The District has reached two days of sustained decrease in community spread of COVID-19 during Phase One. That data is represented in the chart below. (more…)
Heads up that the Reeves Center at 14th and U St, NW is not a polling station. See all the polling stations here: (more…)