Ward 5
NewsBy Colleen Cosgriff October 9, 2015
Ivy City Continues to Call for Community Center
Empower DC, Friends of Crummell School and Ward 5 residents rallied across the street from Alexander Crummell School on September…
NewsBy Victoria Jones September 10, 2015
Pilot Project Plans State-of-the-Art Affordable Housing in Northeast
Green affordable housing is coming to the District of Columbia. The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and the…
NewsBy Colleen Cosgriff August 13, 2015
District Revisits Contentious Ivy City School Development with Inclusive “Our RFP” Program
Two blocks off of New York Avenue NE, boarded up and covered in vines, sits a century-old pride of Ivy…
NewsBy Colleen Cosgriff June 19, 2015
Ivy City Community Center Dreams Put on Hold, Again
When you type “Ivy City DC” into Apple Maps, you’re sent to a parking lot adjacent to Alexander Crummell School….
June 24, 2014
Academy of Hope
Services: Education Location: NE Washington D.C.
June 20, 2014
New York Ave Shelter
Services: Shelter/Housing Location: NW Washington D.C.
NewsBy Mary Otto June 4, 2014
Advocates Say City Budget Falls Short
A fiscal year 2015 budget that won preliminary approval May 28 from the DC City Council funds initiatives to address…
NewsBy Eric Falquero May 25, 2014
In Spite of Court Setback, Ivy City Residents Fight On
At a May 16 hearing, D.C. Superior Court Judge Herbert B. Dixon lifted an injunction that, since 2012, has prohibited…
NewsBy Eric Falquero May 15, 2014
Ivy City Preliminary Injunction Comes Under Fire in Status Hearing
As a D.C. Superior Court judge weighs a city-backed plan to open a charter bus depot in Ivy City, neighborhood…
NewsBy Eric Falquero February 18, 2014
Ivy City Air Quality Worries Residents
In 2011, Peta-Gay Lewis could not wait to become a homeowner in Ward 5’s Ivy City. She was one of…
NewsBy Reginald Black December 3, 2013
Marchers Remembers the Dead and Fight for the Living
Every year around Christmas we start to think of those who are living homeless. And every year since 1990, National…
NewsBy Eric Falquero September 25, 2013
Appeals Court Considers Ivy City Plan
At the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Sept. 17, a three-judge panel considered whether to let stand an injunction…
NewsBy Eric Falquero September 11, 2013
The Fight for Ivy City
Three children race through the intersection of Providence and Capitol streets NE. Two kids ride scooters and one is on…
NewsBy Rhonda Green November 24, 2010
Little People, Big Contribution
Reporting on the Help the Homeless Mini-Walk Program at the Community Academy Public Charter School, in partnership with Fannie Mae.
ArtBy Mandy Toomey October 27, 2010
Mural Lights Way to a Better Life
Reporting on the unveiling of a mural located in Brookland that depicts the story of a mother’s struggle with domestic violence.
NewsBy Sonja Doty February 17, 2010
Hungry Choose Between Food and Warmth
A report on how the face of hunger is changing in the wake of the national recession and the housing crisis.
NewsBy David S. Hammond July 15, 2005
Street Politics
In mid-June, D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (D-Ward 5) announced his bid for the 2006 Democratic mayoral nomination.
Obituaries & MemorialsBy Staff Writer January 15, 2004
Obituary: Andre Blair
An obituary of Andre Blair, a homeless man who died from hypothermia.
NewsBy Nicole Duran January 15, 2004
Shelter Opens to Applause, Apprehension
Some of the first residents of the new shelter on New York Avenue, NE believe they have found more than…
NewsBy Zeke Phillips January 15, 2004
Provider Profile: So Others May Eat (SOME)
An article describing how SOME, a homeless help organization, assists homeless people around the city.
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