H Street NE is a scary, drug-laden mess
LINCOLN PARK NEWSLETTER — H Street NE has become a dicey place ripe with the aroma of marijuana. Thanks DC Council. But local officials say they're not to blame. March events are nearly upon us.
H Street NE went from success story to
WARD SIX NIGHTMARE
$13 MILLION STREETCAR BOONDOGGLE WAS A ‘TROJAN HORSE,’ RESIDENT SAYS
H Street’s biggest champion, Charles Allen, blames everyone - except himself
Aggregated and excerpted from a GGW story by Vince Morris
In more than a dozen interviews with neighbors and business owners, what shows up again and again is a sense that the corridor has become unpredictably unsafe. And regardless of whether the official crime rate is up or down (overall crime across the District is down), this feeling of insecurity is repeatedly described as ominous and a disincentive for people to make H Street their destination.
Incredibly, Ward 6 Council Member Charles Allen, who never blames himself or his own failed policies, because he is never to blame, seems to blame H Street Main Street, telling Greater Greater Washington that the community group has failed to mobilize the street to tackle big problems, or make headway in solving what’s wrong with H Street.
“H Street has struggled since the pandemic and it has not recovered the way other retail corridors have, but those other areas have high-functioning BIDS,” Allen says.
Others disagree that it is the H Street Main Street business-improvement district’s fault.
Longtime resident Steven Cummings blames the streetcar for stagnation. “The streetcar was like a Trojan Horse,” says Cummings. “It came in here and by the time the construction was over all the small businesses were hurt.”
H STREET HOPE? OR H STREET DOPE
The legalization of marijuana in DC — another clusterflub championed by the council — has significantly harmed the quality of life and made H Street NE dangerous. The DC Council rushed to legalize — rather than decriminalize — pot after conceding to a years-long special-interest lobbying campaign, then failed to plan and implement enforcement and safety protocols.
Now because of the druggie chaos caused by DC Council policies, a reckless, unchecked and dangerous president is threatening to take over our city.
Thanks DC Council.
Anwar Saleem, executive director of H Street Main Street, the group that Allen threw under the streetcar, says there are too many marijuana shops.
“We don’t need 31 of them, we don’t need 20, we don’t need 15, we don’t need 10,” Saleem says. “It’s a cash business and there are a lot of people getting robbed.”
Saleem, who grew up nearby, says an additional challenge is changing the decades-old habit some folks have of hanging out at 8th and H Street all day long, sometimes drinking, using drugs or selling drugs—or all three. “How do you break that generational culture?” asks Saleem. “We have to find a way to break it.”
CHLOE NEEDS A HOME
Please help find a home for this homeless cat
Chloe’s longtime companion has gone into assisted living and her new home will not allow her to bring her furry friend.
Chole is a sweet, friendly but shy 11-year-old feline who has lived indoors all her life, previously a house and lately an apartment.
Once Chloe gets to know you, she can be very affectionate.
Has all shots, and is microchipped.
Please contact friendsofcapitolhillparks@gmail.com if you’d like to meet her.
World Theater Debut: ‘The Treat Lady’
By Zachary Cusson
“The Treat Lady” has been accepted into a local DC Film Festival hosted by Docs In Progress.
It's called Community Stories and is all about DC locals.
My film screens as part of a block called Paws, Claws and Green Cause on March 15 at 4:30 p.m.
I'll be there doing a Q&A after the screening. It's held at Docs In Progress in Silver Spring. Here’s the festival page: https://www.docsinprogress.org/community
Docs In Progress believes in the power of documentary films to bring communities together, which is why Community Stories is such a successful home-grown event.
The Treat Lady
DIRECTOR: Zach Cusson
Total Running Time: almost 5 minutes
After losing her beloved dog of 14 years, Mary finds comfort in her community of dogs and their owners at Capitol Hill’s Lincoln Park.
TICKETS
Capitol Hill Village Gala
By Linda Pettie
One of the Hill’s BEST PARTIES by one of the Hill’s BEST ORGANIZATIONS!
It’s the Capitol Hill Village Gala on March 15 at St. Marks, 301 A St. SE, from 7- 10 p.m., featuring great food, music and fun supporting this nonprofit to keep folks in our neighborhood safe, healthy and engaged through their “elderhood.”
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I find your satire tiresome but I put up with it for the news. But is it necessary to allude to Alfred e Neuman under the photo of Charles Allen? You may not agree with him but please refrain from the childish antics.