Art All Night 2021 is back in person! Enjoy an evening of art, live music, and food! The festivities this year will feature five events across Ward 7 on Friday, September 24th. This will include two events near us at the Penn Branch Shopping Center and a youth-oriented event in Fairfax Village. Start time: 7:30PM
It looks as if the smoldering heat of summer is over, and the hurricane season has begun. When I look at the impact of Hurricane Irma in New York and other hard-hit areas, I feel sad for their hardship but grateful that it hasn’t impacted us much. Hopefully our luck will continue. Unfortunately, we’ve had three carjackings over the past few months. Please stay vigilant when you’re out and about, especially when entering and exiting your cars. Thankfully, Terry Clyburn, our neighbor on Texas Ave, has volunteered to become the Chairperson of the Safety Committee. He will be coordinating with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to keep us informed and he will develop ideas on how the neighborhood can deal with the increasing crime. Now that summer is over, we’ll be coming together again for our monthly General Body meetings. Thanks to the Delta variant, our meetings will still be taking place on Zoom. If you haven’t done so already, please get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect yourself and others in the community. Thank you.
Please continue to be safe, take care of each other, and I’ll see you at the meeting!
Stan Benton,
President, PBCA
The Porchfest SE music festival took place on Sunday, October 3rd from 11:00am until 7:00pm at the Penn Branch Shopping Center. Check out this video from WUSA Channel 9.
National Night Out is about building a true sense of community. Furthermore, it provides a great opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstances.
Join us! This event will be held outside and masks will be required, per city guidelines.
Penn Branch residents came out last week to celebrate the 95th birthday of Mrs. Jacqueline Tatum who lives on Texas Avenue. PBCA Block captain Lance Holt, who also works for the DC Department of Aging and Community Living, presented her with a special certificate from Mayor Muriel Bowser that acknowledge her long-time service to our community.
