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Ward 5 Public Safety Call - January 29
These quarterly calls are an opportunity for neighbors to hear updates from our office on efforts to address crime in Ward 5 and improve public safety. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and hear from public safety agencies. The Ward 5 Monthly Public Safety Call is always livestreamed to the Councilmember’s YouTube Channel, where it remains as a recording afterward. Slides from the call are shared in the subsequent Ward 5 Weekly Newsletter.
Ward 5 Awards Ceremony - February 11
Join us on Tuesday evening, February 11, 2025 for the second annual Ward 5 Awards Ceremony! This special event will celebrate remarkable neighbors, nominated through the Ward 5 Awards Nomination Form (open until Monday, January 27 at 5:00 p.m.), who have gone above and beyond in giving back to our community. We will also recognize and celebrate outgoing Ward 5 ANCs. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. at Ivy City Smokehouse (1356 Okie St NE). Please use this form or click below to RSVP.
Ward 5 Budget Forum - February 25
Join our office on Tuesday evening, February 25, 2025 for a community budget forum. This is an opportunity to share your budget priorities with our office ahead of budget season. The forum will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Friendship Public Charter School’s Armstrong Campus (111 O St NW). Please use this form (or click below) to RSVP.
Street Designation Ceremonies
During 2023’s Black History Month, Councilmember Parker introduced a package of street designation bills in honor of prominent Black figures with ties to Ward 5. With the passage of these bills, our office hosted street designation ceremonies for five of the ten designations across the Ward in 2024.
The first ceremony was on March 15, 2024 at 1900 Gallaudet St NE (symbolically designated Alexander Crummell Way).
The second ceremony was on April 4, 2024 in the 1400 block of Morse St NE (symbolically designated Edna Brown Coleman Way).
The third street designation ceremony was in the 1800 block of 2nd St NW on June 27, 2024 (symbolically designated Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee Way).
The fourth street designation ceremony was in the 100 block of W St NW on July 11, 2024 (symbolically designated Jesse Mitchell Way).
The fifth and final street designation ceremony took place as part of Ward 5 Week leading up to Ward 5 Day 2024. The ceremony was in the 1900 block of Randolph St NE on Monday, September 16, 2024. This street designation honors Ward 5’s first Councilmember, William Spaulding, as the 1900-2400 blocks of Randolph St NE are designated William R. Spaulding Way.
