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Hill District Consensus Group’s August 29th Meeting on the Casino/Growth Fund
This meeting was actually held in August, but summing it up now will give some good background for later posts on the fund and the Hill District’s effort to get a grocery store. The Hill District...
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Just In Time For Fall, The Welfare Queen Is Back
Getting some attention on Friday from Hill District advocates and watchers was an article written by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy (AIPP) and distributed thru email titled “The Hill...
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Accountability, Gatekeeping & Racism
Through work this past year with Grantmakers in the Arts on racial equity, I had the opportunity to take a couple of two-day anti-racism workshops with The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond...
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Accountability, Transparency Always Matter, But Now They Really Do
In my last post I talked about the part of The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond’s analysis that says structural racism is maintained in ALANA (African, Latino, Asian and Native American)...
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The Hill District Gives Obama Fewer Votes in 2012… What Does It Mean?
I tweeted on election day (@jdlaing) that walking from the Hill to the j-o-bizzy, I was surprised and interested in the fact that no one had prompted me to vote. Compounding my interest was that I had...
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Wanted: Play Space For Children and Families
A week ago, children in tow, I passed out flyers on Wylie Ave getting a sense of and encouraging interest in a play space around Wylie Ave. This was the next step after our November, fledgling, 3...
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Mr. Laing Goes to Washington
Last week on the sad occasion of the passing of my father, Clarence Laing (love you, Dad), I went back home to the metropolitan DC area. Because of my father’s illness, I have traveled back and forth...
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Cupcakes & Community Development
Continuing to think back to my stay in Anacostia, S.E. Washington D.C. and connections to the Hill District (see Mr. Laing Goes to Washington), allow me to introduce an impressive operation, Olivia’s...
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Belmar Gardens-A Story That Deserves More Telling
Last week I was talking with one of my original mentors in the world of non-profits, Sabira Bushra, and she started telling me about how she is moving to another place within her housing cooperative,...
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The Harriet Tubman Museum and Education Center: History as Future and...
Recently came back from vacation in Ocean, Pines, MD (been vacationing from Harriet Tubman (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Hillombo as well and will do better on that front) and at my wife’s suggestion the...
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No Agreement from Pens to Provide Specific Benefits. How About Specific...
The Sports and Exhibition Authority’s recent unsuccessful application to the Federal Department of Transportation for a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant (TIGER grant)...
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Run, Hill District, Run!!
This past Saturday Rep. Wheatley hosted his 2nd Uphill 5K and while running this first 5k was on the brutal side, the energy of the runners was great and it was a good time. Special shout out to...
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Good Night at Hill CDC Meeting. Opportunities for Public Campaign?
This past Tuesday the Hill CDC had a meeting to give ”critical updates” to the community re: the issues of the Lower Hill. I was only able to make the second half of the meeting, but from what I saw it...
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A Saturday Visit to Ujamaa’s Garden and Cook-Out
Celeta showing off the Ujamaa garden This past Saturday stopped by the Ujamaa Collective’s Community Cook-Out being held on Francis off of Bedford and got a chance to see longtime artists Bro. Tony...
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Today was a good day
Snuck into the Hill District Consensus Group (HDCG) meeting yesterday having missed the update on the grocery store, but did get there in time to hear Dr. Emma Lucas Darby, HDCG board member, make the...
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The Stories They Dare Tell–True Stories of Hill Residents by Renee Aldrich
Ms. Aldridge’s grandmother, affectionately known as “Ma Pitts”, standing behind the counter of her restaurant So after too many days of living in chaos after getting a delivery of furniture, I begin...
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First new writer to Hillombo!
Português: Busto de Zumbi dos Palmares em Brasília. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Starting today you will begin to occasionally (at first) see new writers on the Hillombo blog. As noted in the “About”...
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Pens Meeting Goes Nowhere Fast…by Renee Aldrich
On November 21, I attended what I thought would be yet another run of the mill meeting where the Penguins come to the Hill House and make a whole lot of noise about their plans for the lower hill, and...
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Hill CDC Meeting Announces Lower Hill Deal
Take two after losing the post I wrote last night. Last night, The Hill District Community Development Corporation (The Hill CDC) had a community meeting focused on two subjects: The recent deal...
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Decision Making, Democracy, Funding & Power. Feeling The Edge Fund.
Poster used to announce the launch of The Edge Fund Today, I am thankful for the model and extensive documentation of the England based Edge Fund. At the end of this post is a link to a post from this...
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