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Upcoming Events DCPS Beautification Day: Saturday, August 25, 2007 8:00am to 1:00pm The annual DCPS Beautification Day, established in 2005 as the official day for a citywide “spruce up” of all DC public school buildings and front grounds in preparation for school opening, will be held this year on Saturday, August 25, 2007, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This activity, in past years, has been a joint venture of DCPS, parent leaders and community organizations. Beautification efforts will include landscaping, trash pick-up, light painting, planting flowers, and other external beautification efforts. Volunteers are needed at all sites. To register, visit: www.k12.dcus/community/beautificationday2007.htm Are Your Children Ready for School? Don't allow your children to miss the first day of school! All District of Columbia children are required to have up-to-date shots before the start of school on August 27. For uninsured and underinsured District of Columbia residents, please contact one of the Express Immunization Clinics below. Proof of residency required. Bring one of the following: driver's license, non-driver ID, current utility bill (not a phone bill), lease and letter from D.C. school stating student needs immunizations, current pay stub showing D.C. tax withholding, documentation showing current receipt of financial assistance from D.C. such as TANF, Medicaid, housing assistance. Bring immunization records if available. For questions call (202) 576-9323. Reeves Municipal Center 2000 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC (Corner of 14th & U Streets) Thursdays 4:30pm-7:30pm first 150 persons seen Congress Heights Community Health Center 3720 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, SE, 3rd Floor (Near Martin Luther King Jr., Ave & S. Capitol St.) Wednesdays 5:00pm-7:00pm first 50 persons seen District of Columbia Developing Families Center 801 17th Street, NE, Washington, DC (between Benning Rd & Maryland Avenue, on 17th Street near Hechinger Mall) 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month 4:30pm-7:30pm first 50 persons seen DOH Immunization Program 6323 Georgia Avenue, NW, SUite 305 Washington, DC 20011 Monday & Tuesday 10:00am-2:00pm first 75 persons seen Brown in the News Brown holds Living Room Listening Session with Ward 3D Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners Brown featured on 93.9 WKYS-FM radio Community Spotlight Brown & Chancellor Rhee welcome students at 93.9 WKYS-FM Russ Parr's Back to School Bus Tour at Union Station Fenty shifts funds to get art for new Nats ballpark - www.dcexaminer.com Pop Star Beyonce Visits Girls Before Concert - www.wlja.com Beyonce Visits with Local Girls Before Concert - www.nbc4.com Kudos to Kwame-Washington City Paper - www.washingtoncitypaper.com Brown Kicks Off Walking Tours of D.C.'s Main Streets in Mount Pleasant & Adams Morgan Neighborhoods On Wednesday, August 15, Councilmember Brown kicked off his walking tour of the District’s nine Main Streets with local business owners, ANC Commissioners and neighbors of Mount Pleasant. The tour began at 10:00am between Mount Pleasant & Park Road, NW. Brown visited area restaurants, furniture stores and apparel retailers to discuss their efforts to provide greater services to their communities. Following the Adams Morgan Main Street tour held on Thursday, Brown met with bar and restaurant owners to address their challenges to provide affordable dining options to patrons and pay rising property taxes. This week, Councilmember Brown will continue his tour, visiting Barracks Row Main Streets on Thursday, August 23. Dates and times are subject to change. For information, please contact the Committee on Economic Development (202) 727-6683. Tours are confirmed for the following neighborhoods: · Wednesday August 22 – (11:30am) Barracks Row Main Street; starting at Barracks Row Main Street Office, 733 -— 8th Street, SE · Thursday, August 23 - (12:30pm) Shaw Main Streets · Wednesday, August 29 – (10:00 am) Dupont Circle Main Streets · Thursday, August 30 - (11:00am )Anacostia Main Streets Upcoming Tours - Dates to be announced: Brookland Main Streets; Georgia Avenue Gateway Main Streets, H Street Main Streets PHOTOS: ABOVE:Brown (center) walks Mount Pleasant St., NW with Dominic Sale (left), President, Mount Pleasant Main Street and local business owners. CENTER: Brown purchases aligator belt clip from Mount Pleasant business owner. BELOW: Brown takes a closer look of the collection of door knobs with Donetta George, owner of the The Brass Knob located in Adams Morgan. ABOUT DC MAIN STREETS: DC Main Streets is a program of the Department of Small and Local Business Development's(DSLBD) reSTORE DC, which has worked since 2002 to revitalize neighborhood commercial districts and help small businesses. The nine participating DC Main Streets programs, which offer unique shops and products, are: Main Street Anacostia Adams Morgan Main Street Barracks Row Main Street Historic Brookland Main Street GATEWAY Georgia Avenue Historic Dupont Circle Main Street Shaw Main Street Mount Pleasant Main Street H Street Main Street To learn more about DSLBD’s reSTORE DC and the DC Main Streets program, call (202) 478-1356 or visit http://dslbd.dc.gov .