bulletin board DC Historic Preservation Office Offers Funds to Repair Capital Hill Historic Homes
The DC Historic Preservation Office is accepting Part I applications for its Historic Homeowner Grant Program. The program offers grants (not a loan) of up to $25,000 to low-and moderate-income households living in the Capitol Hill Historic District for exterior repairs, rehabilitation and structural work on homes. In Part I of the grant process, homeowners provide photos of their house and a description of the proposed repairs and restorations. Financial information from the homeowners and bids from contractors are not due until later in the process. The application deadline is Oct 1, 2013. To apply or for additional information, visit dc.gov/DC/ Planning/Historic+Preservation/Preservation+Services/ For+Residents/Grants.
Volunteer for the H Street Festival
Do you want to be a part of the greatest main street celebration in DC? Have a great time and make history as a volunteer! Visit hstreet.org/volunteer-for-the-h-streetfestival.
DC Streetcar Construction Update
Construction work along H Street/Benning Road to ready the corridor for DC Streetcar continues. Stage 2 of the Western Turnaround work is set to began on July 31 and continues through mid-October. The Western Turnaround refers to the extension of the streetcar tracks from 3rd St. NE to the top of the Hopscotch Bridge. Elements include construction of a streetcar platform where passengers may board or leave the streetcars with access to Union Station and tracks to allow the streetcar to reverse course and proceed eastbound through the corridor. Advance warning signs will be posted in work areas. The schedule is subject to change due to weather, material and equip34 H hillrag.com
Eco-Goats feast on plant debris at Congressional Cemetery. Photo: Charles Allen
Goats Grazing the (Congressional Cemetery) Graveyard
On Aug 7-12, for the first time, Historic Congressional Cemetery welcomed a grazing herd of 100+ live “eco” goats to control invasive species threatening the National Historic Landmark. The non-profit Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery partnered with EcoGoats, to introduce Washington’s first herd of grazing goats that grazed temporarily along the perimeter of the cemetery. This innovative environmental Signs point the hundreds of “goat gazers” to their location. project cleared the exterior pePhoto: Katie Musser rimeter fenced area of invasive species using nothing other than 100+ live goats. The goats grazed 24 hours a day for six days, eliminating vines, poison ivy, ground cover and even fallen debris all the while fertilizing the ground. The revolutionary use of eco-goats eliminates the need for harmful herbicides and prevents the invasive and often foreign species from killing large mature trees in the cemetery’s wooded area, which can fall onto the grounds as a result and damage invaluable historic headstones. congressionalcemetery.org