Short-term use of Bruce Monroe meeting February 16

Sylvia of the Emerging Community Arts Collective/Georgia Avenue Community Development Task Force does it again!   She has reminded us that the meeting on interim planning for Bruce Monroe, originally scheduled for the week known as Snowmageddon, has been rescheduled for February 16 at 6:30 pm at the Cesar Chavez Public Charter School at 770 Kenyon Street, NW.

The meeting is being convened by Ward 1 CM Jim Graham.   The purpose is to discuss ideas for a short term use plan for the old Bruce Monroe site.   He is looking to stakeholders for ideas on how to best use the space during the interim period.

César Chávez PCS returns Bruce School to original purpose

Ward 1 CM Jim Graham recently announced the opening of César Chávez Public Charter School for Public Policy's newest campus in the historic Blanche K. Bruce School.   The Bruce School site is Chavez's fourth campus and "restores a tradition of education excellence at the Bruce school" according to CM Graham.   The transformation of this building may be long overdue but the historic preservation has succeeded in ending the blight.

To learn more about how the "restoration contributes to quality of education of the city's youth, and to the ongoing revitalization of this east side area of Ward 1", visit the CM's blog.