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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will visit Fort Totten Park on Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. to inspect two temporary lights installed by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) along a well-traveled path that serves as a shortcut through Fort Totten Park, owned by NPS, between the Fort Totten Metro station and the nearby Ward 5 community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the end of daylight saving time Sunday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will address public safety concerns by walking on the National Mall on Monday, November 5, 2012, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Ever since six muggings occurred on the Mall in a matter of weeks in 2006, Norton has walked the Mall to examine police presence, lighting, and other safety measures. The Mall is a favorite destination for tourists, who support D.C.'s economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In releasing the September D.C. hiring statistics on nine large General Services Administration (GSA) construction projects underway across the city, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) singled out General Dynamics, Clark/Smoot/Russell, Clark Construction, Turtle Associates and Marada Contracting for steady progress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her Commission on Black Men and Boys meeting on synthetic marijuana, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed due to inclement weather.
A new date and time for the meeting will be announced soon.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer keynote remarks to The Transition Network of the District of Columbia on Sunday, October 28, 2012, at the National City Christian Church (5 Thomas Circle NW) at 2:00 p.m. The Congresswoman will set the scene for a panel of women who will speak about their experience integrating some of the city's neighborhoods.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will make remarks then join thousands of D.C.-area residents participating in the Whitman-Walker Clinic's 26th annual AIDS Walk on Saturday, October 27, 2012, starting at Freedom Plaza (13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW) at 8:15 a.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) All-Parks Town Hall tomorrow, October 25, 2012, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 412),will begin a community conversation on making National Park Service (NPS) parks in D.C. more neighborhood-friendly with a panel that has a diverse range of experiences and perspectives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will help cut the ribbon on the final phase of construction at Capitol Quarter, a mixed-income community in Ward 7, on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at 341 L Street SE. Capitol Quarter is the largest redevelopment in the city funded in part by a HOPE VI grant, which Norton helped the city obtain.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will meet with Ward 4 residents who live near Carter Barron Park Tuesday, October 23, 2012, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Mosaic Church of the Nazarene (4401 16th Street NW),to discuss tennis tournaments held at the National Park Service (NPS) facility.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Frederick Douglass Home as a national historic site and help launch a project called the New Proclamation of Freedom for those caught in human trafficking on Saturday, October 20, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (1411 W Street SE). Norton will also discuss the passage into law of her bill to move the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass Statue into the United States Capitol.