JUNE 2019

The Monthly Newsletter of the Glover Park Citizens' Association

Glover Park

June 1, 2019, is the day all Glover Parkers are invited to celebrate our historic neigh-borhood festival. After a long cold winter and a long wet

spring, our community will come out to Guy Mason to catch up on news and have some grand fun. There are activities for all ages, all day long.

And this year, in honor of the 30th An-niversary of Glover Park Day, we have a very special surprise…a Zip Line!

For KidsSpecial Kids’ events include goats and other critters, a mechanical bull, a moon bounce, face painting, balloon art, sno cones, cotton candy, and fresh popcorn.

All the kids’ events will be on the hill near Calvert Street.

For the Whole FamilyActivities for the whole family abound. The day’s live music performances will feature six great bands. We have jazz, Dixieland, rock and roll, as well as a teenage Glover Parker who is a part-time troubadour. Much dancing as well!

Bring Your AppetitesCome hungry and eat well! We have a food court with scrumptious culinary offerings from Italy, Spain, Germany, Vietnam, and China as well as Uyghur cuisine and traditional American fare, including ribs, hamburgers, hot dogs, and wings.

New Field ArrangementsThe baseball field will be the site for our local businesses, expert crafters, and community service agencies, including the Georgetown Public Library and the Second District Police. The police will offer fingerprinting for children and a special treat—a brand new, state of the art police car with sirens and flashing lights and who knows what else. And visit our Photo Station, where we will have props, hats, and all sorts of things for you to dress up and take photos. Share these on social media using #gloverparkday!

Everyone will enjoy the dog agil-ity course at the dog park. Also, if you are looking for a four-footed friend to join your household, we will again welcome Dog and Cat Adoptions via the Humane Rescue Alliance.

Glover Park Day #30—Best Ever!Karen Pataky

Great SouvenirsAlso, when you stroll over to the Glover Park Citizens’ Association table, you will find our 30th annual Glover Park Day t-shirts for sale. The fabulous design—courtesy of Cheri Meyer’s artistry—will be available in two colors. You will likely be tempted to buy both! Also on offer are great Glover Park Day temporary tattoos. Show your neighborhood pride!

While you are there, prize-drawing tick-ets will be on sale. Proceeds go toward Glover Park Day expenses, and you might go home with gift certificates for restaurants, a gym membership, a night in a hotel, a bottle of fine wine, an exotic carpet, and many, many more prizes.

And please don’t forget to join or renew your membership in the Glover Park Citizens' Association. The GPCA, the DC Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Friends of Guy Mason are the proud sponsors of this an-nual event. Their support and the work of our devoted volunteers make it all possible.

Come One, Come All and enjoy an out-ing with the best neighbors in the whole city!

Please Join Us30th Annual

Glover Park DaySaturday, June 111 a.m. –5 p.m.

Guy Mason Rec Center3600 Calvert St. NW

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If you love living in Glover Park, get involved! Join the Glover Park Citizens' Association today!

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GoodGuysFine Dining & Exotic Entertainment

in Glover Park since 1966

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A Gentleman’s Club. Only 21 and over, please!

Monday–Thursday 11 am–2 amFriday–Saturday 11 am–3 amSunday 4 pm–2 am

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The Gazette Needs You!

The Glover Park Gazette is delivered nine times a year to Glover Park residents. We rely on a small army of volunteers for this, and that army needs a new coordinator!

For many years, Elaine and Dick Sullivan have have ensured that the Gazette reaches your doorstep. They now need to pass the ba-ton to a new individual/couple/small team of neighbors who can continue their work. The key requirements are a love of Glover Park and a commitment to ensuring that the volunteer deliverers receive their bundles of Gazettes in advance of GPCA meetings.

The Sullivans have this process down to a science and are eager to work with their successors!

Can you take on this task, which requires only a few hours nine times a year? It would be a great family activity and is a tremendous contribution to the neighborhood.

Please contact the Sullivans at 202 337-2593 or

elainesullivan10@gmail.com

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June 2019

Celebrating 30 Years of Glover Park Day!Thank You to Our Wonderful Volunteers

Sponsors and Participants

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BreadsodaErin Sobanski & JP Montalvan, COMPASSGeorgetown CarpetGeorgetown University Community Engagement OfficeGood Guys Restaurant and BarLenore Rubino, Washington Fine Properties & Stephen O’Connor, SunTrust Mortgag Old Europe

Thank You, Glover Park Day 2019 Sponsors

PepcoSlate Wine BarSophia Henry Real EstateSprig and SproutThe Stokes Group The Stokes Group at McEnearney Assoc. William R. Singleton Hope-Lebanon Lodge Lodge #7

Angelico’s PizzeriaArcuri Eat + DrinkBalance GymChuck Holzwarth, Washington Fine PropertiesCVSDC RowDevol Funeral HomeDumplings and BeyondEarly Learning Project – Georgetown Universityeaves Glover Park and eaves Tunlaw GardensEerkin’s Uyghur Cuisine and Tea BarElements Fitness & Wellness CenterElite Physical Therapy and Wellness Center

Enterprise Settlement Services

Dog Child LLCEivind and HansGlover Park MarketHeritage IndiaKinderCareLoyal CompanionMakeOffices at Glover Park

Friendship Heights ChiropracticGeorgetown ValetGlover Park HardwareKimpton Glover Park Hotel and CasoleKumon Math & Reading Center of GeorgetownLittle Folks SchoolRocklands BBQ and Grilling CompanySilverThe Learning and Development Lab – Georgetown UniversityTheodore's ContemporaryTown HallWingo’s Glover Park

Paisano’s PizzaRomeo'sSushi-KeikoThreading with RaniWide World of WinesYoga District - Glover Park

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440 ConfectionsAngelico’s PizzeriaArcuri Eat + DrinkCasolareDumplings and BeyondEerkin’s Uyghur Cuisine

Glover Park Day 2019Schedule of Fun!

Center Stage11:00 am–12:00 pm Hokum Jazz (w/ Esther Haynes and JC Veve)12:00–12:15 pm Performance by William Smith12:15–1:15 pm Smokin’ Polecats w/ Marianna Preveti1:15–1:30 pm Break1:30 – 2:30 pm Wild Anacostias and Crush Funk Brass w/ Santo Buzzanca – Musical Parade and Performance2:30 – 2:45 pm Break2:45 – 3:45 pm Caz Gardinar Band3:45 – 4:00 pm Break4:00 – 5:00 pm Honky Tonk Heroes (w/ Josh Arnson)

Balloon CreationsDog Agility CourseSno ConesPopcornS’moresCotton Candy

Special Events12:00–4:00 pm Face Painting12:00–4:00 pm Mechanical Bull12:00–4:00 pm Moon Bounce12:00–4:00 pm Zip Line1:00–4:00 pm Dog and Cat Adoptions

All Day FunPhoto StationGoats and Farm CrittersMagicianPrize DrawingsPolice Car2019 Glover Park Day T-Shirts

Local BusinessesCommunity Service OrganizationsGlover Park HistoryGlover Park Citizens’ Association

Food Court and Tea BarGlover Park HardwareGood Guys Restaurant and BarOld EuropeRocklands BBQ and Grilling Company

SilverSlate Wine BarSprig and SproutWingo’s Glover Park

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Guy Mason Book ClubWednesday, June 19,11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.This month the club is reading Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending.The club meets the third Wednesday of every month at Guy Mason Recreation Center.

Book Hill TalksThe Turn of the Tide: World War II in 1943

Stoddert was recently named #1 Elemen-tary School by Washington City Paper's 2019 Best of D.C.

Spring means enrollment time at Stoddert! All current and new incoming students should be enrolled by early June to help staff prepare for next year.

Thanks to PTO dues payments and fundraising efforts, we were able to com-mission a former parent to repaint our wolfpack logo in the front of the schoo!

Visit www.stoddert.org to learn more about Stoddert and student activities.

Thursday, June 27, 2019, 7 p.m.Military historian David Silbey will lead a discussion on 1943, the year in which the Allied Powers took the upper hand during the Second World War.

Drawing for LifeEvery Wednesday, July 3 through August 21 at 2:30 p.m. Sessions explore the importance of observation in drawing still life, landscape, and figure. Students will

practice depicting the shape of objects, their proportion, perspective, the use of “light and dark” in modeling subjects, and ultimately capturing “the gesture of life” for each subject

Useful for the beginner and as a refresher for more advanced students. Edgar Farr Russell, III, is a fine art-ist who studied at Georgetown and American Universities and with Ra-Vae Marsh in South Dakota. He is an award-winning artist and writer.

Georgetown Public Library

Stoddert Elementary–Best of D.C.

ANDREW MAGIC

Performer, tutor — All Ages! Magic with coins, dollars,

finger rings, Sharpies, playing cards,and almost anything!

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June 2019

REAL ESTATE WATCH

Maggie Simpson, RealtorMaggieSimpson@LNF.com www.MaggieSimpsonHomes.com(202) 465-2062

Long and FosterChristie’s International RELicensed in DC, MD and VABroker’s Tel: (202) 362-1300

Two years ago this month the pundits were raising concerns about a housing bubble like the one that occurred in 2008. I wrote a column in this paper about the conditions that constitute a bubble – but all indications were that rising prices would not be the prelude to a steep drop. Where do things stand now, given continued price increases in Glover Park, Burleith, and the DC region overall?

DC’s population growth has continued to be faster than that of the U.S. as a whole, and mortgage interest rates have remained very low. This has kept demand for housing high. The supply of homes for sale has increased only slowly, and this imbalance between demand and supply has sent prices ever higher. We have had 85 consecutive months of price appreciation! But mortgage lending standards have continued to remain relatively strict, so there are still no indications of a “bubble” of inflated prices.

What is emerging, though, is a tale of two markets: premium/luxury homes versus move-up/starter homes. On a national level the number of luxury homes for sale has increased almost 20% from March of 2016. The supply of more moderately priced

move-up and starter homes has increased also, but only by about 2.4%. This has had implications for price appreciation: it has slowed to a crawl for luxury homes while move-up and starter homes continue to increase in price at the rate of about 4% per annum nationwide – and more rapidly in strong markets like ours.

Here in DC, the “move-up” category of homes includes properties that sell for well over a million dollars - and even in this price range, homes are sold quickly for top dollar. In the last 30 days, homes priced from $500,000-$1.3 million sold on average in 30 days, with half of them selling in 14 days or less.

In contrast, however, homes sold at or above $2.5 million were on the market for an average of 181 days! Half of them took over 4 months to sell. This means that DC’s luxury market is rapidly becoming a market in which buyers have greater control over the price point. So if you’ve always wanted an over-the-top house or condo, now may be the time to make a move. Meantime, here are some recent, fabulous sales in Glover Park and Burleith.

A Tale of Two Markets

3733 W St NW $1,025,0002211 38th St NW $1,225,0002438 Tunlaw Rd NW $1,080,0003846 Calvert St NW $1,212,0002214 Hall Place NW $1,465,000

Recent Home Sales

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June at Guy Mason Recreation CenterFree Special Events and Programs3600 Calvert Street, NW • 202-727-7527

Special Event Friday, June 21, 7 p.m., Concert by the Gay Men’s Chorus Piano Salon.A reception will follow.

* * *ProgramsFriday, June 14, Free For All11 a.m., Scrabble; 12 p.m., Lunch with friends and neighbors; and 1 p.m. Film, TBA.

Friday, June 28, Free for All11 a.m., Scrabble; 12 p.m., Lunch with friends and neighbors; and 1 p.m. Film, TBA.

Saturdays, May–November, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.Hardy Middle School Parking Lot

(across from Safeway)

Fresh Local Produce • Flowers & Plants • Local Eggs • Dairy • Meat • Coffee • Baked Goods & Prepared Food • Kids’ Activities • Live Music

SNAP, WIC, Senior Benefits Doubled

Follow Glover Park & Burleith Foodworks only @GPBFoodworks

HAPPY SUMMER, GLOVER PARK!