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Zoom Webinar April 23: Windows 250

Join us this Wednesday, April 23, for a 7 p.m. Zoom webinar being hosted by the Chevy Chase Community Association about the “WINDOWS 250” project that helps frame conversations about future development of the civic core with an understanding of our community’s exclusionary history.

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“Eighty, Meet 18” Presents at DC History Conference

The next best thing to sitting down for coffee with a fascinating person is to sit down with their oral history and let their stories and memories unfurl. A new …

Read more“Eighty, Meet 18” Presents at DC History Conference

New Oral Histories Program Announced

Eighty, Meet 18: Seniors Talk, Youth Listen, and a Valuable Collection is Born HCCDC is starting a new inter-generational oral history collection in Chevy Chase DC this fall involving residents …

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Evelyn Wrin Left Her Mark on Our Houses, Community

You see them everywhere in Chevy Chase DC — oval brass historic markers that identify a house for the date it was built and the craftsmen who built it. But …

Read moreEvelyn Wrin Left Her Mark on Our Houses, Community

HCCDC Board of Directors Elects Not to Support Historic District Proposal

Historic Chevy Chase DC, an all-volunteer community organization, voted on March 27 against supporting a controversial Historic District application raised by a newly formed neighborhood group called the Chevy Chase …

Read moreHCCDC Board of Directors Elects Not to Support Historic District Proposal
Mount Zion Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, DC

Feb. 7 Webinar Recording Now Available

Tracing the Burial Sites of Early Blacks in Chevy Chase DC to Georgetown We invite you to take a deep dive into local history by watching a recording of a …

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George Pointer Descendants 2015 Family Reunion at Lafayette Park

What Does Repair Look Like? Webinar Recording Now Posted

Linda Mann of the African American Redress Network shared an overview of what repair for past racists harms might look like in communities across America during a June 21 webinar …

Read moreWhat Does Repair Look Like? Webinar Recording Now Posted
Black Broad Branch descdants who participated in a June 15, 2023, public hearing on reparations.

DC Council Holds June 15 Hearing on Creating a Reparations Task Force

A recording of the day-long public hearing by the DC Council Committee on DC Business & Economic Development can be viewed here. Hosted by D.C. Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, the …

Read moreDC Council Holds June 15 Hearing on Creating a Reparations Task Force
Montage June 7 webinar

Recording Now Available: A Conversation with Descendants of a Displaced Black Community

HCCDC held a virtual webinar on June 7 to introduce some descendants of the African American families evicted nearly a century ago from Broad Branch Road in Chevy Chase DC …

Read moreRecording Now Available: A Conversation with Descendants of a Displaced Black Community
Book cover: Between Freedom and Equality by Barbara Boyle Torrey and Clara MYrick Green

“Pushed Out” Webinar Recording Now Available

A recording of the Jan. 18 webinar entitled, “Pushed Out: A Story of Race Relations in Chevy Chase DC,” is now available. Listen to the virtual discussion featuring authors Barbara …

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Newlands Memorial Fountain, Chevy Chase Circle

Update on Newlands Fountain Signage

The U.S. Senate in the 1930s authorized a memorial on Chevy Chase Circle. Money was raised for the installation of Francis G. Newlands Memorial Fountain. Newlands’ white supremacist views led …

Read moreUpdate on Newlands Fountain Signage
Edward Hayes of Historic Chevy Chase DC stands with the first Police/Fire Call Box Refurbishment on Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase DC

Call Box Refurbishment Project

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HCCDC’s Statement on the Draft CCSAP

Submitted during the Public Comment Period, March 13-May 14, 2022

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Recording Available of April 7 Discussion of Draft Chevy Chase Small Area Plan

A recording of the April 7 Zoom program about the draft Chevy Chase Small Area Plan (CCSAP) titled “What’s In It? How Can We Improve It?” is now available. Sponsored …

Read moreRecording Available of April 7 Discussion of Draft Chevy Chase Small Area Plan
Chevy Chase Day Lego Planning

“Picture the Plan” Webinar Recording Now Available

A recording of the latest virtual webinar program sponsored by Historic Chevy Chase DC on development options and the Small Area Plan is now available. This 75-minute Zoom program, recorded …

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Planning our Future series

The third and final Zoom discussion on HCCDC’s “Planning Our Future” series, held on June 9, is now available on YouTube. The discussion about the affordable housing crisis facing Washington …

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Jones Farm 1859 from Origins II

Oldest Farmhouse in Chevy Chase DC Goes On Market

Last month in Chevy Chase DC a quiet bidding war ensued. A house had gone on the market that represented a bygone era -- the oldest standing farmhouse, circa 1862.

Read moreOldest Farmhouse in Chevy Chase DC Goes On Market

Three-Part Zoom Series Put Historical Framework on Small Area Planning

Third Program in "Planning Our Future" Series Airs June 9

Read moreThree-Part Zoom Series Put Historical Framework on Small Area Planning
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