I'm happy to announce that Friends of Forest Hills Playground, Inc. just
received approval last night from the ANC 3F for a grant to cover the entire
cost of a new solar-powered trash/recycling compactor for the playground!
As many of you know, the trash situation at the playground has been horrible
with overflowing trash bins, bees and rodents scattering the trash around the
playground. This new compactor - which is in place at other DC parks, including
Stead Park and Guy Mason - has a closed lid to keep out bees and rodents and
will compact the trash, which will help us deal with the overflowing trash
problems. Plus, it will provide a bottle recycling receptacle - which we never
had at the playground before. Please see www.bigbellysolar.com for more
information about the compactor.
Hopefully, as soon as we have the grant money in hand, we'll be able to install
the new garbage compactor within 2-3 weeks.
It would be a great help if some parents on this listserv could send a quick
email note of thanks to the ANC 3F commissioners who voted to approve our grant.
It was a tight vote last night: four voted in favor (Jane Solomon, Susan Banta,
Mital Gandhi, Tom Whitley) and three opposed our grant (Karen Perry, Cathy Wiss,
Daniel L. Klibanoff.) The commissioners' emails are posted at:
www.anc3f.org/cms.html. (You might also want to remember their voting record on
election day next year!)
For more information or questions, please contact me.
Cheers,
Danielle Knight
Friends of Forest Hills Playground, Inc.
danielle.d.knight@...