UPDATE: Due to inclement weather and dangerous thunderstorms, tonight's Friday Night Potluck Dinner & Discussion has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. Details to be announced soon.

This Friday evening, Councilmember Tommy Wells will host the 5th Friday Night Potluck Dinner & Discussion starting at 6:30 pm. This will be the 5th and final meeting in the series hosted by Tommy. The meeting will be held in the park between Hopkins and Potomac Gardens – specifically, the park bounded by K Street, Potomac Ave, and 13th Street, SE. Our office has worked with MPD to make sure that if needed, the street will be blocked off to accommodate the neighborhood meeting. Residents from Hopkins and Potomac Gardens apartments will be the hosts.

Last Friday night, it was a very impressive meeting of neighbors. I was struck by how comfortable residents were at the gathering. There was no sense of tension in the air and neighbors mingled in conversation while dinner finished on the grill. After everyone got a plateful, Tommy helped move everyone into small groups to focus on neighbor-to-neighbor discussions to answer two key questions:

- What can our community do to help keep kids safe?

- How should the community respond if something bad occurs with youth?

Neighbors brain-stormed new ideas and echoed themes we’ve heard at each of the previous potlucks. Here’s a summary write-up of the responses and ideas generated during this discussion (please note: this isn't an exhaustive listing of all ideas, but it reflects what was discussed during the group break out sessions).

On Friday night, Tommy will lead a conversation to continue developing these ideas. We hope to see you there.

One person has commented on this article.

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2008-06-30 00:27:44

Hello this is response to the pot luck dinners held here in potomac gardens.I am a resident that have been committed to change.I invited Mr.Micheal Kelly into my home to see the infestation of roaches that I have been force to live with,that includes reporting other unsafe issuses.After meeting with Mr.Kelly I was promised by the housing authority that the problem would be taken care of.Since then I have requested a meeting to meet with him to address all my problems and he declined to meet with me.I have a child with a medical illness and the infestation is enhancing her condition.Tommy Wells I am requesting to meet with you in regards to this complaint.I can be reached at 202-468-9189 or you can email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it I will be doing a follow up letter addressing my problems aswell.Hope to hear from you soon

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