If you are unsure of your membership status, please email info@dupont-circle.org. 


DCCA membership is open to residents, businesses and supporters of the Dupont Circle neighborhood according to the Association's Bylaws. Benefits include discounts from Preferred Merchants; community service events and social get-togethers!


Returning members, please click here to log into your profile with your email address and password.


New members (or if you have not created a membership profile), please click here to join.


To join or renew by mail, please download our 2013 Membership Application Form and mail it to:
DCCA
9 Dupont Circle, NW 20036

Thank you for your support of DCCA!

46th Annual Dupont Circle House Tour & Tea

SAVE THE DATE! 46th Annual Dupont Circle House Tour – Sun, October 20

The Dupont Circle Citizens Association’s 46th Annual Dupont Circle House Tour & Tea will be held on Sunday, October 20 from 12 noon to 5 pm. Mark your calendars!


Sponsorship and advertisement opportunities are available now!  Click here for details.

Is there a home or location that you would like to see featured on this year’s Tour? Email your recommendations to info@dupont-circle.org.

This event would not be possible without the help and support of our extraordinary volunteers. Please contact us at info@dupont-circle.org if you would like to serve on the House Tour Planning Committee or one of the following subcommittees:

  • Advertisement & Sponsorships
  • House Selection
  • Public Relations
  • Volunteer Management

 The 46th Annual Dupont House Tour is co-chaired by Nelson Marban and Robin Diener.

Upcoming events

21 Jun 2013 8:30 PM • Dupont Circle Park
23 Jun 2013 7:00 PM • Church of the Holy City - 1611 16th Street, NW
24 Jun 2013 7:00 PM • The Chastleton Cooperative - 1701 16th Street, NW (Ballroom)

DCCA Supports ANC Call for MLK Task Force

On Monday, June 3, the Dupont Circle Citizens Association (DCCA) approved a Motion for a Resolution to support ANC2B's request for the establishment of a Citizens Task Force on the Future of the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library.


“I look forward to more collaboration between the ANC and the Citizens Association,” said incoming DCCA Board President Ramon Estrada, who served ten years on the Dupont ANC, including serving as its Chairman.  He said that “Dupont Circle residents agree with their ANC that public libraries should be designed to meet the needs of the community at large.”


DCCA Board member Robin Diener maintained that citizen consultation as laid out in the Budget Support Act of 2013 would be needed before the other items -- design, financing and construction timeline -- could be undertaken because the results of the community consultation would necessarily inform the development of the Library plans.


The adopted resolution, therefore, asks the Council to delay the implementation of the other three items until FY 2014.


Diener, a past president of DCCA, who works currently as a library advocate, stated that there was adequate time in the city's proposed five year capital plan to carry out all four items in the course of two years instead of one as provided in the draft Act. According to the proposed capital budget, $4M for planning would be made available to the Library in 2014 but $100M for rebuilding MLK Library would not be allocated until 2017 and 18.

DC Council's final vote on the Budget Support Act will take place June 18.


The Library resolution was the final order of business of the Association’s last membership meeting before summer hiatus. The meeting was held at the Society of the Cincinnati’s historic Anderson House. Gretchen Phaeler AIA, chair of the Historic Preservation Review Board, spoke about the city’s new plan for Historic Preservation. 


ANC2B Request for CitizenTask Force on Future of MLK Library

DCCA Resolution in Support of ANC2B’s request for Citizen Task Force

Budget Support Act of 2013 (relevant pages only)

Budget Support Act of 2013(full)


Newsletter

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DCCA Regulatory Committee Report

Report from DCCA Regulatory Committee

Re: Request by Shaw Dupont Citizens Alliance

For a Moratorium on Alcohol Licenses at 14th and U Streets

 

 

What is a Moratorium?

 

From On-line Dictionary:  A period of time in which there is a suspension of a specific activity until future events warrant a removal of the suspension or issues regarding the activity are resolved.  

 

Specifically for our purposes, a moratorium is a regulatory measure intended to prevent the over-concentration of alcohol-serving businesses and their impacts. It allows the number and types of alcohol-serving establishments to be capped in a given area if certain conditions are found to be present. Moratoria may be three or five years and are renewable.


A moratorium must be requested (it is not automatically triggered), either by immediate residents of the area proposed for the moratorium, or by a group with standing such as the local ANC or civic association.

 

A moratorium can only be imposed by the Alcohol Beverage Control Board (ABC Board), a body of officials appointed by the Mayor, and must be approved by DC Council.

 

The ABC Board must make a finding of the need for a moratorium based on precise conditions being met. In this case, according to DC regulations it is a minimum of 18 existing liquor licensed establishments (currently there are 120 in the proposed moratorium area, with approx 20 more licenses pending). In addition, in this case, according to the 14th Street Arts Overlay the percentage of building frontage per block occupied by alcohol-serving establishments in the overlay area cannot exceed 50% (multiple blocks in the proposed moratorium area are already beyond 50% although there seem to be discrepancies among the measurements by applicants, neighbors and District agencies).


Click here for the full report from the DCCA Regulatory Committee.


Latest News
DCCA Elects New Board of Directors
Former ANC2B Commissioner and Chair Ramon Estrada Elected President of DCCA
The Dupont Circle Citizens Association announced the election of nine members to its Board of Directors for the 2013-2014 term. The election took place during its annual membership meeting on May 6 at the Hillyer Art Space.

Ramon Estrada will serve as President for a one-year term. Mr. Estrada has been a resident of the Dupont Circle neighborhood for over three decades. During this time, he has served the Dupont Circle community in a number of different capacities, including ANC2B Commissioner, a role which he held for 10 years. He served as Chairman of the ANC and its ABRA Policy Committee. He was acknowledged for his leadership by his fellow Commissioners who appointed him Chairman Emeritus. He continues his efforts as an activist by working with the District Government, businesses, his neighbors and several citizen organizations to improve the quality of life in his neighborhood. Professionally, Ramon has an MBA Degree and has been a CEO of several non-profit trade associations and a community economic development think tank.

Mr. Estrada stated, "I look forward to sharing my private and public sector expertise with the Board of Directors. I want to lead this very important organization into the future with all of the challenges facing us in order to enhance and support Dupont Circle's vibrancy and diversity."

Mr. Estrada succeeds Charlie Ellis, who served as DCCA’s President since September 2012. Mr. Ellis will continue his Board service as Second Vice-President. Other elected Officers include: Nelson Marban, First Vice-President; Susan Volman, Secretary; and Ruth Horn, Treasurer. Re-elected members include Nancy Desmond and Jim Dudney. They join continuing members, Robin Diener and Mary Lord, and newly elected members Marcy Logan and Stephanie Sheridan. Greg Milman and Matt Webster concluded their Board service in May.

Click here for Board member bios.
Pictured above: (L to R) Stephanie Sheridan, Jim Dudney, Ramon Estrada, Nancy Desmond, Robin Diener, Ruth Horn, Mary Lord, Susan Volman, Nelson Marban, Marcy Logan, and Charlie Ellis


Homelessness in Dupont Circle

The Dupont Circle Neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of homelessness in the District of Columbia.  It is estimated that there are nearly 7,000 homeless persons in the District and more than 13,000 homeless persons in the Washington Metropolitan Area. 

 “Investing in affordable housing is critical to responsibly reducing the number of people who resort to living on our streets,” said Jackson Carnes, a student at George Washington University, who researched and wrote Understanding Homelessness in the District of Columbia as an intern for the Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2B).  “This is a social justice issue, but providing housing also makes fiscal sense.”  

According to Carnes, multiple studies have shown that placing vulnerable people in housing reduces healthcare costs, in particular. Someone living outside and dealing with the uncertainty of finding a warm place to sleep or a meal -- perhaps facing other external factors such as unemployment, addiction, or domestic violence -- will tend to have health challenges resulting in frequent emergency room visits and unnecessarily high inpatient healthcare costs.  Housing provides the stabilization needed to help someone get their life together and that, in turn, often reduces other costs.  

 

DCCA congratulates Mr. Carnes for his election as Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in Foggy Bottom & West End (ANC 2A). He has offered to advise a DCCA committee on Homelessness. Members interested in serving on a committee in this matter should contact  DCCA President Charlie Ellis.

  

Click here to read the report Understanding Homelessness in the District of Columbia.  
 

 
 

Founded in 1922 in a townhouse at 1767 P Street, to promote and protect the interests of the residents, the Dupont Circle Citizens Association (DCCA) is the premier civic and residential organization in the Dupont Circle area.

DCCA brings neighbors, including residents, businesses and non-profit organizations, together to improve the quality of life in an active and diverse urban neighborhood. It holds membership meetings 9 times each year, which are open to the public, runs the Dupont Circle House Tour, resolves neighborhood issues through its committees, donates to local causes, and incubates innovative projects.


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