D.C. Wire: recreation


Posted at 12:04 PM ET, 05/25/2010

Housing director not sold on CFO takeover
By Washington Post Editors
Adrienne Todman, interim director of the D.C. Housing Authority, said Tuesday that her agency remains independent by law and questioned whether the agency's finances can be taken over by Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi as he plans.

By Washington Post Editors  |  12:04 PM ET, 05/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Nikita Stewart, Nikita Stewart, Nikita Stewart, Nikita Stewart | Tags:  Adrienne Todman, D.C. Housing Authority, Harry Thomas Jr, Jim Graham, adrian fenty, housing authority takeover, natwar gandhi, parks and recreation, recreation

Posted at 02:52 PM ET, 10/01/2009

Cora Masters Barry, City Reach Deal on Recreation Center
By Washington Post Editors
Former D.C. first lady Cora Masters Barry will get to stay in the recreation center that she was instrumental in building a decade ago after negotiations with the city. City officials released a brief statement Thursday, the same day supporters are expected to appear at a 4 p.m. hearing on...

By Washington Post Editors  |  02:52 PM ET, 10/01/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Nikita Stewart, Nikita Stewart, Nikita Stewart | Tags:  Adrian M. Fenty, Cora Masters Barry, Dorothy Height, Marion Barry, Maya Angelou, Recreation Wish List Committee

Posted at 05:47 PM ET, 09/14/2009

Cora Barry Taking Her Case to Court
By Washington Post Editors
Former D.C. first lady Cora Masters Barry will take her case to court Tuesday when she asks a judge to prohibit the city from evicting her Recreation Wish List Committee from the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center. But young people who use the Ward 8 tennis center took her case...

By Washington Post Editors  |  05:47 PM ET, 09/14/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Nikita Stewart, Nikita Stewart, Nikita Stewart | Tags:  Adrian M. Fenty, Cora Masters Barry, Recreation Wish List, Southeast Tennis and Learning Center

Posted at 11:43 AM ET, 08/19/2009

Mayor Rethinks Recreation Wish List Eviction
By Washington Post Editors
There seem to be second thoughts in D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's administration about evicting Cora Masters Barry and her Recreation Wish List Committee from the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center, the city-run tennis program she founded. "If Cora Barry gets her corporate papers together, then we will determine if...

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:43 AM ET, 08/19/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Hamil R. Harris, Hamil R. Harris, Hamil R. Harris | Tags:  Cora Masters Barry, Recreation Wish List