THE DISTRICT
Housing Authority to Hold Summit
The D.C. Housing Authority will hold its first Residents Summit tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the D.C. Armory at 2400 East Capitol St. SE.
The summit will feature presentations on opportunities for public housing residents to buy their own homes or condominiums or start their own businesses. Representatives from city and private nonprofit health and social service agencies also will be on hand.
The summit will feature a health fair and voter registration opportunities, the housing authority said in a statement. A continental breakfast and lunch will be served.
For more information or to sign up for the event, public housing residents should call the authority's Office of Resident Services at 202-535-1517.
Southeast Man Stabbed to Death
A 74-year-old man died yesterday after being found stabbed in the bedroom of his apartment in Southeast Washington, police said.
Police said they responded to a reported assault in an apartment in the 1200 block of Maple View Place SE about 1:20 a.m. and found Clarence Copeland suffering from a stab wound to his chest.
Copeland was rushed to Howard University Hospital, where he died, police said.
Anyone with information is urged to call police at 202-727-9099. Police offer rewards of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects in murder cases.
VIRGINIA
Fairfax Emergency Center to Open
Fairfax County leaders soon won't have to travel far if there's an emergency. The Alternate Emergency Operations Center is scheduled to open today on the ground floor of the government building.
The center will include 4,000 square feet of computers, phones and other communications equipment from which local officials can coordinate recovery efforts in case of a damaging storm, terrorist attack or other emergency.
Officials said the center cost about $3 million, covered mostly by homeland security grants.
The center temporarily replaces a much smaller facility at the former Pine Ridge Elementary School in Annandale. In 2007, a new emergency operations and 911 center is scheduled to open on West Ox Road.
