Media Contact: John A. Stokes, (202) 673-2195 (DPR)

On Wednesday, December 17 at 10:15 am, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty will join the DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, and members of the Ward 7 community for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the construction of a new 63,000 square foot Deanwood Community Center and Library to be located at 49th and Quarles Streets, NE.

WHAT:
Groundbreaking for Deanwood Community Center and Library

WHEN:
Wednesday, December 17
10:15 am

WHERE:
49th and Quarles Streets, NE

WHO:

• Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor
• Vincent C. Gray, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia
• Yvette Alexander, Ward 7 Councilmember
• Harry “Tommy” Thomas, Jr., Ward 5 Councilmember and Chair, Committee on Libraries, Parks and Recreation (Invited)
• Neil O. Albert, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (Invited)
• Clark E. Ray, DC Department of Parks and Recreation Director
• Ginnie Cooper, Chief Librarian, DC Public Library
• Muriel Weathington, ANC Commissioner 7C07
• Sylvia Brown, President, Deanwood Citizens Association
• Darrin Slade, Principal, Ronald Brown Middle School/Woodson Academy
• Ward 7 Community