ABOUT THE FOXHALL COMMUNITY CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
 

The FCCA is a membership-based organization funded solely by dues and donations. Meetings are open to everyone, though only members may vote. We meet six times a year — in January, February, April, June, September and November — at 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month (confirm date in the newsletter) in the Hardy Recreation Center at 4500 Q Street NW. There is on-street parking and rides can be arranged if needed.

A volunteer elected Board meets monthly to identify issues of concern, to collect and disseminate information (via the newsletter and email alerts) and to plan the bi-monthly general meetings at which the Board can gauge community opinion on issues that affect us now and in the future. Small committees meet as needed to work on specific issues and to plan popular community events—from picnics to Halloween parades to community yard sales that help build neighborhood cohesiveness—and have been doing so since 1928.

The Association’s informative newsletter, delivered by FCCA volunteers free to all households in the area, lets the community know about up-coming events and meetings, and provides background on issues of interest and concern. The current newsletter can be downloaded from this site.

The FCCA Board

The elected Board consists of seven to nineteen volunteers who decide amongst themselves who will serve as President. Elections are held in November of each year at the General Meeting. See the By-Laws for more details on how we operate. Many Board members cover specific areas in which they have an interest. Anyone is welcome to volunteer for the Board at any time during the year as an at-large member, or to work on an area of personal interest—just contact the Board to be informed of the next Board meeting, which are usually at 7 pm on a Sunday evening.

Download the current newsletter for up-to-date contacts for all Board members or contact the President and he will forward it the correct Board member.

FCCA Board President

Bob Avery
Phone (202) 338-3834
Email ravery@starpower.net

Past FCCA Accomplishments

The FCCA monitors and acts on a range of neighborhood issue by working independently and with our Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC3D) and sister community associations. Given our location just a mile from Georgetown and two miles from downtown Washington, amid no less than seven private schools and universities, development is always an issue and mitigating its sometimes negative impacts is a constant focus. The FCCA constantly tracks a wide range of issues that affect the neighborhood—from historic preservation and pets and potholes to private schools and pollution. We remain very active in reducing the affects of traffic through the area. We bring items of concern to the attention of residents, assess community opinion, and then act on behalf of the community.

Over the years, the FCCA has spearheaded a successful campaign to prevent construction of a bridge across the Potomac at Three Sisters and an associated freeway through Glover Archbold Park, part of the Rock Creek National Park system. We saved the Hardy School building (now on long-term lease to the Lab School) from being converted to a Georgetown University dormitory, and successfully negotiated with a developer to build townhomes instead of a student apartment building at the corner of Foxhall between Greenwich Parkway and Reservoir Road. We worked with D.C. Parks and Recreation to restore the Hardy field and we continue to attempt to prevent its overuse. We are constantly monitoring the growth of nearby schools and universities because that directly impacts a range of issues from parking and conversion of family homes to student rentals. We have repeatedly and successfully pushed for appropriate modifications to numerous development schemes, and recently worked with Foxhall Village residents and the District of Columbia to create the Foxhall Village Historic District.