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NEW	Download the brand new November edition of the PCA Newsletter ... now in full color!

	TREES ALERT: Read the PCA's draft resolution for consideration at the 11/3 General Membership meeting Read more about Pepco's upgrade plans and the impact to Palisades trees along the trolley right of way and MacArthur Blvd ... sign the online petition asking Pepco officials to consider alternatives ... read PCA's July and September correspondence with Pepco expressing community concerns. more info

	Next PCA General Meeting: December 1, 2009 *PCA meetings are the First Tuesday of the month ... 7:30 PM at the Palisades Recreation Center* Next ANC 3D Public Meeting: November 4, 2009, 7:00pm at Sibley Memorial Hospital, Ernst Auditorium Both the Nov 3 PCA meeting and the Nov 4 ANC meeting will discuss Pepco's revised plan for tree pruning/removal in the Palisades ... (item appears at 8:30 on the 11/4 ANC agenda).

	Palisades Community Fund: grant deadline was October 30, 2009 Check out the Palisades Community Fund page to see what grants have been made ... and how you or your organization can apply for one.

	JULY 4 PARADE INFORMATION Click through to see our 2009 AWARD WINNERS \| 2009 SPONSORS Thanks for helping to make the Palisades 43rd Annual July 4th Parade & Picnic the most successful one yet! more info

	Palisades Farmer's Market is now open year-round! Visit www.palisadesfarmersmarket.com for more details

	Palisades Trails Working Group This effort kicked off this past June. more info

	Palisades Author Unveils New Book Len Downie, Palisades resident and recently retired executive editor of The Washington Post, will be at the March 3rd General membership Meeting to discuss his new book, The Rules of the Game. This political suspense story is partially set in the Palisades. Two of the main characters, a young woman investigative reporter and her target, a Washington political consultant and lobbyist, both live in the Palisades. They chat at the July 4th parade. A murder takes place just outside Battery Kemble Park, and the reporter is later accosted in the railroad tunnel on the Capital Crescent Trail. Len Downie spoke at the PCA General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, March 3rd.

	CANAL PARC PROPOSAL to redevelop the Riverside Hospital site [Discussed at the PCA general meeting on 11/12] Download the proposal here WARNING: big file (approx 38MB)

The Historical Palisades Poster
Meticulously crafted for your pleasure and enlightenment by Dan Dalrymple, former Palisades resident...it's 23" x 30", two-sided (full color on the front), chock full of information and suitable for framing. Copies are available at The Palisades Image Center (next to Marvelous Market). If you would like one sent to you, please send a check - made out to PCA - for $28 (to cover the cost of the tube and postage) to PCA, PO Box 40603, Washington DC 20016. The PCA makes $5 for every poster sold. Thank you and enjoy!

Hugging the Potomac River with its high bluffs and breathtaking sunsets, the Palisades is a treasure... (more)

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Find out what's new in the Palisades' sister neighbohood, Hillcrest. Hillcrest Community Civic Association has an online photo gallery.