Save Eastern Market

• The first community meeting with the DC government has been announced -- it will be held at Hine Junior High School (8th Street SE and Pennsylvania Avenue) on Monday, May 7th from 6 to 7 PM at 7:30 PM. The meeting is specifically to solicit community input on potential solutions for the relocation of the Market vendors that have been displaced by the fire, and all neighborhood residents are urged to attend.
• Mayor Fenty has made good on his promise and appointed Harold Pettigrew as project manager for rebuilding of Eastern Market; Pettigrew will serve as the single point of contact for vendors, community groups, and all the various government agencies involved in the push to get interim solutions in place and the final rebuilding planned and completed.
• The Market fire (and this website!) got a nice mention today at Serious Eats, New York Times food writer Ed Levine's foodie weblog. It's nice to draw attention to the tragedy and the need to rebuild wherever we can find it!
• In addition to the efforts of Eastern Market Rescue to get bars and restaurants to donate a portion of next Tuesday's proceeds to the CHCF relief fund, the Hawk 'n' Dove will be holding a targeted fundraiser at the upstairs bar from 6 to 9 PM on Tuesday. Proceeds -- including tips at the bar, graciously donated by the bartenders for the evening -- will be going to the relief fund, and representatives of the CHCF will be on hand to accept donations.

On a final note, it's now officially gotten to the point where it's hard to keep track of everything that's going on to support the Market -- so we've put together a calendar that should help! You should now see a link to the calendar in the lefthand sidebar of the website, as well -- we're going to keep it up-to-date with any information we receive, so keep passing along new information as you learn it!