This is a friendly, relaxed list for the Takoma Park neighborhood in Washington DC. Everyone is welcome, but messages should be related to the neighborhood or topics being discussed by residents. Please do not post commercial messages, press releases, or solicitations. New members are moderated to reduce spam. Replies go to the whole list, so be careful of thank you's and me too's that should go to individuals, not the list.

Attachments are automatically removed from postings -- paste info into the body of your message. To announce a neighborhood event, send a short paragraph with a phone number or website for more information. Repeated postings about the same program are not acceptable; please set up your own list so interested parties can subscribe.

Please identify yourself in your postings. If you are new, mention the street you live on. We like to know who's writing.

History: The list was started in February, 1997 after a neighborhood crime wave. 10-20 people contributed funds to purchase software that Glenn Kowalski used to host the list on a Mac in his home office, using a dial-up connection. As his business grew the connection was updated and he designed a website.

The list quickly became invaluable for organizing potlucks, discussing town planning, forming a neighborhood association, communicating with government officials and police officers, and sharing information on home renovations and service providers of all kinds.

In May, 2003, the list had grown to more than 352 subscribers and Glenn, now in Silver Spring, asked for relief. Sharon Villines volunteered to take over and transferred the list to YahooGroups where by 2006 it had grown to over 1000 subscribers. In 2009, it had over 1300.

Richard Holzsager now serves as co-owner, and is presently doing the moderating. Rich also now hosts the TakomaDC website at http://www.takomadc.info which contains more information about the neighborhood.