Funding Announced for Ellington Field, Rebuilt Jelleff Center
• October 15, 2019

Mayor Muriel Bowser has budgeted $25 million to tear down and rebuild the 50-year-old Jelleff Recreation Center, Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans told attendees at an Oct. 7 community meeting.

ANC Meeting Erupts in Protest Over Jelleff Agreement
• September 5, 2019

Signs reading “Make Jelleff Public,” passionate statements and a resolution created on laptops in front of a packed crowd dominated the Sept. 3 meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E. 

ANC Tuesday: Jelleff and Ellington Fields, DDOT, Pepco
• September 1, 2019

Tonight’s agenda includes discussion of the intent to transfer to DPW the Duke Ellington School of the Arts playing field and the renewal of Maret School’s contract to use the field at the Jelleff Recreation Center.

ANC Meeting Heats Up Over Jelleff
• July 3, 2019

Chairman Rick Murphy said he had just heard at 4 p.m. about decision by DC Public Schools to transfer to DPR its administrative oversight of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts playing field.

Basketball Only? What Do Georgetowners Really Want at Jelleff?
• January 21, 2019

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E recently organized a 10-question online survey for distribution to Jelleff Recreation Center stakeholders.

$7 Million Budgeted for Jelleff Rec Center
• July 30, 2018

Many at the July 23 community-input meeting spoke of needing space for programs from yoga to child care, more senior and teen services and even a nutrition and cooking center.