What’s below: Battery, Cork, Brita Water Filter Recycling on the Hill; Carjacking Follow-Up Meeting; DC Link Roundup; Heard In The “Hood”; 2010 State of the Hood: Looking Back and Ahead; Demolition to make way for the Forensics Lab on 4th; 4th Street SW Update!

Battery, Cork, Brita Water Filter Recycling on the Hill – DCRecycler blog reports that Leah at Hill's Kitchen says that people are now hearing about (and using) filter recycling at the store.

Carjacking Follow-Up Meeting – Frozen Tropics shares information about the follow-up meeting being co-hosted by Tommy and ANC Commissioner Mary Beatty to continue the discussion on recent carjackings. Details are also posted on Tommy's website.

DC Link Roundup: Heard In the “Hood” – See what’s going on downtown on the Penn Quarter Living.

2010 State of the Hood: Looking Back and Ahead - Check out the yearly overview of what's happened in near southeast over the last 12 months, and what the next 12 months are looking like on JDLand.

Demolition to make way for the Forensics Lab on 4th – SWDC blog shows that demolition began early last week on the site of future Forensics Lab

4th Street SW Update! - Check out photos of asphalt being laid today on the soon-to-be-reopened 4th Street running through Waterfront Station, on Southwest: The Little Quadrant That Could.