Welcome to my site!

Welcome to my site, which I've created to keep you abreast of my work in the neighborhood.

For friends and supporters who have worked with me over the years, this first entry will be "old" news.
So, bear with me! So many newcomers to the community have asked me about community service, the ANC, and the history of our neighborhood. I find these questions refreshing and hopefully these entries will offer some answers. Below are some of the roles that I've played, projects that I've initiated and/or contributed to and, in some instances, I continue to participate. During the thirty some years that I've served the community, I've been amazed and inspired by the commitment and dedication of neighbors working together to make this THE place to live. I hope that with your vote on November 4th to continue to work for improvements in our community as your ANC Commissioner.

Community Service 'then and now"':

• Cofounder of Dupont Rat Patrol
• Cofounder of the first Friends of Stead Recreation Center
• Dupont Circle Call Box Committee (Historic Preservation Award)
• Citywide League of 8,000 Voters Committee
• DPW/MPD/Clean City Coordinator/DCPS Safety & Sanitation Education Program
• Federal employee (D.O.D. and Treasury)
• Veteran
• Volunteer with Gay Men’s VD Clinic and Gay Council on Drinking Behavior
• First employee of Whitman-Walker Clinic
• Cofounder of Ross Elementary Christmas Tree Sale and Ross Mother’s Day
Book Drive
• Friends of Ross Elementary
• Ward 2 Commissioner for the DC Environmental Planning Commission
• Dupont Environment Committee
• Dupont/Main Streets Graffiti Task Force
• Friends of West End Library
• Gardener for triangle parks east of the Circle between Mass. Ave. and P
Street, south of the Belmont Mansion, many tree boxes and Ross Elementary
• “Helper” for Scoop the dog
• Resident of the Copley Plaza for 30 years

Community Service Awards & Accolades:

+ “…his dedicated work with the Environment Committee to improve the quality
of our neighborhood, the safety and appearance of the Dupont Circle area...
earned him the utmost respect and gratitude of the residents of this community”
-Distinguished Service Award, 1997
+ “…volunteering his time and energy towards various neighborhood beautification
projects in the Dupont Circle area…”
-Gold Star Award, 2002
+ “Most turned in around 100, Phil Carney turned in just over 1,000.”
-Keep DC Beautiful Citywide Cleanup Contest Winner, 2002 + “…a kind of street ministry, preaching the import of clean sidewalks, rat-free alleys and litter free public spaces.”
-Dupont Current, 2003
+ “Retiree Fires Missives to Rid Area of Rodents…fighting for more than a decade
to rid his Dupont Circle neighborhood of rats.”
-Washington Post, 2003
+ Meritorious Service to Law Enforcement Award, awarded to 159 law enforcement
officers and two citizens-Phil Carney and…
-DC US Attorney-2006
+ “He’s been active in the neighborhood since God was a boy.”
-Mary Myers, Department of Public Works Spokeswoman
+ “For “leading the way in the fight against rats.”
- DC government Pathfinder Award, 2008