On Saturday, March 9, 2013, hundreds of Southwesters cast their ballots for the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA) Board of Directors election. The results are as follows: President: Kael Anderson Vice-President: Kamilla Kovacs Treasurer: Brent Wilson Secretary: Donna Purchase District 1: Jason Kopp, Sam Marrero District 2: Saadia Athias, Daniela Petrilli […]
February Real Estate Update
As you are hearing in the media, the housing market is starting to recover, and DC is way ahead of the national curve. These stats certainly confirm that – almost every category has increased compared to the same time one year ago. The only statistic that is lower today than […]
Community Garden in SW Receives Major Award to Facilitate Construction
Community gardening is about to expand in Southwest DC. Southwest Community Gardens, one of the local organizations for which the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA) serves as fiscal sponsor, has received a national garden makeover award from Fiskars Brands, Inc. which will allow the group to build a community garden in […]
A Call to Southwest Artists and Art Lovers
You are invited to join a conversation about creating and executing art projects in and around Amidon-Bowen Elementary School on April 18 at 6 p.m. in the auditorium at the school at 4th and I Streets. Imagine a stairwell filled with whimsical mobiles and colorful banners, or a playground fence […]
Highlights of Monthly PSA 105 Meeting
February 21, 2013, 7-8:30 p.m., Harbour Square Cooperative, 500 N St. SW Participants: Sgt. Michael Architzel and Officers Mopkins and Wong of PSA 105; Naomi Monk and Irv Gamza, PSA 105 meeting coordinators/facilitators and John McGrath recorder. A total of 22 persons were in attendance. Sgt. Architzel reviewed the PSA […]
St. Dominic Church Raising Funds for New Books for Local Students
St. Dominic Catholic Church, 6th and E Streets SW, will again donate new books to students at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School. The children will be allowed to keep the books and encouraged to read more over the summer. Several studies have demonstrated that children who have books at home are more […]
Arena Stage Announces 2013-2014 Season
Artistic Director Molly Smith described Arena Stage’s 2013-14 season as one filled with “ideas and stories that will powerfully remind us what it is to be human.” “From Afghanistan to the Apollo Theater,” she continued, “these stories about people such as Paul Robeson, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Anwar Sadat, Menachem […]