SWNA Candidate Statement: Donna J. Purchase

Candidate for Secretary Donna Purchase has been a Southwest resident since 1988 and currently serves as board secretary of the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly. Donna has more than 30 years of management experience in corporate and non-profit businesses. She has an extensive background in areas of program and resource development, corporate giving, employee relations […]

Neighborhood Group Aligns to Support G Street Park Restoration

An affiliation of eight home and condo owner associations along G Street SW is taking the lead in advocating for repairs and upgrades to the Amidon Sidewalk Park at Fourth and G Streets SW. The Waterfront Gateway Neighborhood Association (WGNA) includes nearly 1,000 households from Delaware Avenue to Ninth Street […]

Van Ness Elementary Set to Open in 2015

The scheduled opening of Van Ness Elementary for the 2015-16 school year is taking shape and the School Improvement Team (SIT) has been formed. A SIT is established at every school where a modernization, addition, or remodel is taking place during the next fiscal year. Its purpose is to provide input on the schematic design […]

‘The Originalist’ Coming to Arena Stage

WHAT: The Originalist by Charles MacArthur Award winner John Strand and directed by Molly Smith. WHERE: Arena Stage’s Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle WHEN: March 6 – April 26 There is controversy about exactly what an “originalist” is and certainly Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is controversial. But there is no question as […]