Carrollsburg, A Condominium is partnering with Casey Trees to plant urban native trees on the more-than-50-year-old property. The Carrollsburg complex of 425 units (387 in three high-rise buildings, plus 38 townhouses) sits on 11 acres of manicured lawns trimmed with beautiful trees and flowers, and is the largest original green space in the Southwest DC community. With all […]
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced the Fiscal Year 2018 Vision Zero Grant winners. Vision Zero is Mayor Muriel Bowser’s initiative, which aims to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injuries from DC streets by 2024. The annual grant funding is available to local nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organizations and District government agencies to pilot new […]
The opening of The Wharf has brought visitors from near and far. One such visitor was Mrs. Thurgood “Cissy” Marshall, who recently enjoyed a brief stroll along the Southwest waterfront after attending services at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church. Marshall is a longtime, active St. Augustine’s parishioner. Thelma D. Jones, a friend, intended to surprise Marshall […]
Each day the news is filled with stories of people being brutalized, hurt, and abused—often at the hands of a loved one. Every nine seconds, a woman in the United States is assaulted. One in five women has been raped in their lifetime and one in four men has been the victim of physical violence […]
