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 […]
SWBID Awarded DDOT Vision Zero Grant
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 […]
Mrs. Thurgood “Cissy” Marshall Visits Plaque Honoring Husband
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 […]
SW Resident Starts Nonprofit to Combat Interpersonal Violence
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 […]
NCPC Approves Eisenhower Memorial
Photo credit:National Capital Planning Commission At its Oct. 5 meeting the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) approved revised preliminary and final site and building plans for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial submitted by the National Park Service, on behalf of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission. The groundbreaking for the […]
A Promise to Give Back; A Promise Fulfilled
Recognition comes in a lot forms, mostly in words and many times by hand in the form of a card with kind and thoughtful words written within its folds. However, recognition delivered in the form of a large celebration for all the good works a person has performed for those […]
Camp Arena Stage to Hold Open House
Put a bit of June in January! The Camp Arena Stage Open House, which will take place on Jan. 13, is just the ticket to get a taste of summer. Camp Arena Stage Co-Director Rebecca Campana came here in 2004, from a tiny town near Buffalo, NY, for a four-month internship. […]