By Southwester Staff The grand opening of the International Spy Museum is just around the corner. The new space, located at 700 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, will feature reimagined, state-of-the-art exhibits illustrating how intelligence has changed the world and continues to impact our lives every day. The first day the museum […]
Thurgood Marshall Celebration on Sunday, May 19
By Elisabeth Brown St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church will host its 2019 Thurgood Marshall Feast Day Celebration on Sunday, May 19, at 9:30 a.m. to commemorate the life and legacy of Justice Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993). In 2009, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church passed a resolution that Justice Marshall should […]
Stay Ahead of the Curve During Traffic Changes in SW
By Neo H. Morake, Co-Chair, SWNA Transportation Task Force Earlier this year, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) released its 2019 Audi Field and Nationals Park Traffic Operations and Parking Plan (TOPP). The purpose of the TOPP is to identify key resources and strategies designed to help facilitate travel by […]
Randall School Redevelopment Moving Forward
By Lucy Rojansky After more than 15 years of sitting empty, the storied Randall School finally faces an all but certain path to redevelopment. On April 2, the DC Council voted unanimously to approve the Randall School tax abatement legislation originally proposed in 2018 by Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen. […]
Atlas Brew Works Chooses Navy Yard for Second Location
Navy Yard is quickly becoming the destination for local breweries and will add another to the list when Atlas Brew Works, the Ivy City based brewery, expands to the neighborhood in Spring of 2020. First opened in 2012, Atlas Brew Works recently made national headlines by suing the federal government […]
Meet Idania Arteaga—SWBID Environmental Ambassador
Southwest DC is “the place to be.” We continue to spotlight the dedicated staff of the SWBID who are focused on making Southwest a clean, safe, vibrant community to live, work, visit and play. Idania Arteaga is one of the new SWBID employees, having joined the team eight months ago. […]
Op-Ed: Introducing Techbridge Girls-DC: Exciting, Educating and Equipping Girls in STEM
The community of Southwest DC has seen many answers to the question of how to revitalize the neighborhood in recent years, such as the development of new dining, shopping and residential options. One Southwest-based nonprofit, Techbridge Girls-DC, believes that communities also thrive in the long-term when we invest in the […]