(photo credit: Felicia Couts) For the first time in over 40 years, Washington, D.C. is planning a major policy overhaul of the system that currently dictates where families have the right to send their children to public school. On Wednesday, April 2, the Community Benefits Coordinating Council (CBCC) convened a […]
With a soccer stadium proposed for Buzzard Point and the highly contested CSX tunnel project in Capitol Riverfront, residents and organizations of Southwest/Navy Yard must pull together to demand that comprehensive, enforceable agreements be signed by the city, developers, and community benefits agreement (CBA) coalitions if, and before, these projects […]
Please join The Assembly, the ANC, and the Navy Yard Neighborhood Association this Saturday at Arena Stage from 10am-Noon for the DC Mayoral Debate covering Southwest and Near SE. Please arrive early as the Kogod Theater holds roughly 200 people. The event will be moderated by the editor-in-chief of The Southwester.
The Near SE/SW Community Benefits Coordinating Council (CBCC) is pleased to announce the hiring of Felicia Couts as Coordinator. Felicia is an 18-year resident of Southwest and has been working with the CBCC as Project Manager for the Southwest Playground Project, a playground that is in development for the 3rd and I St SW […]
Construction is beginning to wrap up at Camden South Capitol, the first new apartment community to be built in Southwest in decades. The 276-unit high-rise is located at the corner of South Capitol and O streets SW, across the street from Nationals Park. Some of the units will have views […]
The Southwest and Near Southeast waterfront communities continue to attract newcomers. Drawn by relatively affordable housing, accessible public transportation, a reopened commercial 4th Street, the vibrant Arena Stage and the Washington National’s Stadium the area is attracting an influx of young professionals and some empty nesters. More development is coming, […]
