Neighborhood Group Looks to Activate “Village”

The Waterfront Gateway Neighborhood Association, an affiliation of eight homeowners’ associations along G St. SW, has started exploratory steps to establish Waterfront Village to serve the greater Southwest community. The village concept is a community-based approach to aging that incorporates principles of a naturally occurring retirement community (NORC), which is a community with a high percentage […]

Southwest Neighbors Join Smithsonian Project

Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institution and the National Capitol Planning Commission. After expressing concerns to the National Capitol Planning Commission regarding a proposal by the Smithsonian Institution to redesign the Enid Haupt Gardens behind the Smithsonian Castle, the Waterfront Gateway Neighborhood Association (WGNA) has been invited to serve as a consulting party on the Smithsonian South Mall project. The […]

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 SW and was formed in […]

Residential Associations Join Forces For Underpass Improvements

Seven of Southwest’s homeowners associations have joined forces with the Office of Planning (DCOP) to lead an effort for underpass improvements between residential and Federal Southwest. The Waterfront Gateway Neighborhood Association, an affiliation of six homeowners groups north of I St SW, and the Capitol Park IV Condominium Owners Association are preparing a recommendations document to […]

New Neighborhood Association Formed in Southwest

In the rapidly evolving Southwest quadrant of DC, the newest entity to take shape is an affiliation of six homeowners’ associations – the Waterfront Gateway Neighborhood Association. Bound by 4th and 9th Streets SW, I (Eye) St SW, and the I-395 Freeway, Waterfront Gateway includes nearly 600 households in both town home and high-rise living […]