The historic Wheat Row Homes on 4th Street SW will be included on the sixth annual Homes of the Southwest Waterfront tour. Courtesy of Waterfront Village By Southwester Staff The sixth annual Homes of the Southwest Waterfront tour, hosted by Waterfront Village, will take place on Sunday, October 8 from 1:00 […]
Waterfront Village Combats Loneliness by Connecting Local Seniors
By Southwester Staff Waterfront Village is among the local organizations taking actions to directly respond to the public health advisory issued by the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on May 2, 2023, according to Len Bechtel, executive director of Waterfront Village. “The surgeon general has identified loneliness as a public […]
Waterfront Village Home Tour Returns for Fifth Year
By Southwester Staff Waterfront Village’s annual home tour of Southwest DC will take place on Sunday, October 16, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This will be the fifth anniversary year for the tour and the first conducted as a self-guided walking tour since 2019. “I never thought I would […]
Half-Mile Move Improves Accessibility for Waterfront Village
By Southwester Staff Waterfront Village, a community of members, volunteers, and supporters working together to help older adults in Southwest DC and Navy Yard live active and independent lives, will move office operations from Maine Avenue SW to 222 M Street SW to be accessible to a greater number of […]
Southwest Organizations Urge Action on Climate Change
By Asia Thomas and Wilma Goldstein On Monday, December 6, 2021 three Southwest organizations came together virtually to co-host an event designed to move people toward action on climate change. Members of Waterfront Village, our local aging-in-place organization, and the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s Aging in Style Task Force, along with […]
Notes of Thanks to Our Elders
By Alexis Tuttle This year, third grade students from Amidon-Bowen Elementary School (ABES) brought some holiday cheer to some of our community seniors at Waterfront Village. ABES third grade teachers, Ms. Ballenger and Ms. Jayamaha, coordinated a fall thanks and appreciation celebration which culminated in a “3rd Grade Fall Party” […]
An Interview with Dr. Jianli Yang in commemoration of International Human Rights Day
By Mary Moran On December 8, Southwest Washington Waterfront Village will host an evening with Dr. Jianli Yang in honor of International Human Rights Day. Each year, International Human Rights Day is observed to commemorate the United Nations’ adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and serves as reminder […]