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Creative partnerships w/nonprofit developers – Affordable Housing Crisis
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The Maycroft D.C. had the highest intensity of gentrification in the country between 2000 and 2013, according to a study from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition; one of those neighborhoods is Columbia Heights. It’s home to The Maycroft, a five-story Italian Renaissance-style apartment building that was built after World War I. Before the Great Recession,…

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General
Book Sale @ CoHi Civic Plaza!
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Join Carpe Librum at Columbia Heights Civic Plaza for a nonprofit book sale! Browse over 15,000 gently used books, CDs, and DVDs, all on sale for under $6. Books are provided by Carpe Librum, a used, donation-based bookstore benefiting the DC nonprofit Turning the Page.There’s something for everyone at this sale: children’s books, teen reads,…

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Volunteerism
Volunteer Opportunity — Halloween Fright Night
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Dear Neighbors, Please join North Columbia Heights Civic Association’s annual Fright Night for another year of family-friendly fun (flier attached)! All activities are on Halloween (Thursday, Oct 31). You can sign-up to volunteer online: https://forms.gle/gHrhbwd7buvLgBU27 or email YaVonne Boyd directly (cc’ed). Volunteers are welcome to help with set-up, take-down, face painting, kids and dog costume contests, games,…

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Food & Drink
Our very own Taqueria Habanero Recognized with the Bib Gourmand designation!
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Michelin inspectors reveal 44 affordable favorites in fourth edition of The MICHELIN Guide Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 24, 2019 — Michelin today released its list of 44 restaurants in Washington, D.C., that earned the Bib Gourmand distinction, featuring 10 new additions. Michelin’s anonymous inspectors have been dining around the District for four years now…

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Food & Drink
Little Havana Is Closing, For Real This Time
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Little Havana opened in summer 2018 on a busy block of 14th St. NW. Travis Mitchell / DCist Little Havana is calling it quits—for real this time. The Cuban restaurant in Columbia Heights announced Wednesday that it will close on Saturday, just 13 months after opening and five months after a previous closing announcement. Chef Alfredo Solis…

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