This is neat: yesterday the mayor announced the award of a new DC Main Streets program for Georgia Avenue. It went to a partnership between District Bridges, which runs the Columbia Heights/Mt. Pleasant Main Street program, and Georgia Avenue Thrive, the local nonprofit that runs First Fridays on Georgia Avenue and lots of other neat projects.
The city calls the DC Main Streets “neighborhood revitalization programs” which work with local businesses, community development professionals and volunteers “to promote economic development, strengthen neighborhoods, and improve the quality of life for all residents.”
District Bridges was formerly known as the Columbia Heights Initiative. The new Lower Georgia Avenue Main Street will be led by Jennifer Kuiper of Georgia Avenue Thrive.
Here’s a tweet from District Bridges and more from the mayor, who announced it on Monday at Walls of Books:
We are very excited to continue our work in #GeorgiaAve and our partnership with @GaAveThrive in our designation as the new Main Street pic.twitter.com/5RLH8V1Du9
— District Bridges (@DistrictBridges) October 16, 2017
And from the mayor’s office:
On Monday, October 16, at 3 pm, Mayor Muriel Bowser will launch the neighborhood revitalization program in Lower Georgia Avenue, designating the area as the newest Main Street in the DC Main Streets program, an initiative that promotes the revitalization of traditional business districts that has generated more than 2,000 jobs in the last two years. DC Main Streets are organized and led by local volunteers and community development professionals – who lead sustainable, community-driven efforts – to promote economic development, strengthen neighborhoods, and improve the quality of life for all residents.
Mayor Bowser will also be joined by Administration officials to participate in a community walk in Ward 1. During the walk, the Mayor will address neighborhood concerns and hear from DC residents and business owners in the Parkview neighborhood. Starting location of the walk will begin at Wall of Books, 3325 Georgia Avenue, NW.
