Bridging D.C.
Located on the piers of the old 11th Street Bridge, this venue will be a space for healthy recreation, environmental education, and the arts.
Washington D.C.’s first elevated public park will be perched over the Anacostia River.
More Than a Park.
Bridge. Connect. Engage.
Our Goals
Economic
Serve as an anchor for inclusive economic opportunity.
Social
Reconnect the neighborhoods on both sides of the water.
Environment
Re-engage the community with the water.
Health
Improve public health disparities.
Events
Upcoming events for 11th Street Bridge Park
Calendar of Events
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Anacostia River Festival
Anacostia River Festival
The 11th Street Bridge Park and the National Park Service present the tenth annual Anacostia River Festival, a wonderful event of the 2024 National Cherry Blossom Festival. Join us at […]
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Ward 8 Home Buyer Club – Hosted by MANNA, Inc.
Ward 8 Home Buyer Club – Hosted by MANNA, Inc.
MANNA, Inc. and the 11th St. Bridge Park (a project of Ward 8 based non-profit Building Bridges Across the River) are offering a monthly Homebuyers Club for Ward 8 Residents. […]
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Latest News…
How D.C.’s version of the High Line
, 11th Street Bridge ParkThe 11th Street Bridge Park engaged community members from the outset, working to understand what residents needed and find ways to limit displacement. - Fast Company
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Five-City Equitable Development Workforce Pilot
, 11th Street Bridge ParkIn 2021, 11th Street Bridge Park (Bridge Park) in Washington, DC, received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the JPB Foundation to establish a “five-city pilot” to expand its highly regarded workforce-development approach to similar equity-focused parks around the country....
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11th Street Bridge Parks’ Scott Kratz on Community Engagement with Public Projects
, 11th Street Bridge ParkOne of these projects, within the network of the highly successful High Line project in New York, is the 11th Street Bridge Park in DC. Scott Kratz, Director of Building Bridges Across the River, spoke about the project on a...
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Learning from 11th Street Bridge Park’s Affordable Housing Strategies
, 11th Street Bridge ParkThe Bridge Park has helped found job programs that have already placed over 150 residents in construction jobs, who will be the first to actually build the park. It has also supported people’s training on culinary skills and technical assistance...
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River East Design Center created The Bridge Spot, a small business kiosk
, 11th Street Bridge ParkCommunity Forklift’s Community Building Blocks (CBB) program provided free paint from our reuse warehouse to aid in the construction of The Bridge Spot mobile kiosk. The kiosk is designed to support a group of small businesses from east of the...
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Data Sharing Can Better Allow Partner Networks to Meet Equity Goals
, 11th Street Bridge ParkFrom landscape design to economic development, equitable public space and infrastructure-reuse projects must interact with many different domains to fulfill their missions. But this web of partnerships and stakeholders also necessitates growing data collection and analysis responsibilities to measure performance...
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Building Equitable Communities: Northwest Arkansas and the Future of Community Land Trusts
, 11th Street Bridge Park"“We need to be willing to remold our plans based on feedback and truly listen to the needs and desires of the community we’re serving.” - Scott Kratz" - I Am Northwest Arkansas
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Hundreds of Young People, Adults Pour Their Hearts Out at Youth Summit
, 11th Street Bridge ParkHundreds of young people and adults converged on THEARC in Southeast D.C. on Sunday to reflect on the current state of affairs in the District and talk about what they believe to be solutions to the violence that has rocked...
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11th Street Bridge Park relaunches its Anacostia small business preservation program
, 11th Street Bridge ParkSelect businesses will get pro bono assistance from ... - Washington Business Journal
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Improving Access for Small Businesses East of the River
, 11th Street Bridge ParkA small business kiosk is providing added visibility to Black-owned startups from east of the Anacostia River across Washington, D.C., as it hits the road for the very first time this summer. Known as The Bridge Spot, this distinctive two-tone...
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Latest stories from 11th Street Bridge Park
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2023 Year in Review
It’s hard to believe that there are only two weeks left to 2023! From celebrating along the banks of the Anacostia River to reaching 100% design on the park, this […]