Urban Farming In A Food Desert
A new awareness of healthier options and, more importantly, access to those options is taking hold east of the Anacostia River.
Mars Food announces $115K grant to support food nutrition and sustainability in DC
Mar’s Food organic brand Seeds of Change announced a $115,000 grant given to DC nonprofit Building Bridges Across the River (BBAR) on Friday in a partnership for healthier communities in Wards 7 and 8. – WUSA9
Why History Matters in Equitable Development Planning
Instead, in the second of three reports on the 11th Street Bridge Park project in Washington, D.C. — released today — the Urban Institute’s Mary Bogle, Somala Diby and Mychal Cohen begin with a seven-page history of community and economic development in and around D.C.’s Wards 7 and 8. – Next City
New Program to Help Families Save
Children and families in D.C. may get an opportunity to better prepare for the future with a new program that hopes to help Ward 8 families build savings accounts. – Afro
The High Stakes of the High Line Effect
It’s been called the “High Line effect,” and it’s stronger than ever. Fifteen years ago, the idea of redeveloping a city’s obsolete infrastructure into a photogenic public amenity wasn’t at the forefront of any urban planner’s mind. – Architect Magazine
GROWING MORE THAN JUST BUSINESS
How a strategic model for market expansion is driving inclusive economic growth -Politico
WASHINGTON, D.C., IS TAKING A GAMBLE TO ADJUST TO CHANGE
Building a bridge is ordinarily considered a good thing, a reach across a divide to connect two sides. But in Washington, D.C., one new bridge has received a particularly keen focus on ensuring that everyone in the community can benefit from the opportunity the bridge is expected to bring with it. – Ozy
There’s plenty we can do about displacement in D.C.
In conversations across the District, and particularly in the neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River where I work, there is a very real and heartfelt anxiety that gentrification and the displacement that accompanies it are sweeping across the city. – Washington Post
D.C. Bridge Park Gets a Head Start on Equitable Development
From the outset Kratz envisioned the bridge as a way to bridge the divide between the neighborhoods of the Navy Yard and Capitol Hill on the west side and the neighborhoods of Anacostia and Congress Heights on the east side. – Next City
New Public Art Project Connects Anacostia Historic District to River
A collaboration between the 11th Street Bridge Park and ARCH Development re-connects Anacostia to the river. – East City Art