On Saturday, October 19, we took a break from peddling candles to attend 11th Street Bridge Park’s Taste of the Harvest Festival. It was a great time celebrating family, community and the harvest of the Bridge Park Plots and THEARC Farms. -The Privy Group

This morning, Building Bridges Across the River and the Exelon Foundation announced a gift from the latter of $5 million for the project — but perhaps the bigger piece of news is that, by the time the park is completed, people may be swimming and fishing in the Anacostia River. – Urban Turf

Exelon Corp. on Tuesday announced a $5 million gift for the long-planned 11th Street Bridge Park project connecting Washington Navy Yard and Anacostia Park on either side of the Anacostia River. – Washington Business Journal

The proposed 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington inched closer to its funding goal Tuesday with the announcement that Exelon, the parent company of electric utilities Pepco and Constellation, has given $5 million to the project. – Washington Post

Local officials announced the latest donation towards making this multimillion project happen at a press conference on Tuesday morning: utility company Exelon, which owns Pepco, is giving $5 million. – DCist

Six years ago, JJ Boone was hanging out with friends at an ice cream truck in Southeast D.C., when someone stopped by and asked if anyone needed a job. – WTOP

For D.C. residents living in Ward 8, healthy produce can be hard to come across with only a few grocery stores in the area. – WJLA

A new awareness of healthier options and, more importantly, access to those options is taking hold east of the Anacostia River.

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

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