Features

An important message from Elevation DC

Rachel Kaufman Thursday, November 12, 2015

As of today, we are suspending publication of Elevation DC. While we're proud of the work we've done over the past three years, our parent company, Issue Media Group, has shifted its priorities and will be focusing resources more intensively on other markets in its national network of local digital publications.

Special Report: Why D.C. needs affordable housing--and how we can get there

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Affordable housing is not a benefit just for the very poor; it's something that can tie a city together. D.C. has some progressive housing policies, but it's clear the need is greater.

Housing

Special Report: Why D.C. needs more affordable housing--and how we can get there

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Affordable housing is not a benefit just for the very poor; it's something that can tie a city together. D.C. has some progressive housing policies, but it's clear the need is greater.

Housing

CLIPS: J&C Barbershop part of Park View melting pot

Rachel Kaufman Friday, July 03, 2015

Even celebrities have to get their hair cut, and the unassuming barbershop on Georgia Avenue just south of the Petworth metro is where at least two D.C. celebs go. In today’s installment of CLIPS we visit the barber to both former council member Jim Graham and WAMU radio host Kojo Nnamdi.

Clips

Park View/Pleasant Plains

Where to buy now: DC real estate experts dish on neighborhoods that should be on your radar

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, June 23, 2015

In the market for a home or condo? Prices keep going up in D.C.'s most popular neighborhoods, but that doesn't mean buying is impossible.

Economic Development, Housing

Bloomingdale, Takoma, Anacostia

CLIPS: A barber to the Marines watches Barracks Row change

Rachel Kaufman Friday, May 08, 2015

Sheila Knox, a female barber on Barracks Row, reflects on community in her changing neighborhood.

Clips

The Hill

CLIPS: A quarter-century in, 'business is even better' at this Adams Morgan barbershop

Rachel Kaufman Friday, April 03, 2015

Kofi Asante moved in when the largest club for African and Caribbean music sat directly across from his shop; now it's a gym. But business is booming at Eddie's Hair Creations, now in its 24th year.

Clips, Entrepreneurship, Health and Wellbeing

Adams Morgan

A dedicated group of businesses turn the tide on a once-struggling block

Rachel Kaufman Monday, March 09, 2015

Local businesses formed a collective to rebrand their block, and it looks like it's working.

Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Retail

U Street

CLIPS: Brookland barber searching for a new home (now with audio!)

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, February 03, 2015

M&S Barber Services, a fixture in Brookland for almost 20 years, needs to find a new location. But the story of one barber shop versus neighborhood change is so much bigger.

Clips, Community Development

Brookland

A hunger for arts east of the river

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, January 27, 2015

A number of arts organizations—many of them less than a decade old—are slowly turning Wards 7 and 8 from “art deserts” to art destinations. But the change of pace is slower than many would like.

Community Development, The Arts

Congress Heights, Anacostia

10 big ideas for D.C. now and in 2015

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, December 16, 2014

What does the future hold for the District? Elevation D.C. looks forward for our last issue of the year.

City Planning, Community Development, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, For Good / Non Profit, Health and Wellbeing, Parks & Public Space, Real Estate, Sustainability, Technology, The Arts, Transportation

#housingdc asks how we can be an inclusive city for all

Rachel Kaufman Monday, October 27, 2014

Elevation DC's panel discussion Tuesday, Oct. 21 packed 200 people into a Shaw church to learn about affordable housing in the District. Did you miss it? We have a recap.

Housing

The incredible evolution of Congress Heights

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Think you know Congress Heights? Think again. We examine where the neighborhood is heading and how residents are reacting to the possibilities of change and--yeah, it's that word again--gentrification.

City Planning, Community Development, Economic Development, Health and Wellbeing, Housing, Parks & Public Space, Real Estate, Retail, Transportation, Workforce Development

Congress Heights