Features

Elevation Q&A: Sylvia Robinson, who builds community in Pleasant Plains

Christina Sturdivant Tuesday, September 09, 2014

As change comes to the NW neighborhood of Pleasant Plains, the Emergence Community Arts Collective knits neighbors together.

Community Development, For Good / Non Profit, Health and Wellbeing, The Arts

Park View/Pleasant Plains

National spotlight: Putting art at the heart of redevelopment

Lee Chilcote Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Artists are often the first to move into urban neighborhoods, and also the first to move when rents escalate. Here's how cities are working with artists to transform blight and reimagine neighborhoods.

City Planning, Community Development, For Good / Non Profit, The Arts

Elevation Q&A: Trayon White, founder of Man Power DC

Christina Sturdivant Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Southeast D.C. native Trayon White speaks with Elevation DC about the nonprofit he created that keeps Ward 8 middle-schoolers on the right track.

Education, For Good / Non Profit

Congress Heights

Co-ops preserve affordable housing in rapidly changing neighborhoods

Christina Sturdivant Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Tenant-owned apartment buildings are rare in the District, but are a key tool in preserving affordable homes in our quickly growing city. Here, a look at two--and one group that helps make them happen.

For Good / Non Profit, Housing, Real Estate

Black Thumbs Collective keeps cyclists east of the river in gear

Christina Sturdivant Tuesday, January 21, 2014

A newly formed group aims to fight "bike shop deserts" in Wards 7 and 8.

Corporate Citizenship, Economic Development, For Good / Non Profit, Green Tech, Health and Wellbeing, Transportation

Congress Heights, Anacostia

'We dream of a big kitchen'

Whitney Pipkin Tuesday, November 05, 2013

A Takoma Park nonprofit builds economic opportunity for low-income residents with a tasty new commercial kitchen.

Community Development, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, For Good / Non Profit

Takoma

Deconstruction keeps value and dollars in DC's neighborhoods

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Reusing building materials "keeps items that normally would end up in the landfill in the community," says one project manager. Nonprofits have been pushing the idea for decades, but now industry, in D.C. and elsewhere, is catching up.

Community Development, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, For Good / Non Profit, Housing, Retail, Sustainability, Workforce Development

Chevy Chase/Friendship Heights

D.C. nonprofits start charter schools to ready adults for the workforce

Whitney Pipkin Tuesday, October 22, 2013

D.C.'s charter school boom isn't just for kids. The public charter school board recently approved the seventh adult charter school in the city. Here's why these schools are an essential part of giving District residents a leg up.

Community Development, Education, For Good / Non Profit, Workforce Development

Columbia Heights-Mount Pleasant, Rhode Island Avenue Corridor

Marriott job training program gives District residents a chance

Lisa Gillespie Tuesday, October 15, 2013

A training program is aiming to place up to 600 District residents in hospitality jobs. The ambitious program's goal is to fight unemployment in D.C.'s poorest neighborhoods.

Community Development, Economic Development, Education, For Good / Non Profit, Workforce Development

Downtown

National spotlight: Turning trash into treasure, creative reuse movement boosts urban economies

Lee Chilcote Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Trash to treasure? Absolutely, and now the maxim practiced by artists and crafters everywhere is even creating green-collar jobs.

Economic Development, For Good / Non Profit, Retail, The Arts

Brookland

Elevation Q&A: Mary Brown, executive director of Life Pieces to Masterpieces

Rachel Sadon Tuesday, October 08, 2013

At this after-school arts program serving boys in Wards 7 and 8, the real masterpieces aren't the works on paper.

For Good / Non Profit, The Arts

Congress Heights

DC-area MBAs give back with Compass

Kaitlynn Hendricks Tuesday, September 10, 2013

MBAs are trained to make cold hard cash, but Compass puts those MBAs' concrete skills and altruism to work to maximize value in D.C.’s nonprofit sector.

Corporate Citizenship, For Good / Non Profit

Elevation Q&A: Walter Smith, DC Appleseed executive director, on HIV, clean water, and home rule

Whitney Pipkin Tuesday, August 20, 2013

The nonprofit has been fighting the good fight in D.C. for nearly 20 years, tackling a wide range of challenges in the city. We spoke to Appleseed's executive director, Walter Smith, about the issues that matter now.

Anacostia River, Corporate Citizenship, For Good / Non Profit, Health and Wellbeing

Local Millennials change the face of philanthropy

Christina Sturdivant Tuesday, June 18, 2013

According to Time magazine, Millennials are "lazy, entitled narcissists." According to the members of Capital Cause, they're going to save D.C., one charitable cause at a time.

Community Development, For Good / Non Profit

Elevation Q&A: Liz Norton, Stone Soup Films

Erik Hyrkas Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Like the fable, Stone Soup Films starts small, and through the contributions of many, creates awesome. The nonprofit, which makes short documentaries for other local nonprofits--totally free--celebrates its fifth anniversary this year.

Corporate Citizenship, For Good / Non Profit, Media

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