Features

8 development projects that will transform DC this year

Whitney Pipkin Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Elevation DC highlights the city's most revolutionary projects, from tiny houses to big boxes. This time next year, the District's gonna look a lot different.

City Planning, Parks & Public Space, Real Estate, Transportation

Downtown, H Street, Waterfront, Capitol Riverfront, Shaw

Meet two D.C. nonprofits that don't believe in giving up on young women

Christina Sturdivant Tuesday, January 06, 2015

"Once a young person becomes a teen parent, we give up on them, we stop talking to them about college and their relationships are really damaged." That needs to change.

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

Elevation DC's last-minute, local shopping guide

Kaitlynn Hendricks Monday, December 15, 2014

Still need some gifts for the winter holidays? We've put together a guide to the greatest locally made products, small businesses and awesome stores, so we've got you covered no matter how much is left on your list.

Retail

Downtown, Georgetown/Glover Park, U Street, NoMa, The Hill, Tenleytown/Van Ness/Cleveland Park, Adams Morgan

What makes a great neighborhood? Our panel investigates

Alison Gillespie Monday, December 08, 2014

What does a great neighborhood need? Parks? Retail? Grocery stores? Elevation DC's panel discussion with former D.C. mayor Anthony Williams and other experts, in a space overlooking the Capitol Riverfront, aimed to figure that out.

City Planning, Community Development, Economic Development, Housing, Parks & Public Space, Retail, The Arts

Capitol Riverfront

Need a job? There's an app for that, say DC startups

Allyson Jacob Monday, December 08, 2014

The Internet was supposed to make job-searching easier, but it hasn't delivered on that promise. D.C. startups--like startups all over the country--are seeking to fix that.

Technology

Meet the local nonprofit changing lives with coffee

Allyson Jacob Tuesday, November 25, 2014

A faith-based nonprofit in D.C. is changing Colombian farmers' lives and shaking up the D.C. coffee scene.

Food Systems, For Good / Non Profit, Retail

The Hill

DC's historic buildings can anchor a neighborhood, but some are in jeopardy

Christina Sturdivant Monday, November 17, 2014

When cookie-cutter buildings replace historic ones, something is lost. Here's how preserving D.C.'s landmarks can enrich our neighborhoods.

City Planning, Community Development, Design, Economic Development, Retail, The Arts

Downtown, H Street, Georgetown/Glover Park, Petworth

DC's churches change with our changing city

Beth Marlowe Monday, November 17, 2014

As D.C. changes, its religious institutions change with it--or perish. These three churches are adapting to--and still serving--their neighborhoods, even as their neighborhoods morph into something new.

Community Development, For Good / Non Profit, Housing

Downtown, Shaw

Natural light, non-"scary" stairways and a new maker space: what's on tap for MLK Library

Amy Rogers Nazarov Monday, November 10, 2014

As stakeholders narrow down options for renovating D.C.'s flagship library, forward-thinking ideas--like opening up previously inaccessible floors, a new auditorium, and a "fab lab"--emerge.

City Planning, Community Development, Education, Parks & Public Space

Downtown

One week until Creating Great Neighborhoods

Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Our Dec. 2 event, discussing the elements that make neighborhoods great, is full, but you can sign up for the waitlist.

City Planning, Community Development, Parks & Public Space, Retail, Sustainability, Transportation

Innovators, connectors and sharers: the people making DC amazing

Urbanful Monday, November 03, 2014

D.C. wouldn't be where it is without its passionate, engaged citizens. Get to know four of them.

Community Development, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Health and Wellbeing, Media, Restaurants, Retail, Sustainability, Technology, The Arts, Transportation

Congress Heights, NoMa, The Hill, Anacostia

National spotlight: Why storytelling events are suddenly everywhere

Lee Chilcote Monday, November 03, 2014

In our hyperconnected, digital age, people hunger for real stories. In D.C. and across the country, storytelling nights are growing thanks to the popularity of The Moth, This American Life and other programs that elevate life into art.

The Arts

13 bookstores you should make time to check out this fall

John Muller Wednesday, October 29, 2014

What could be cozier than curling up with a good book? We've rounded up 13 indie bookstores, including D.C.'s newest, where you can find your next read.

Media, Retail, The Arts

Downtown, Georgetown/Glover Park, Chevy Chase/Friendship Heights, Shaw, The Hill, Petworth, Adams Morgan, Dupont Circle/Logan Circle

Elevation Q&A: Jorge Bogantes Montero, Anacostia protector

Alison Gillespie Monday, October 27, 2014

Not many people know the Anacostia the way that Jorge Bogantes Montero does. As a natural resources specialist with the Anacostia Watershed Society, Montero is aware of the places where legacy pollutants form a troubled mix of dirty water. But he has also found places along the shores where wild persimmon and pawpaw fruits can still be found dangling from the limbs of native trees each fall.

Anacostia River, For Good / Non Profit, Health and Wellbeing, Parks & Public Space, Sustainability

Capitol Riverfront, Anacostia