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Artist Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam crochets enormous structures that can be swung on, climbed on, and more. This is the type of structure D.C. considers "playable art" and would like to see more of in the District
Masaki Koizumi
A former church has been converted to BLIND WHINO, an arts space decorated with an enormous mural. This month it has been host to the G40 Arts Summit, a month-long festival of visual and performing art
Denny Henry
Housing doesn't exist in a vacuum. The roof over your head leads to a better life only if it's near jobs, schools, transportation, food and retail--all the things that make a neighborhood vibrant.
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Hacking away at poverty
Lalita Clozel
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Bread for the City’s social workers are using technology to cut down on red tape to better serve impoverished DC residents.
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Fifty+ under 50: #foodheroes transforming DC's food system
Lindsay Smith
Tuesday, August 04, 2015
Everywhere you look in D.C., there are #foodheroes. People helping D.C. residents grow more food, eat healthier, and care for the environment with their eating choices.
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New broadcasting rules bring indie radio stations to DC
Mike Janssen
Monday, May 18, 2015
Thanks to a new law, D.C.'s airwaves are about to get a lot more local.
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DC's Airbnb hosts offer off-the-beaten-track hospitality
Rhea Kennedy
Monday, April 06, 2015
As tourists descend on D.C. in record numbers and as the
sharing economy
grows in strength, it's worth thinking about the hundreds of Airbnb hosts in the District who help visitors discover unique experiences you won't find in any guidebook.
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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.
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Op-ed: Kennedy Street's time has finally come
Myles Smith
Tuesday, July 08, 2014
We want to hear from the people on the ground building the next great neighborhood. Today, Myles Smith, cofounder of the Kennedy Street Development Association, tells Elevation DC about the neighborhood's upward prospects.
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2216 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE
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TechShop Arlington
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Arlington, VA 22202
1(800) 640-1975
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718 U St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
888-611-WASH
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1209 19th St. NW 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20036
202-556-1203
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Washington, District of Columbia 20020
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3300 Rhode Island Ave
3300 Rhode Island Ave
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Horace Mann Elementary School
4430 Newark Street NW
Washington , DC 20016
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DC's free, floating school lands a semi-permanent home
A free school open to all is moving in to Northeast this fall for a two-month pop-up. Learn salsa, French, Welsh, or bagel-baking!
Northeast is growing by leaps and bounds. Here's a photo tour
Art exhibition showcases DC's Most Endangered Places
Mayor cuts ribbon on new Ward 8 pool
Peek inside the newest organic market in DC, at the Hecht Warehouse
D.C. developer to revitalize chunk of Mt. Rainier
Ballou High School set for 2015 opening
EatsPlace, four other Georgia Ave businesses to showcase public art
Murch Elementary School set for major renovation
NW "turtle" park redo begins next month
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Crowdfunding platform comes to DC to help residents make their neighborhoods better
New York-based ioby is launching in the District to help locals crowdfund projects in their backyards.
DC group asks: What stores do you want to see in the District?
Capital Kombucha bubbly over growth
Neighborhood productivity space cove opens third location, on Capitol Hill
Who's hiring in DC: Uber, ReelGenie, ID.me
Contactually team growing as fast as your inbox
60 Seconds With... SpeakerBox Communications' Elizabeth Shea
#dcdisloyal coffee card proves popular, draws national media attention
The HIVE 2.0 adds members, hosts the mayor and a wedding
STEM enrichment provider in Va. details long-term expansion plans
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Well, this is nice: Fast Co.Design calls 11th Street Bridge Park "better than the high line"
Source: Fast Co.Design
Congress Heights merchant to retailers: 'What are you so afraid of?'
Source: NPR
Deputy mayor Victor Hoskins sits down with National Journal
Source: National Journal
Can DC learn to share?
Source: Next City
Growth potential for Fundrise: transit?
Source: Next City
Did you know Ralph Nader doesn't want West End's library built?
Source: Library Journal
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