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Every year, the skies above the National Mall become a colorful haven during the Blossom Kite Festival. (Photo by Daniel Sone)
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Is it spring yet? You’ll certainly know the answer when the National Cherry Blossom Festival, the nation’s greatest springtime celebration, springs into action on Wednesday, March 20, and continues for 26 glorious days in Downtown and throughout the D.C. area through Sunday, April 14!
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Phew! We made it through President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony, which attracted about 1 million visitors to Downtown on January 21. With the nation’s capital and the DowntownDC BID area on full display for the world to see, our Downtown Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance employees (SAMs) made the experience clean, safe, friendly and memorable for the masses
On Inauguration Day, more than 75 SAMs were deployed as early as 5 a.m. and worked as late as 10 p.m. to attend to the massive business at hand...
Homeless Number Down in BID Area
A homeless count conducted by the DowntownDC BID on Thursday, January 31, shows 114 homeless people were living on Downtown streets at night, a 14 percent drop...
Downtown Restaurant News
Culinary genius José Andrés and his ThinkFoodGroup will open Barmini at 855 E Street on February 15...
New Startup Center Opens in BID Area
A new venture designed to convene and accelerate startups in the heart of the city launched from 1133 15th Street...
BID-based Helen Hayes Awards Nominees
Cheers to the Helen Hayes Awards nominees recently acknowledged for artistic excellence in local theater...
Gift of AEDs Help Make Downtown Environment Safer
Friday, February 15, 2012
Decrease in Homeless Numbers in DowntownDC
Tuesday, February 12, 2012
The 2012 State of Downtown
will be available in the fall.
Download the
2011 State of Downtown App
for your iPad.
It's interactive and free. Use it to magnify graphs and charts, share pages via Twitter or email, and view the State of Downtown streaming video.
Non-iPad users can view the video, Perspectives on the Downtown Economy, on YouTube.
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Thanks to the Downtown Homeless Services Team more homeless persons in Downtown are getting a new lease on life. If you see a homeless person in crisis PLEASE help them get to safety by calling the (800) 535-7252, 24-hour hotline. Need an escort to your train, bus, car or office? If you're within Downtown BID boundaries, try this free service. (202) 624-1550 What can you get for a buck? How about a trip to Downtown, Georgetown, the ballpark, the National Mall or hundreds of other DC destinations? The Circulator is cool, comfortable, cheap and quick. Find out more. This cool tool has all the web info you need to get around the metro DC area like a pro.