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 All Aboard
Welcome to the new Downtown BID Board of Directors officers and members for fiscal year 2010.
Bradley Edwards, general manager of the Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel (999 9th Street), will serve as chairman.
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 Green Leader
The Downtown BID has received an award for its leadership in implementing the Green Business Certification Program pilot with the Sustainable Business Network of Washington (SB NOW).
The BID is the first organization to undergo an SB NOW audit.
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Helping the Homeless
 Despite tough economic times, homeless numbers on Downtown streets continue to decline.
In September 2009, Downtown SAMs, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers, a law intern with Lutheran Social Services and Master of Social Work interns from Catholic and Howard Universities counted 72 homeless people, compared with 127 recorded in September 2008—a 44% drop.
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 New Leadership Paper
DC needs a broad transportation agenda to guide future investments as federal funds are unleashed to help build new infrastructure, according to the Downtown BID’s latest Leadership Paper titled, Getting From Here to There.
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Cultural Gateway
 The medians along New York Avenue from 9th to 13th Streets in Downtown are due for a major facelift this winter. The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), at 1250 New York Avenue, has teamed with the Downtown BID, the DC Office of Planning (OP) and other agencies to begin work on the New York Avenue Sculpture Project.
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Stellar Exemplars
Get ready to celebrate the 2009 Downtown BID Momentum Awards honorees. These are the people, places and projects that have brought innovation and excitement to Downtown DC over the past year. For more about this year’s impressive list of awardees, read on.
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 Shopping Bliss
Prepared to shop ‘til you drop? The Downtown Holiday Market returns December 4 and runs through December 23 on F Street, between 7th and 9th, in front of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.
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 Take a Hike for the Homeless
Get out your walking shoes. Fannie Mae’s 22nd Annual Help the Homeless Walkathon gets underway on Saturday, November 21, beginning at 9:00 am on the National Mall.
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 Chinatown Plan
The Office of Planning and the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs have released the final version of the Chinatown Cultural Development Strategy in English and Chinese.
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 National Tradition
The annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and Pageant of Peace will kick off the holiday season on Thursday, December 3, at 5:00 pm on the Ellipse of the White House. An elaborate four-week program follows, continuing through Friday, January 1.
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 Switching Gears
The DC Circulator has added and dropped some stops along a few routes. The weekend-only service on the Smithsonian-National Mall Loop has been discontinued for the fall and winter months and will resume in late March or early April.
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Jersey BoysSaturday, October 24th 2009 - Sunday, December 13th 2009 8p
Iconoclash! ExhibitionWednesday, November 4th 2009 - Friday, January 8th 2010 Gallery hours: M-Th 9a-5p; Friday 9a-3p.
The AlchemistTuesday, November 17th 2009 - Sunday, November 22nd 2009 W-Th 7:30p, F-Sa 8p, Sa 2p & 8p, Su 2p & 7:30p
A Christmas CarolMonday, November 23rd 2009 - Sunday, January 3rd 2010 12:30p - 2:30p - 7:30p
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