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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.
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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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Downtown 
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Read the latest BID news 
in the November
Downtown Update

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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.

 
New Harvest Market
Like fresh produce? Check out Capital Harvest on the Plaza (CHOP) on Friday, November 13, from 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center’s (1300 Pennsylvania Avenue) Woodrow Wilson Plaza.
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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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Focus on Parks
Want more benches, Image From Citylight Image Library.fountains and playgrounds in Downtown parks? The DC Office of Planning (OP) invites you to take a brief online survey to express your needs and desires. 

OP, along with federal partners and stakeholders, is examining access, availability and programming for parks and open spaces in the Downtown BID area and neighborhoods north of Massachusetts Avenue.
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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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Downtown DC Featured Events
The Alchemist
Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - Monday, November 9th 2009
W-Th 7:30p, F-Sa 8p, Sa 2p & 8p, Su 2p & 7:30p
Iconoclash! Exhibition
Wednesday, November 4th 2009 - Friday, January 8th 2010
Gallery hours: M-Th 9a-5p; Friday 9a-3p.
Ghost Tours
Sunday, November 8th 2009
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Steinway Series: Lucille Snell
Sunday, November 8th 2009
3p - 5p
Honoring Veterans Day
Sunday, November 8th 2009
11a-3p
Wende Flicks: Jana und Jan
Monday, November 9th 2009
6:30p
Deutsch am Mittag - presentation & discussion in German
Tuesday, November 10th 2009
12 noon - 1:15 pm
Environmental Images: The Photoblog
Tuesday, November 10th 2009
6:30 – 8 pm
MUTEMATH Concert
Wednesday, November 11th 2009
8:00p
Get Drafted
Wednesday, November 11th 2009
7:15 PM - 10:15 PM
Handel, Haydn And Mendelssohn: Connections
Thursday, November 12th 2009
6:45p - 8:30p
 
 

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