Additional BID News
Sitting Pretty
Sidewalk cafes are sprouting up throughout Downtown and are a true indicator of street life and a clear measure that the area is becoming a place where people can have remarkable urban experiences. Both the Downtown BID and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) encourage the growth in outdoor cafes and support their use...
Meeting Downtown Challenges
The Downtown BID’s Annual Report shows that the organization relied on its strengths—visioning, stimulating discussions and building coalitions and consensus—to support endeavors that improved street vitality and rejuvenated and spurred economic activity....
Shopper’s Paradise
Soon the economic recovery is expected to help Downtown move closer to attaining a critical mass of shoppers’ goods retail—particularly now that the 10-acre CityCenterDC mixed-use complex is showing signs of new life...
Safety First
The Downtown BID works to ensure workers and visitors’ safety by offering customized services that are designed to ensure a safe, satisfying and trouble-free experience in Downtown. Find out how to get the latest Downtown BID Safety First brochure that is packed with valuable safety tips...
Ending Homelessness
The DC Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) has released the final plan of the city’s Strategic Action Plan to End Homelessness....
Recent Press Releases New and newsworthy... |
| BID Welcomes Award Nominations Tuesday, August 10th 2010 Sidewalk Cafes Enliven Downtown Thursday, August 5th 2010 Keeping Downtown Competitive Thursday, June 24th 2010 BID Spruces Up Public Spaces Thursday, June 10th 2010 Retail District Continues to Evolve Tuesday, May 25th 2010 |
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Healthy Fare
Shoppers who favor seasonal and local products from small family farms in the Chesapeake Bay area now have more time to peruse wares at the Penn Quarter FRESHFARM Farmers’ Market ...
Neighborhood News
Cultural Education
Downtown DC has a new museum, the German-American Heritage Museum. Permanent exhibits feature German immigration and migration across the US...
National Gem
The National Theatre, the nation’s longest operating major touring house, celebrates its 175th birthday this year...
Not To Be Missed
Extended Restaurant Week
Missed the chance to savor delectable dishes at some of Downtown’s best restaurants during Washington, DC Restaurant Week, August 16 through August 22? Don’t fret. Many of Downtown’s top tables have extended the biannual feast by another week, so get your chow on. See our interactive map of participants...
Big Screen Fun
Musical film fans, listen up. Head over to Woodrow Wilson Plaza for Pix on the Plaza free movie nights through September 23 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center (1300 Pennsylvania Avenue). It’s new, outdoors and open to the public...
Lively Affair
Get ready to snap your fingers, clap your hands and move to the grooves at Live! On Woodrow Wilson Plaza, the free lunchtime concert series beginning June 9 and running through September 24 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center...
Jazzy Vibes
You’re gonna love the melodious Jazz in the Garden free concert series, come rain or come shine. The annual jazz extravaganza enters its 10th season and jumps into full swing...
More Healthy Fare
Capital Harvest on the Plaza (CHOP) is back as a weekly harvest festival, from 11:00 am until 3 pm, replete with live music and celebrity chef cooking demonstrations, and has been extended through November 19...
Downtown 
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