Capitol Riverfront Connections
The Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement
District (CR BID) is excited to present the first edition of our monthly
e-newsletter, Capitol Riverfront
Connections. The Capitol
Riverfront is Washington, DC's most rapidly transforming business center, urban
neighborhood, retail & entertainment district and parks & waterfront
destination. Upon buildout the neighborhood will include 15 million sq. ft. of office, 9,000 housing units, 800,000 sq. ft. of retail, 1,200 hotel rooms and 4 new parks. Capitol Riverfront Connections will provide information and updates
about the neighborhood's development projects, community events, BID programs, and
other activities that are redefining this area and creating a vibrant cityscape
on the river. We hope to see you in the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood soon.
Sincerely,
Michael Stevens
Executive Director
Capitol Riverfront BID
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New BID Offices With 3-D Model of the Capitol Riverfront
In late May, the Capitol Riverfront BID moved into its
new office space at 1100 New Jersey Ave, SE Suite 1010 (directly across from
the Navy Yard metro station). The BID offices offer
great views of the area's transformation, showcase renderings of the coming
developments, and display a full-scale model of the Capitol Riverfront within
context of the city and adjacent neighborhoods. The model illustrates existing and future
development and the close proximity of the Capitol Riverfront to the Capitol
Building, downtown, the Anacostia River, Reagan National Airport, and Northern Virginia.
Schedule an appointment or stop by at
your convenience to visit our new office. (Pictured From Left: Ted Skirbunt, Kathleen Kruczlnicki, Claire Schaefer and Michael Stevens)
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Luxury Apartments Ready
JPI has opened their leasing
office for The Jefferson at Capitol Yards, a 448-luxury apartment building
located at 70 Eye Street, SE. Come enjoy
the Jefferson block party event this Saturday, June 28th from 4pm to
7pm. JPI will be providing free food catered
by Red Hot and Blue, music and an opportunity to tour the top-of-the-line
amenities of JPI's newest building. The Jefferson offers
new residents amenities such as a resort-style swimming pool and roof terrace(pictured at right)
with amazing views of the Capitol, DC skyline and Nationals Park, a 24-hour
fitness center, a pet-friendly community, high-tech business center, movie
theater, bike & personal storage space, plus a sports pub with plasma TV's,
darts, poker table, Wii, Xbox and more.
The Jefferson is conveniently located just 3 blocks south of the
Capitol and within walking distance of the Navy Yard and Capitol South metros, in the heart of DC's new Capitol Riverfront. More information is available at
www.capitolyardsdc.com.
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Riverfront Reel
Riverfront Reel, the Capitol Riverfront BID's
ten-week outdoor baseball-themed movie series will screen Bad News Bears(1976 edition) next Wednesday July 2nd on the New Jersey Ave, SE plaza & lawn behind the
U.S. DOT building. Riverfront
Reel pre-movie events start at 6:30 pm with inflatable baseball games, snacks,
music and a "PLAY BALL" Wii Baseball competition on the giant 32' screen! Screening of your all time favorite baseball
movies starts at sundown, about 8:45 pm.
Riverfront Reel is located one block south of the Navy Yard metro
station (New Jersey Ave exit). For a
complete movie schedule visit www.capitolriverfront.org/attractions/calendar
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Farmers' Market and Concert Series
The
Capitol Riverfront Farmers' Market opened in May for its second season in the
neighborhood, occurring every Tuesday, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, from May until
November. Come enjoy farm-fresh produce,
baked goods, ice cream, and prepared lunch food at the Farmers' Market on M St
& 3rd St, SE (between DOT buildings). The
Capitol Riverfront BID and JBG also kicked-off the first year of Capitol
Riverfront Concerts on Wednesday, May 28th. Listen to free lunchtime concerts with lively
and diverse musical artists, performing original pop, Latin Jazz, R&B,
bluegrass and more, from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm on the New Jersey Ave & Tingey
Street Plaza (the plaza behind DOT). The
full concert schedule is available at www.capitolriverfront.org/attractions/calendar.
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Yards Park
Forest City Washington has started construction on
the first three projects at The Yards, all of which will deliver in fall
2009: the Pattern Shop Lofts (170
apartments), the Boilermaker Shop (45,500 SF of retail) and the Riverfront Park
(5-acre world-class riverfront park & marina). Visit The Yards
Pavilion at the corner of First and N St, SE to learn the history of the Navy
Yard annex and its historic buildings, view renderings of the completed projects,
and take the Yards personality quiz. The
Yards Pavilion will be open for Nationals home games, starting July 8th.
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Clean and Safe Team
Congratulations to William Wardlaw who celebrates his sixth month as Clean
& Safe team supervisor this July. William first joined the team last
September as a Hospitality Ambassador. Workers, residents, and visitors
coming off of the Navy Yard Metro were welcomed by his friendly greetings and
helpful answers to questions prior to assuming his new role as supervisor.
In January, William was selected for promotion to be supervisor of the
entire Clean & Safe Team crew. In addition to his success as a Clean & Safe Team supervisor, William is a
talented vocal artist. William has performed at such venues as Blues
Alley, Carter Barron, and Wolftrap. This past week he treated the
audience at the Capitol Riverfront Concerts to a cameo performance.
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Creating A Green Neighborhood
Did you know that the tree boxes in the Capitol
Riverfront are wider, longer and deeper than traditional DC tree boxes in order
to promote better health of the trees and assist in collecting stormwater
run-off? The design of the tree
boxes is part of the Capitol Riverfront's commitment to environmental-sustainability. The Capitol Riverfront is home
to the 67,000 sq. ft. green roof on the U.S. DOT building comprising 85% of the usable roof space, it is the largest green roof in the Mid-Atlantic. In addition, the Capitol Riverfront is also home to the
first LEED certified ballpark, new construction built to meet LEED
certification, and the entire Yards project is part of the LEED Neighborhood
Development pilot program. The
Capitol Riverfront will have four new parks, one of which, Canal Park, will collect
stormwater on-sight, filter it, and then store it for use in water features
throughout the park.
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2008 RealTOUR
On Thursday, June 19th, over 300 people
attended the Greater Washington Commercial Association of REALTORS' 2008
RealTOUR in the Capitol Riverfront, at the Nationals Ballpark. RealTOUR kicked-off with a Breakfast Expo
and networking event, followed by presentations on the jumbotron. Attendees then boarded 6 buses for a tour of
the Capitol Riverfront, followed by Southwest, NoMA, the East End, CBD and the
West End. GWCAR presented a $2,000.00
check to Positive Nature, a non-profit organization in the Capitol Riverfront
that works on improving the quality of
the life experiences for children with special needs.The Capitol
Riverfront BID Expo table included several project boards, a variety of maps, our
marketing brochure, and event flyers.
The CR BID also assisted RealTOUR with information for the scripts for neighborhood
tour. Please contact the BID if you
missed the tour, have follow up questions and/or would like to have a second,
more in-depth tour of the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood and its development
projects.
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Feature Photo
Earlier this week while touring the
neighborhood, HNTB Companies and the CR BID discovered a family of ducks on 3rd St, SE by the
Boilermaker shop (pictured at right). HNTB Companies, a national
engineering, architecture and planning firm, opened their Capitol Riverfront
office in January 2008. Currently the
Capitol Riverfront has over 4 million SF of leased office space. Some of the existing Capitol Riverfront
tenants include the U.S. Navy Yard and NAVSEA,
U.S. Department
of Transportation, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, AT&T, Unity Health Care,
the corporate headquarters for William C. Smith & Company, U.S. Coastguard,
Washington Nationals, Earth Conservation Corp, Living Classrooms, Courtyard
Marriott and more. Please send photos that you would like to be considered for
the next Feature Photo slot to kkruczlnicki@capitolriverfront.org.
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