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 Faces of the Front: Angel Carvalho with Park Tavern |
 
Park Tavern, with windows overlooking the vibrant dancing fountains in Canal Park, is a great place to cheer on the Nationals and enjoy both pregame and postgame food and fun! With the Nats back in town this week, we sat down with Park Tavern's General Manager Angel Carvalho to talk about what it's like to run a restaurant in a park and what she loves about working in the Capitol Riverfront.
How would you describe the Capitol Riverfront to friends and visitors?
The Capitol Riverfront is unique in that it has something to offer for everyone; the young crowd and the active families. Canal Park offers a unique serenity for those who prefer to be more relaxed.
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| Bisnow's "On the Waterfront" Highlights Booming Riverfront Development |
 The interest in current development along the Anacostia Riverfront was prominent at "On the Waterfront," Bisnow's most popular event in history held Thursday, June 11th at Arena Stage. The event featured two panels of stakeholders who represented development projects in the Capitol Riverfront and the Southwest Waterfront neighborhoods. Capitol Riverfront BID president Michael Stevens gave opening remarks, highlighting the value of Capitol Riverfront development with the phrase "water is magic." These words were echoed among the Capitol Riverfront panel, moderated by Todd Stokes of Baker Tilly and featuring Don Capobres of Grosvenor Americas, Brad Fennell of WC Smith, Deborah Ratner Salzberg of Forest City Washington, Frederick Rothmeijer of MRP Realty, and Rob Ward of Skanska Commercial Development. The panel discussed their perspectives on neighborhood development in the residential, retail, office, and hotel markets while emphasizing the Capitol Riverfront's authenticity and amenities. The panelists also revealed their vision for the future of the Capitol Riverfront, referring to it as a remarkable neighborhood with a truly mixed-use environment! |
| DC Water Proposes Capitol Riverfront Headquarters |
 DC Water, provider of drinking water and wastewater treatment services throughout DC, Maryland, and Virginia, recently submitted plans to the DC Zoning Commission to build a new $55 million headquarters in the Capitol Riverfront. The new 167,000 SF headquarters, located adjacent to the historic O Street Pumping Station, will be bounded by N Place, SE, Canal Street, SE and the Anacostia River. The proposed headquarters will combine and move all administrative personnel into one centrally located facility, and is expected to save DC Water as much as $2 million per year in operational costs. DC Water hopes for a mid-2017 delivery. |
| Family Fitness Class with DCBFIT |
 Join the Capitol Riverfront BID and DCBFIT this Sunday, June 21st at 2:00 pm in the middle block of Canal Park for a fitness class geared toward your entire family! DCBFIT will lead an action-packed workout for kids, and kids-at-heart, of all ages. Move through a series of stations featuring jump rope, stretches, and high-energy exercises for every fitness level.
Mark your calendar to meet in Canal Park's middle block every 3rd Sunday this summer at 2:00 pm (June 21st, July 19th, and August 16th) for this special edition of fitness in the Front!
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| Activate Your Weekend with Baseball, a Brass Rock Band, & Bikram |
 This weekend the Capitol Riverfront is packed with baseball, a brass rock band, a yoga festival, and more fitness classes with DCBFIT. There's something happening every day!
Thursday, June 18: Capitol Riverfront Outdoor Movies continue with The Princess Bride in the northern block of Canal Park at 8:30 pm. Bring your blanket and your picnic as early as 7:00 pm to enjoy the Popped! Republic gourmet popcorn truck and your favorite stars beneath our stars. The Nationals take on the Tampa Bay Rays at 7:05 pm. Stop by Capitol Riverfront restaurants for tasty cuisine before or after tonight's events!
Friday, June 19: Start the weekend off at a High Energy Fitness Class with DCBFIT at 6:30 am in Canal Park. Enjoy horn driven rock band Texas Chainsaw Horns at the Friday Night Concert from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Concert-goers are encouraged to arrive early with their picnic dinners, blankets, and take out meals from Capitol Riverfront restaurants to enjoy a free evening of music! Stop by the concert in Yards Park before seeing the Nationals play the Pittsburg Pirates at 7:05 pm.
Saturday, June 20: Boot camp with DCBFIT at 8:30 am in Yards Park. Nationals vs. Pirates at 4:05 pm.
Sunday, June 21: Oneness Yoga Festival, Washington DC's first yoga, music, and wellness festival is back in Yards Park from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm for yogis and yoginis! Tickets are $30 in advance and $45 at the event. Get your tickets here. Family Fitness Class with DCBFIT at 2:00 pm in the middle block of Canal Park. Nationals vs. Pirates at 1:35 pm.
For all event details, visit www.capitolriverfront.org/calendar!
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| Follow @CapitolRiverfront and @TheYardsPark on Instagram! |
The Capitol Riverfront and Yards Park are now both on Instagram, and we want to see residents', employees', and visitors' awesome photos of the neighborhood!
Follow us at @CapitolRiverfront and @TheYardsPark, and be sure to tag both the BID and Yards Park in your photos.
Here are some recent favorites to get creative juices flowing!
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| DC Jazzfest's Return to Yards Park |
 For the second year in a row, jazz fans from across the nation gathered in Yards Park on Friday, June 12th and Saturday, June 13th to enjoy the river view, tasty cuisine from local vendors, and DC JazzFest presenting the finest artists in modern jazz on the Capitol Riverfront stage.
Friday night's free concert had the 4,000-strong crowd swaying to soulful Sharón Clark, sambaing with Cubano Groove, and sashaying the second line to New Orleans-natives The Soul Rebels. The main stage event on Saturday featured saxophonist Marshall Keys's duet with a tap dancer, young phenom Esperanza Spaulding as Emily's D+Evolution, stirring rhymes and Selma's "Glory" from the legendary Common, and Afro-beat royalty Femi Kuti.
Many thanks to DC Jazz Fest for another unforgettable weekend!
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