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After more than a decade, Upshur Park, located at 4300 Arkansas Ave NW, is scheduled for a $19 million renovation.
You can submit your thoughts on what to prioritize in the renovation via an online survey — the deadline to submit your input is November 19th.
Read MoreOur Fed City team helped a local family with an estate sale and getting their home ready to show potential buyers. But the 2-bedroom, 1-bath condo was in disarray, and the estate representative had no idea where to turn. We helped renovate the home and received numerous, high offers. Here’s what we did…
Read MoreAfter the success of last year’s show, local neighbor Maryanne Henderson is putting on another spooky Halloween-ish theater show here in Petworth. This year the theme is “Spirits: A Hat Trick” and their spooky variety show takes place Saturday, November 4th from 7-9pm.
Read MoreA group of volunteers is organizing a clean up on Piney Branch in the Rock Creek Park to commemorate Indigenous People’s Day on Monday, October 9th.
Read More“As some of you may know, we encountered pest challenges six weeks ago. We extend our sincerest apologies to each and every member of our community as we understand this may have impacted your trust and confidence in us and we want to address the situation directly and openly.
We invite you to join us next week for Community Social Hours, Monday 10/2 through Thursday 10/5 from 4-5 pm. You'll get to enjoy a free meal (either a 2-piece combo or your choice of sandwich), meet our team and get all your questions answered.”
Read MoreOn Friday, September 29th from 4:30pm to 1am, join your neighbors for Art All Night, a free citywide arts festival. Over 50 restaurants, businesses and community partners will host a jam-packed schedule of music, dance, visual arts, open studios, open houses, hands-on art making and more on 14th & Kennedy corridor and the Upshur Street corridor.
Art All Night is free and open to the public. Attendees can pick up a map at the information tables on Upshur Street and 14th Street to explore festival nodes and venues.
Read MoreYou know… sometimes it happens. Celebrate Petworth is canceled for this year.
It rained on the very first Celebrate Petworth Festival, but it was a gentle rain. Tomorrow, September 23rd, is supposed to be really high winds (up to 45mph) and upwards of 2-3 inches of rain throughout the day. For safety’s sake, the organizers have decided to cancel the Festival.
Read More“Our family is West Indian: Guyanese and Trinidadian. My uncle, Jay Narain, the original owner, played football, or soccer as you call it,” co-owner Reid explains about how The Pitch Tavern came to be back in 2015. “Soccer is played on a pitch. Cricket is played on a pitch. In baseball there’s a pitch. That’s where [we] got the name.”
Read MoreThe studio, located at 4300 Georgia Ave NW, typically serves as a staging and production site for owner Jodi Kostelnik’s lines of dish towels, tote bags, greeting cards and other gifts and knicknacks, which she sells online and at several area farmers markets.
Read MoreThis year, we're excited to bring three fun pre-festival activities! Join your neighbors on Saturday, September 23, before the festival begins, for a Kids Fun Run, Stroller Strides and Yoga for Movers & Shakers. All of these great activities are free.
Read MorePetworth Social Bar and Grill opened in December of 2022, replacing Taqueria del Barrio (and Domku before that). Before the restaurant opened, we conducted a survey of readers to see what kind of restaurant people wanted. The number one cuisine was Indian, quickly followed by Italian. What everyone seemed to agree on was a family-friendly place to go. That’s what owner Ranu Rawat hoped he was opening. Instead, he walked away from the restaurant 8 months later.
Read MoreThe Celebrate Petworth Festival is almost here! Kicking off at 11am on Saturday, September 23rd on the 800 block of Upshur, Celebrate Petworth is bringing music, food, kids’ activities, vendors and more to Upshur and 9th Streets. Sign up for the Dog Show, check out the Kids’ Zone and volunteer (a little or a lot!).
Read MoreOn a recent Wednesday night, Melissa Hough leads me and a group of mostly new moms through a series of low and high intensity moves to the sound of Latin rhythms. The Zumba class, offered at 8:15pm on Wednesdays at Yoga Heights (3506 Georgia Ave NW), allows parents to work out at a time that accommodates children’s bedtime schedules.
Read MoreANC 4C is holding a special meeting on August 16th to discuss “City Grown,” the upcoming indoor marijuana cultivation business off of Upshur Street. The indoor farm will not be open to the public.
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