Councilmember's Corner: Reimagining the Future of Georgia Avenue

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Councilmember's Corner: Reimagining the Future of Georgia Avenue

Georgia Ave has had its share of recent challenges. We’ve seen the pandemic take its toll on local businesses, neighbors struggle to afford the cost of rent, and buildings left vacant and blighted. Our public gathering spaces need to be more welcoming and accessible, and too often, lack of public transportation options prevent opportunities that exist here from reaching the people who need them most. 

That’s why I’m excited to announce a new initiative to lead on this critical work: Reimagining Georgia Avenue.

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Merry Pin brings Cafe, Crafts and Community to Georgia Avenue — and a summer camp!

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Merry Pin brings Cafe, Crafts and Community to Georgia Avenue — and a summer camp!

On the corner of Georgia Avenue and Geranium Street NW there’s a two-story building that has sat vacant since 2018. That’s changed recently… the building has been brought to life with the opening of Merry Pin on June 15, offering crafts, lessons, coffee and more.

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Midtown Youth Academy on Georgia Avenue offers “Safe Haven” to youth

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Midtown Youth Academy on Georgia Avenue offers “Safe Haven” to youth

Founded 45 years ago, the Midtown Youth Academy aims to prepare underserved youth for success in educational and future endeavors by helping them to develop skills, self-discipline and cohesive relationships through sports.

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The Pitch Tavern is back on the mound (and on Georgia Avenue!)

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The Pitch Tavern is back on the mound (and on Georgia Avenue!)

“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.”

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Check out some "Neighborgoods" in the neighborhood 

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Check out some "Neighborgoods" in the neighborhood 

The 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.

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Guenet rebounds from pandemic and graces Petworth with Gueny’s Café

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Guenet rebounds from pandemic and graces Petworth with Gueny’s Café

Guenet Tadesse reevaluated her passion for food service and decided what better way to get delicious food in front of the DC community than by opening a restaurant? She compiled the profits from her catering business and Gueny’s Café on Georgia Avenue was born.

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Qualia & Commonwealth Cantina team up to offer food, coffee and community as the coffee shop gets renovated

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Qualia & Commonwealth Cantina team up to offer food, coffee and community as the coffee shop gets renovated

Commonwealth Cantina, the new restaurant by Homestead owner Nic Makris, is giving next door neighbor Qualia Coffee a new home for the next six months as their building is renovated. It’s created a great synergy for the morning and lunch crowds.

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Tabla brings a taste of travel and adventure to Georgia Avenue

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Tabla brings a taste of travel and adventure to Georgia Avenue

There is something intoxicating about visiting a new land. The sights, the sounds, the flavors, the unfamiliar offerings of everything from sauces to sodas — all enhance your understanding of culture and life for different people on our beautifully diverse globe. But right about now, you needn’t travel far, just to the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Lamont Street NW to experience the country of Georgia at Tabla Restaurant, where you can take in the feel of the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

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Open Streets is coming back to Georgia Avenue on Oct 2nd

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Open Streets is coming back to Georgia Avenue on Oct 2nd

After its inaugural success in 2019, Open Streets returns to Georgia Avenue on Saturday, October 2nd from 10am to 3pm. Three miles of Georgia Avenue — between Barry Place NW and Missouri Avenue — will be closed to cars. Instead, residents can walk, bike, run and scooter in the street. It’ll be the first of a series of Open Streets events that will be held across all eight wards in 2021-2022.

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Here's a peek at the new Büna Coffeehouse opening Friday on Webster & Georgia

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Here's a peek at the new Büna Coffeehouse opening Friday on Webster & Georgia

Rejoice, you caffeine addicts! Büna Coffeehouse is opening on Friday, February 8th at the corner of Webster Street and Georgia Avenue (4400 Georgia Ave NW). This great little shop is the brainchild of the family that owns the building, and used to run the Uneeda convenience store.

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A peek inside the Capitol Cider House, Petworth's newest cidery

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A peek inside the Capitol Cider House, Petworth's newest cidery

Capitol Cider House is the passion of Jared Fackrell, and after months and months of hard work, it’s almost ready to open. With 40 different styles of cider, a small menu of food, a shuffleboard and plenty of indoor and pet-friendly outdoor seating, it’ll be a great new addition to the Petworth restaurant scene.

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Help lower Georgia Avenue blossom by taking a survey on future development ideas

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Help lower Georgia Avenue blossom by taking a survey on future development ideas

The Lower Georgia Avenue Main Street program is conducting a community survey about Georgia Avenue in Park View, with a goal of designing strategies for enhancing the stretch of Georgia Avenue from Barry Place on the south, to Kansas Avenue on the north.  

If you want to help this area be developed smartly, in cooperation with long-time businesses and fit the needs of the residents who live along the stretch, take the survey and share your opinion.

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Howard University's 150th Homecoming Parade is Saturday, Oct 21st

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Howard University's 150th Homecoming Parade is Saturday, Oct 21st

The legendary Howard Homecoming Parade is back! A community staple showcasing bands, celebrity appearances, and the University’s student organizations. Come celebrate with students and alumni and wear your festive Howard University colors as you come together for the prelude of the Howard Homecoming game.

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Cider house rules! A new cider brewery and restaurant to open on Georgia Avenue

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Cider house rules! A new cider brewery and restaurant to open on Georgia Avenue

Jared Fackrell really likes cider. I mean, apples are definitely his thing. The 32-year old former Navy officer has been brewing his own cider at home for years, and with the changes to the brewery laws in DC, he recently decided to take his passion to a new level and open a cider house and restaurant in Petworth. The new place is called Capitol Cider House and will be located at 3930 Georgia Avenue NW, beneath the Fahrenheit apartment building. 

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