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It started as “Jazz@VN,” a monthly music series shining the spotlight on local talent and the Van Ness businesses hosting the event. Now, Van Ness Main Street is branching out with a new events series called “aLIVE@VN.” The first aLIVE@VN event will be Friday, March 15th. Head to Tesoro (4400 Connecticut) between 6 and 7:30 […]
by Mary Beth Ray Several months ago we reported the good news that the DC Council allocated $1.5 million to DDOT for a new and improved design of our Van Ness streetscape. A recent site meeting with DDOT representatives gives us reason to be optimistic that progress is being made. We gathered on a gray […]
The homeless encampment at Van Ness was removed by the District on January 29th. Here’s the process that led up to this: As many as four homeless individuals resided at 4250 Connecticut Avenue at various times over the past few months. Van Ness Main Street Executive Director Theresa Cameron got the process started in a […]
The January 12-13 snowstorm dropped between 8 to 10 inches on our area. After the last snowflakes fell, the shovels came out. Except at 4250 Connecticut Avenue. Fannie Mae vacated the building in December but holds the lease on the property until the end of this month. That means it is responsible for clearing the […]
The new year brings changes to neighborhood organizations ANC 3F and Van Ness Main Street. On the ANC The 2019-2020 ANC 3F term begins with three new faces, and without ANC 3F’s chair of 15 months. Pat Jakopchek moved out of the neighborhood in December and was required to resign his office. Here are our […]
Whittle School has agreed to fund one of three public art installations planned for the Van Ness commercial district. Van Ness Main Street Executive Director Theresa Cameron announced the gift at the December 18th ANC 3F meeting. The $70,000 installation is to be placed at the southwest corner of Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness Street […]
UDC is getting the keys to 4250 Connecticut Avenue. After negotiations with the building’s owner, Bernstein Management, the university “executed a long-term lease agreement with a purchase option.” With the Student Center, “[i]t transforms Connecticut Avenue into a new gateway for UDC,” said UDC President Ronald Mason in a December 19th statement. Once UDC’s Board […]
by Marlene Berlin I walked by Nail Avenue, Italian Pizza Kitchen, and Diplomat Cleaners one night last week and thought there was something different about this corner of Connecticut Avenue and Albemarle Street, but could not quite put my finger on it. I turned the corner to walk up Albemarle and it hit me: The […]
Several large snowflakes have landed outside the Van Ness Metro station’s west entrance. They’re scattered all the way to 4340 Connecticut. And some are sticking to the windows of local storefronts. Unlike last Thursday’s snowfall, these won’t melt away. Van Ness Main Street calls it “Project Snowflake.” One purpose is to help lead people from […]
Supporting local businesses and makers doesn’t get much easier than this. Van Ness Main Street is bringing more than 15 Made-in-DC vendors to us – for its third annual Van Ness Holiday Pop-Up Shop. They’ll be setting up shop at 4340 Connecticut Avenue on the three weekends after Thanksgiving: November 24th and 25th, December 1st […]
