Posts Tagged ‘Anacostia Housing’
Preserving Community Stories with Verbal Gymnastics
In March, The L’Enfant Trust hosted two nights of “Community Voices: Historic Preservation in Anacostia,” an interactive playback theater performance and community event with Verbal Gymnastics Playback Theatre Company. Verbal Gymnastics captures the narratives of residents in rapidly changing communities “East of the River” in Washington, DC using innovative forms of theater/storytelling to foster meaningful…
Read MoreL’Enfant Trust Awarded Preservation Fund Grant from National Trust for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC – The L’Enfant Trust is pleased to announce the organization was awarded a $5,000 grant from The National Trust Preservation Fund, the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s small dollar grant program. The funding will be used to obtain a structural conditions assessment and to develop preliminary stabilization designs for “Big Green,” a 1902…
Read MoreCouncil Gives Go-Ahead to Redevelop Vacant D.C.-Owned Anacostia Properties
The District’s executive and legislative branches do not see eye to eye on how to bring run-down, city-owned properties back into good use. Amid a rash of bills considered Tuesday, local lawmakers gave final approval to legislation that would permit a D.C.-based nonprofit to take ownership of, and rehab, four such homes in Anacostia. The…
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