Last Tuesday, ANC6D heard a presentation from representatives of Mill Creek Residential on a proposed mixed use project for 807 Maine Avenue, SW. The plan anticipates a 110 foot building with 200 residential units – 2 BR + Den and 3 BR – and first floor retail. 15% of the units will be under Inclusionary Zoning with one or two at 50% Area Median Income and the rest at 60 % AMI. The building will be a Planned Unit Development (PUD) and community benefits – including a larger percentage of affordable units – will be up for negotiation. A lobbying firm has reportedly moved into space on the 300 block of 7th Street, SE. Quavaro Leather Goods closed and moved out of the space at 323 7th Street, SE, at the end of last year. The building has a new and so far anonymous tenant and word on the street is that it’s a lobbying firm. The service business is a departure from the retail businesses which have occupied the space for the past few decades. Occupants of the space prior to Quavaro included Found on the Hill, Septcarrés Custom Furniture, and Monkey’s Uncle. On the other hand, the long empty space at 232 7th Street, SE, across from Eastern Market has a new tenant. Rewild – a plant and flower studio – will open in the spring. Rewild has outlets in Shaw and Ballston. See here: https://rewilddc.com/ The last occupant of the space was in the late 1980s – Ainilian Gallery – an art gallery run by Capitol Hill artist Agnes Ainilian. Here’s the draft map of proposed Ward 6 ANC and single member district boundaries that the Ward 6 Redistricting Task Force will consider during a virtual meeting on Tuesday. It suggests 5 ANC Commissions and 43 Single Member Districts with the target of 1960 residents per SMD. See below for info on how to join the meeting.ZOCA & Crush Mexican Restaurant, whose liquor license received ANC6B support on February 8, hoped to open by the end of the month at 319 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, but that may have been optimistic. A proposal to change the name of Garfield Park to “Garfield-Anacostan Park” would recognize the park’s location as the site of a settlement of the Anacostan tribe who inhabited the area up until the late 1600s. ANC6B’s Liveable Task Force will hold a hearing on Thursday night to hear residents weigh in on the proposal. See link below. Photo: Hilary Russell
The Week Ahead…
Tuesday, February 22
ANC6A ABC Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
To discuss and elicit resident views on the issue of whether our Commission will support a proposal to change the name of Garfield Park to “Garfield-Anacostan Park” to recognize the park’s location as the site of a settlement of the Anacostan tribe who inhabited the area of the District of Columbia up until the late 1600s.
Sad to see Quavaro go–They said they were fulfilling orders now at their factory for Fossil, etc. 323 7th Street also was a hot sauce place fore a short period. I miss Monkey’s Uncle!
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Sad to see Quavaro go–They said they were fulfilling orders now at their factory for Fossil, etc. 323 7th Street also was a hot sauce place fore a short period. I miss Monkey’s Uncle!