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Last night Erika and I went to a ‘Capitol Riverfront Brand Development Meeting’.  Capitol Riverfront is the name of the Business Improvement District (BID) here in the SE, Navy Yard, Ballpark area.  Oddly enough they are headquartered on the 10th floor of 1100 NJ Ave (Ryan’s building) and they apparently have a great model of the planned construction throughout the area.  The meeting was mostly to get residents thoughts on what kind of marketing approaches are the best for attracting new residents, businesses and attention.  It was an interesting discussion however it was made clear by the Executive Director Michael Stevens that the current economic downturn is happening at a very inopportune time for the area.

In support of the BID and our new neighborhood I guess I will now start calling this area ‘Capitol Riverfront’ as well.  Check out the BID Websitewhich is an interesting view into the future of the neighborhood.

But getting to the best part of last night is that we met 20-30 of our neighbors, not just here in Capitol Hill Tower but also neighboors from the new Jefferson Apt Building and I think one person from the surrounding town home/row home places.  At the conclusion of the party in fact Erika and I brought the party upstairs to our place and we had a great time getting to know people, and distracting me from the depressing VT-Miami game.   How bout those Jets though!?!

Anyway, here’s hoping that last night is the beginning of several new friendships and a closer relationship with our new community!