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Recent Dupont Circle Activities & Updates:
Dupont Business Directory 2009
(update in progress)
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Connecticut Avenue Median Landscaping
Project
HDCMS is pleased to announce that landscaping and irrigation plans have been
finalized for the very long Connecticut Avenue median north of the Circle,
from R to S Streets! We have made great progress of late, and overcome
seemingly insurmountable hurdles due to the current configuration, existing
trees that will remain, utility locations, and the need for irrigation to
ensure a fall 2009 planting will continue to enhance the community for years
to come. The overall landscaping plan is one that will bloom during
all seasons, and provide maximum visual impact. This $40,000 + project
is scheduled to be planted this fall by students at the UDC master gardener
program.
See the existing, landscaping, irrigation and traffic
control plans here.
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Dupont
Circle - May 2009 Magazine Feature! HDCMS coordinated
a feature story on our neighborhood for the May 2009 issue of Mason-Dixon
Arrive magazine, with a readership of over 100,000 affluent readers in
Maryland and Southern PA counties - a monthly feature written by Gregory J.
Alexander that encourages a "backroads" trip to a local town or city.
The author accompanied HDCMS Exec Director Paul Williams visiting local
merchants and eating in local establishments.
Read the entire article
here (pdf)
2009
Spring Fling: A Thanks for attending! Many heartfelt thanks
for your attendance and support at our April 21, 2009 Spring Fling event,
with silent auction. Over 250 of you enjoyed the food, historic
atmosphere, and silent auction. It was a successful fundraising event
for us, and we thank you!
See Pictures here.
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Dupont vs. Georgetown!
You
voted, and the winner was DUPONT CIRCLE! NBCWashington.com's fun contest for the best site for people
watching had you vote Dupont Circle 63% to Georgetown's 37%! The
winner was announced on April 14, and HDCMS ED Paul Williams. Board Member
Gil Hill and ANC 2B Chair Mike Silverstein were interviewed by NBC 4 in a
plug that will appear on newscasts April 16. See the comment on the
voting results
here.
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Dupont Circle Commercial Vacancies:
February 2009
For Lease or Rent This pdf document includes photographs and information on all known
commercial and retail vacancies in the commercial corridors of Dupont
Circle. Find a place for you business to open or move to in the
thriving Dupont community today! Updated regularly (1 meg).
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April
2009 - West P Street Parking
Valet Program HDCMS has recently transitioned from a city
grant funded valet program for businesses on west P Street, NW (between 2000
and 2200 P Street, NW) to one that the businesses are supporting financially
for themselves, coordinated by Dupont Main Streets. Parking Valet is
only $5 for participating business patrons!
Click here to lean more and for a list of
businesses.
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Historic Dupont Circle Main
Streets
Clean Team
Began in October 2008!
HDCMS secured funding for a Clean Team that began
sweeping, collecting trash, removing graffiti, and cleaning our commercial
corridors in October! If you see our team on the streets, be sure to
thank them for a job well done.
Did you Know?
In the
first three weeks alone, the
team collected enough trash to fill 831 garbage bags weighing nearly
25,000 pounds! 1,656
bags were gathered in November, and 1,360 in December 2008!
This
$125,000, year-long initiative will focus on business areas and adjoining
alleys including Connecticut Avenue (north of the circle to T Street), N and
P Streets, 17th and 18th Streets.
For the cleaning schedule and additional program
information Click Here
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Other Recent HDCMS Activities:
● 17th Street Planning and Construction Update:
Final Design Meeting Sept 24, 2008 The 17th Streetscape Project
will begin construction in Spring of 2009!
● General Info
Dupont Circle
WASA Replacement of 12-Inch Water Main Around the Circle: Aug 2008-Fall
2009.
Sept-Oct 2008
Progress Update

● Hilton Residential Addition Working Group:
September 2, 2008 Meeting Minutes
●
Smart Bike
Program Arrives in Dupont Circle! --------->
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P Street Streetscape Project Completed:
See the Results!
HDCMS
Mission:
Our mission is to make Dupont Circle's commercial corridors economically healthy, improve our quality of life, and reflect our community's pride and history.
Our program is guided by the following goals:
- Incubate new small businesses that serve the neighborhood
- Enhance our sense of community
- Increase public safety
- Beautify our parks and commercial corridors
Our main focus is on three corridors: P Street between Dupont Circle and Rock Creek; Connecticut Avenue between Dupont Circle and Florida Avenue; and, 17th Street between P St and Riggs Street.
Four main committees work together to achieve our goals: Organization, Design, Promotion, and Economic Development. Follow the links on the left for more information.
Interested in helping? Contact Paul Williams at 202-441-1474 or via execdirector@dupontcircle.biz.
Other DC Main Streets programs:
Funding Support from the Government of the District of Columbia,
Department of Small and Local Business Development.
 

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