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North Columbia Heights Green Approved!
After months of preparation with the assistance of our engineers, the Site Plan and Stormwater Management Plans for NCHG that were submitted to the District Department of the Environment (DDOE) for review have been approved! We are truly excited about this news as this truly pushes us forward toward the implementation of the plan for the Green. We are now in the process of submitting the original copies of the approved plans to acquire the permit that will allow us to begin the implementation of the improvements from our original concept.
Marvin Gaye Park Playground Opening
National Recreation and Parks Association, Washington Parks & People and our partners celebrated the first public playground in this neighborhood in 30 years, August 20, 2009. Marvin Gaye Park will be the focus of a university study documenting the long-term health benefits the playground and surrounding park will bring to the youth and children of this community.
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WPP Forms DC Green Corps
With support from the Prince, Marpat, Meyer, Community, and Cafritz Foundations and DC’s Department of the Environment and Urban Forest Administration and many other partners, Parks & People is ramping up its city-wide green job training program, showcasing the value of parks for meeting critical economic needs. In addition, we have received a grant from the HSC Foundation to complete a business plan to leverage our facilities for earned revenue, job training (including youth with disabilities), and mission impact. Finally, our application for two-year stimulus funding for this program from the US Forest Service has been ranked #3 in the entire northeast region of the country.
WUSA Channel 9 recently covered the DC Green Corps. Read the story and watch the video featuring Executive Director Steve Coleman and Community Greening Coordinator Brian Rogers.
Event Space Available
The Josephine Butler Parks Center offers a variety of packages and event spaces for all kinds of events. Our flexible space allows you to create unique events - from nonprofit and community events to weddings to birthday parties to conferences. Contact us today about holding your next event in this beautiful Renaissance-revival mansion.
About Parks & People
Washington Parks & People began 19 years ago with Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, receiving the National Park Service's highest organizational award for leading the transformation of the single most violent park in the capital region into one of its safest. We lead greening initiatives across the city -- massive land reclamation, native reforestation, watershed restoration, public health and fitness programming, urban agriculture, and green job training -- to help revitalize once forgotten communities. Parks & People leads the Down By the Riverside Campaign at Marvin Gaye Park in the Watts Branch stream valley. Join the Parks & People Network or find out more about volunteering to help the parks today.
Thank you to our Parks Center Partners.
We invite you to explore the programs and events at the Josephine Butler Parks Center, a multi-organization "greenhouse" for advancing green spaces and rebuilding communities.
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Green Summer in the Parks
Advancing on last year’s pilot partnership with WPP, the Department of the Environment has asked Parks & People to lead most of the Green Summer green jobs program in the parks this summer. WPP is leading 200 young job trainees in intensive park reclamation throughout the summer. A major part of the effort will be focused on Marvin Gaye and Oxon Run Parks. The goal is to use parks as an introductory apprentice gateway to dozens of professional green career tracks.
Celebrate 2010: 20th Anniversary of Parks & People
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