Sunday, May 31, 2009

Anacostia River Park Ground Breaking

Mayor Adrian Fenty has broken ground for a waterfront park to be located between Nationals Park and the historic Navy Yard on the Anacostia River.

The Park at the Yards is part of Washington's largest development project. Fenty broke ground for the $42 million park Thursday, along with officials from private developer Forest City Washington and the General Services Administration.

The park will be built on what was formerly federal land known as the Southeast Federal Center.

It's slated to be transformed from an industrial site to a riverfront promenade with lawns, gardens and retail space. Plans include a waterfall and a pedestrian bridge.

The Yards will eventually include about 2,700 condos and apartments and nearly 2 million square feet of office space.



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Friday, May 8, 2009

Anacostia Real Estate Auction Opportunities

Auction News: Buy a Corner in Anacostia

On May 20, 2009 Tranzon Fox auction company will sell this 9,360-square-foot parcel at the corner of 14th Street and Good Hope Road in Historic Anacostia—That’s roughly two blocks east and two blocks north of the land of the Big Chair for those that don’t make it over to the neighborhood too often.

The current owner devised plans for a 3-story office/retail building and conceived plans for a 11-unit condo property.

In addition to the main building on the parcel, there’s also a garage.

For more Anacostia real estate auction opportunites on May 16, 2009:
http://www.auction.com/global-search.php#



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Friday, May 1, 2009

Replenishing Shad in the Anacostia River

A population of fish commonly found in the Chesapeake Bay is slowly declining, but they are on the road to restoration because of some local students.

Around 4,000 students from more than 50 schools in the area have released their classroom-grown American Shad fish into the Anacostia River.

"When they're small, they're microscopic," said student Jeremy Daniel
"It's silver. It's about that big and it basically looks like a fish," said Brian Wilson, Living Classrooms Outreach Educator.

Finding the breed in the wild is becoming harder, because of pollution and over-fishing. So the Living Classrooms Foundation partnered with schools in the area to boost the population.

"We've been testing the water and taking the dead eggs, separating them," said student Mira Willson.

Teacher Molly Simms said, "We prepare the water a week in advance before we actually receive the eggs."

It takes just a few days for them to hatch and when they do, they need to be released.

Shad breed in fresh water so that's why they were released into the Anacostia River. In a few months, they'll mature and eventually end up in the Chesapeake Bay before going out into the Atlantic Ocean.

On Friday, thousands of students said goodbye to their shad fish.

Anacostia River Environmental Fair Scheduled

More information to follow
The environmental fair is scheduled to be held at Anacostia Park, See the link to the NPS park website http://www.nps.gov/anac/. We hope to see you there!

Host:Anacostia Waterfront
Time:9:00AM Friday, May 8th
Venue:Anacostia Park (near skating pavilion)