Washington, D.C., April 15, 2009… Ground has been broken for The Washington Center (TWC)’s 140,000 square foot, 95-unit housing facility in the rapidly developing NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue) neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Slated for completion in August of 2010, this $38 million project will serve as a centralized mini-campus for college students participating in

Washington, D.C., April 9, 2009… The first hotel in Washington, D.C.’s rapidly developing NoMa (north of Massachusetts Avenue) neighborhood opens to the public on April 15, 2009. The new 218-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel at 1325 Second Street, N.E. is the city’s first majority Hispanic-owned hotel and is the first in the area to feature

Washington, D.C., March 6, 2009… The sustainable revitalization of Washington, D.C.’s NoMa (north of Massachusetts Avenue) neighborhood is the focus of the fourth annual Case Studies in Urban Development program at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP). The program, titled Point/Line/Plane: Transit-Oriented Development in the Nation’s Capital, will be held March 27-28,

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) awarded the NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue) Business Improvement District (BID) a technical assistance grant valued at $50,000 as part of its 2009 Transportation/Land-Use Connections (TLC) Program. The NoMa Gateway Project will complement the District Department of Transportation’s (DDOT)

Washington, D.C., February 18, 2009… The NoMa (north of Massachusetts Avenue) Business Improvement District (BID) is requesting qualifications of an individual artist and/or design team as part of a new initiative, NoMa Artscapes: Transforming Public Spaces, which aims to contribute to the visual character and texture of NoMa by commissioning a distinctive and precedent-setting work

Washington, D.C., February 6, 2009… Two new restaurants are now open in the rapidly developing NoMa (north of Massachusetts Avenue) neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli and Sister’s Pizza & Mussels are located at 2nd and N Street, N.E. in the retail wing of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

Washington, D.C., February 5, 2009… The Washington Center (TWC) will soon begin construction of a 140,000 square foot, 95-unit housing facility in the rapidly developing NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue) neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Slated for completion in August of 2010, this $38 million project will serve as a centralized mini-campus for college students participating

Washington, D.C., December 22, 2008… The NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue) Business Improvement District (BID) has hired two new Safety Ambassadors. Robert Walker joined the BID in October after graduating from Project Empowerment, a District-funded job training program, and interning with the BID for several weeks during the summer. Albert Williams joined the team in

Washington, D.C.; November 17, 2008… NPR, one of the premier worldwide media organizations, will allow the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) to immediately begin using the site of its future headquarters at 1111 North Capitol Street, N.E. in Washington, D.C.’s NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue) neighborhood rent-free for up to one year to help the

Washington, D.C., November 13, 2008… Five Guys, the popular homegrown restaurant that serves quality burgers and fries, opens today in the NoMa (north of Massachusetts Avenue) neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It joins Pound Coffee, which already is open, and two more restaurants — Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli and Sister’s Pizza & Mussels, both scheduled to open