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NoMa History Project Partners Seek Historian

Washington, D.C., June 11, 2013 – The NoMa Business Improvement District has issued a Request for Proposals seeking a historian for the NoMa History Project. In April, neighborhood stakeholders announced the NoMa History Project, a collaborative effort to research, catalogue and tell the stories of this quickly growing neighborhood.

Representatives from Gallaudet University, the Government Printing Office, the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, Two Rivers Public Charter School, and the NoMa Business Improvement District are involved in the project. The group plans to hire a historian to dig through the wealth of information about the NoMa neighborhood in existing archives, then conduct interviews to create an oral archive of long-time and new residents and stakeholders. The information will be curated to live on a website initially, but the group plans to determine other ways to tell the story, such as walking tours, murals and more.

For the RFP for Consulting Services for the NoMa History Project, click here.

For more information about the launch of the NoMa History Project, click here.

Interested community members and residents are invited to contact Ali Newman, NoMa BID Marketing & Events Associate, to donate archival information, participate in an interview, or receive updates and information about the project, at [email protected] or 202-617-0409. Join the NoMa History Project today to lend your voice and tell your story!

Special thanks to the following people for helping kick-start this project: George Barnum, Jill Clark, Lynn Heidelbaugh, Elaine Hou, Paul Pascal, Rev. Stephen W. Planning, Nancy Pope, Beverley Swaim-Staley, Charles Schilke, Sam Swiller, Graham Tyrrell, and Fred Weiner.

About NoMa Today

NoMa is a vibrant, growing neighborhood north of Union Station and the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. In the last seven years, private developers have invested more than $5 billion in the 35-block areas in the NoMa BID boundary, and have plans to develop more than 20 million square feet of office, residential, hotel, and retail space. NoMa is now home to 45,000 daytime workers, with 4.5 million SF leased in the last 4.5 years. More than 3,500 apartments have been recently completed or are under construction. NoMa has 13 modes of transportation, including two Red Line Metro stops, and the best biking facilities in D.C., with the only East Coast Bikestation, the 8-mile Metropolitan Branch Trail, and access to nine Capital Bikeshare stations. NoMa is the most connected neighborhood in Washington, D.C. The NoMa BID organizes more than 50 free community events each year to connect friends and neighbors. For more information about NoMa, visit nomabid.wpengine.com and sign up for our bimonthly newsletter. Follow us on Twitter @NoMaBID and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/nomabid.

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