Neighborhoods in the District of Columbia want vibrant and distinct neighborhood centers filled with proud merchants, well-maintained shops in attractive buildings, excited patrons, and supportive residents. These neighborhoods and others are linked by a series of major corridors that have significant potential to be "great streets" - places where people want to be.
The Great Streets Initiative is a multi-year, multiple-agency effort to transform nine under-invested corridors into thriving and inviting neighborhood centers using public actions and tools as needed to leverage private investment. The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) is partnering with the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the Office of Planning (OP) to manage the program. More than $200 million is being invested in new mixed use development projects, storefront improvements, transportation, streetscape, and transit improvements along these corridors. In late January 2008, the District made available $95 million in targeted Tax Increment Financing for neighborhood economic development projects which include over 10,000 square feet of quality local and national retail.
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Great Street Initiatives and Related Information
The 7th Street and Georgia Avenue Great Streets Initiative is a multiple agency effort in the District of Columbia to transform 7th Street and Georgia Avenue corridor into thriving and inviting neighborhood center.
Benning Road, NE and SE Great Streets Initiative is a multiple agency effort in the District of Columbia to transform this corridor into thriving and inviting neighborhood center.
The H Street, NE Great Streets Initiative is a multiple agency effort in the District of Columbia to transform 7th Street and Georgia Avenue corridor into thriving and inviting neighborhood center.
H Street, NE, Retail Priority Area Project Grant is to support small business development, increase the tax base and create new jobs for District Residents along the H Street corridor.
Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE and South Capitol Street Great Streets Initiative is a multiple agency effort in the District of Columbia to transform this corridor into thriving and inviting neighborhood center.
Minnesota Avenue, NE and SE Great Streets Initiative is a multiple agency effort in the District of Columbia to transform this corridor into thriving and inviting neighborhood center.
Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE Great Streets Initiative is a multiple agency effort in the District of Columbia to transform this corridor into thriving and inviting neighborhood center.
North Capitol Great Streets Initiative is a multiple agency effort in the District of Columbia to transform this corridor into thriving and inviting neighborhood center.
Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Great Streets Initiative is a multiple agency effort in the District of Columbia to transform this corridor into thriving and inviting neighborhood center.
The Rhode Island Avenue Strategic Development Plan will provide recommendations to capture along the Rhode Island Avenue Corridor a portion of the $1 billion in retail sales revenues (and jobs) lost each year to other jurisdictions.
The Rhode Island Avenue, NE Great Streets Initiative is a multiple agency effort in the District of Columbia to transform the Rhode Island Avenue, NE corridor into thriving and inviting neighborhood center.
Great Streets Small Business Capital Improvements Grants
