Ribbon Cutting & Open House – Rhode Island Ave NE Main Street
Saturday May 31, 2014 You’re Invited: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony& Open House Please join us to celebrate the new office of Rhode Island Avenue NE Main Street with special guest Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie Ribbon Cutting begins at 12 noon Open House continues until 4 p.m. WHEN May 31, 2014 12 – 4 p.m. WHERE 2300 Rhode Island Ave. NE Suite 202 (above Zeke’s Coffee) Refreshments generously donated by Feast In A Basket & Zeke’s Coffee of DC Friends of Rhode Island Ave NE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, managing Rhode Island Ave NE Main Street CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW Rhode Island Ave NE Main Street is a designated DC Main Streets commercial district, and is funded in part by the Department of Small and Local Business Development. Copyright © 2014 Friends of Rhode Island Ave NE All rights reserved. Forward this to a friend Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook...
Read MoreMint Dental – Open House
Dr. Eric M. Bradshaw DDS and Dr. Aliya Kassam, DDS invite the community to tour their new office and learn about the importance of dental health from 12pm – 2pm on Saturday, May 3, 2014. There will be giveaways, a raffle, as well as the opportunity to meet the Mint Dental staff and schedule appointments. The office is located at 329 Rhode Island Avenue NE, Suite A, in Washington, DC. “We are very excited to share our dental suite with the neighborhood,” Dr. Bradshaw said. “A smile is your calling card and a picture perfect smile is your key to good health and success. We are looking forward to helping lots of people smile more.” Mint Dental provides comprehensive preventative, cosmetic, and restorative dental services for the whole family. The office employs the latest state-of-the-are equipment in a mercury-free environment to ensure patients have access to the most comfortable dental care available. Services available include implant dentistry, Invisalign®, and Zoom® Whitening Technologies. After earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree, Dr. Bradshaw earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree and completed post-graduate training in Advanced General Dentistry at Howard University College of Dentistry. He has provided dental care in several nursing homes and has participated in large, organized events, such as the Southern Maryland Mission of Mercy. Dr. Bradshaw is a member of the American Dental Association. Dr. Kassam received her Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from Howard University College of Dentistry. She continued her post-doctoral training in Oklahoma City at OU Medical Center and The Children’s Hospital, where she received extensive training in a multitude of fields including pediatric dentistry, oral surgery, and dental anesthesiology. Dr. Kassam also completed an extended rotation at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Kassam is a member of the American Dental Association. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please visit the Mint Dental website at www.MintDentalDC.com or call 202-529-MINT...
Read MoreRhode Island Avenue Main Street Logo Survey
FoRIA is launching the RIA Main Street program. Help us pick the new logo! RIA community members: Vote, then share with families and friends. Know any businesses who you think should join the RIA community? Send along to them as well. RIA businesses: Vote, and then share with other businesses along the RIA corridor. And, if you have friends and colleagues who could be potential future RIA business owners – share with them as well. Let’s get the word out about the great things that are coming to RIA! Other DC metro community members or businesses: We’d love your thoughts, too! Great things are continuing to happen along RIA. We’d love to invite you to be part of the action. You can vote for more than one logo or leave feedback on things you like or don’t like. Our goal is to have a version with Rhode Island Avenue spelled out as well as a shorter version for smaller materials. Voting will close at 5pm Wednesday, March 26. Vote here or copy and paste this url in your browser: http://svy.mk/ODgyw5 Interested in learning more about RIA Main Street or want to get involved? Sign up for email updates, like us on Facebook, and follow us on twitter. A new website will be coming in the next month or so, but we’re always looking for volunteers (and donors!) – especially as RIA Main Street starts moving full speed ahead. And don’t forget to join us on March 24 to learn about how to get involved: Organization Info Session with DC’s DSLBD Main Street Program Staff March 24, 2014 5:30 – 7:30 pm Art Enables 2204 Rhode Island Ave. NE Washington, DC 20018 RSVP now!...
Read MoreNew FoodRite Grocery for Edgewood/Eckington!
The RIA Main Street communities of Edgewood and Eckington have a new grocery store! FoodRite Discount Supermarket opened earlier this week at 2205 4th St. NE, the site of the former New Star Supermarket. We stopped in to visit earlier this week, and were thrilled to see a clean store with fresh meats and produce. One of the new owners, Amru Ousman, said they are dedicated to providing an ever-improving shopping experience. They are planning on expanding to include organic produce and a full bakery. The store’s Grand Opening will be this weekend – be sure to stop in and support this great new store!...
Read MoreRIA Main Street Is Here – What’s Next?
The holidays have been a flurry of activity here! Since Councilmember McDuffie and Mayor Gray’s December 18 announcement of the selection of FoRIA to manage the new Rhode Island Avenue Main Street, we’ve been scrambling to get our transition in place. We know you probably have tons of questions – and we want to make sure we get all the answers for you. Back in September, we posted some FAQs about the RIA Main Street. We’ll be spending the next few weeks attending required trainings for Main Street policies, procedures, and expectations. We’ll also be mapping out our programs for the next year, all within the framework of the Main Street Four Point Approach®. Then, we’ll roll it all out to you, in a variety of formats. Now it is YOUR turn. What are your questions about the new RIA Main Street? Leave your questions in the comment section below, or drop us an email. Either way, we’ll get the answers to...
Read MoreFoRIA Wins Rhode Island Avenue Main Street Bid
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DECEMBER 18, 2013—The DC Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) has selected Friends of Rhode Island Avenue NE (FoRIA) to manage the new Rhode Island Avenue Main Street program, effective immediately. Mayor Vincent Gray and Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie made the announcement today at 10 a.m., as part of Mayor Gray’s regular bi-weekly press conference. Rhode Island Avenue Main Street will be the newest of eight independent, non-profit Main Street programs in the District. The boundaries will run from 4th Street NE to 24th Street NE along Rhode Island Avenue NE, which is also a section of the historic Route 1 corridor, and one of DC’s designated Great Streets. “We are thrilled to have this opportunity,” said James Holloway, Chair of the FoRIA Board of Directors. “For a long time, the communities that surround Rhode Island Avenue NE have asked for more restaurant and retail options within walking distance of their homes. FoRIA’s goal has always been to work with the community to build the type of vibrant commercial corridor that will not only serve this amazing and diverse community, but will also be an opportunity zone where locally-owned businesses can thrive.” The DC Main Street program has been in existence since 2002, and provides resources for local organizations to leverage private investment through public and private partnerships while revitalizing existing commercial corridors and historic landmarks. The program serves small businesses, which are a driving force for the local economy. In the last year alone, DC Main Streets programs have created more than 470 new jobs in the District. DC’s program was created through the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and utilizes the National Trust’s Main Street Four-Point Approach® for commercial...
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