Guest Post by David Kosub, SDA-Riggs Road Main Street Board of Directors

Thanks to all who attended the community kick-off meeting for the South Dakota Avenue & Riggs Road Main Street program. Through this initiative, we aim to organize improvement efforts for the commercial corridors located on South Dakota Avenue and Riggs Road in Lamond-Riggs as well as 3rd Street NW in Manor Park.

For those unable to attend, we presented the scope and goals of the program focused around improving these corridors through streetscape branding and beautification, retaining our small businesses and non-profits in the area, and helping to recruit new ones. Folks also met the community volunteer Board of Directors, newly hired executive director Edwin Washington, and the fiscal sponsor Center for Nonprofit Advancement. Representatives from the offices of Ward 4 Councilmember Brandon Todd and Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie gave congratulatory remarks.

The kick-off presentation is available here for you to learn more.

Our new Main Street wants your help. Community members are invited to volunteer their time, expertise, and interest in areas such as small business support, marketing, design and branding, legal, communications, event planning, and more. For this program to be a success, it needs your passion and engagement.

If you would like to volunteer for a specific committee or just want to remain informed as we move along, please fill out the following form here and email it back to SouthDakotaRiggsMainStreet@gmail.com. Everybody is welcome to help, so please join us!