May 25, 2022
Updates from Adams Morgan
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to see previous updates in our newsletter archive
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for the latest funding and grant opportunities for businesses.
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Adams Morgan Movie Nights features Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Tuesday
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One of DC's favorite annual events is back this spring with
a
great lineup of films.
The theme of this year's series is "The Road Less Traveled," featuring characters who are on a quest or journey.
The 2022 edition of Adams Morgan Movie nights is sponsored by
Gifted Curators
,
The Silva
,
Wegman's
,
Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment (OCTFME)
, and
Insomnia Cookies
who will once again be donating hundreds of cookies for each screening on a first-come, first-served basis.
New this year
: Gifted Curators will be providing free freshly-popped popcorn to attendees.
Upcoming Movie Nights:
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May 31:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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🌈June 7:
Queen of the Capital
*
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June 14:
Keanu
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June 21:
Encanto
*To celebrate Capital Pride we'll be showing
Queen of the Capital
, a locally-produced documentary following Muffy Blake Stephyns, government bureaucrat by day and drag queen by night. We'll be joined by the star and filmmakers for a special presentation before the show. More details on that soon.
Watch this space or the
Movie Nights
page on Facebook for other announcements and promotions. Adams Morgan Movie Nights runs on Tuesday evenings through June 21 with a rain date of June 28. Movies are shown on the soccer field at Marie Reed School and start about 30 minutes after sunset. The field is located behind the tennis courts at the corner of 18th Street and California Street, NW.
Movie Nights: Brown Bag Movie Meals
It's not too late to participate in our "Brown Bag to Movie Nights" program again this year.
Participating businesses will be promoted along with our movies every week. All your business needs to do is put together a carryout meal of some sort, preferably with utensils (if needed), that will be available on our movie nights (Tuesdays through June 21) and let us know about it. Contact
Brian Barrie
(202-536-9515) for more info.
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Drag Queen Storytime continues Sunday!
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We're partnering again this year with the
DC Public Library
and
The Line Hotel DC
to bring back
Drag Queen Storytime
! Join us monthly including this Sunday, May 29 for a free children’s story time in Unity Park! We'll be set up in Unity Park on the last Sunday of every month from April through October at 11am. Rain location will be inside
The Line Hotel DC
(next to the park).
The goal of Drag Queen Storytime is to inspire a love of reading, while teaching deeper lessons on diversity, self-love and an appreciation of others. Visit
ADMODC.ORG/STORYTIME
for details.
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Farmers Market returns June 4
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The Adams Morgan Farmers Market opens for the season,
Saturday, June 4, from 8:30am – 1:00pm
, rain or shine, again at UNITY PARK, Columbia Rd and Euclid St. NW.
Opening Day treat
Greeting us on opening day, is the SUSTAIN public art installation by Bangladeshi-American artist Monica Jahan Bose
(more information below)
.
Remembering Roy Hill
We mourn the loss of Roy Hill, our beloved viola player, and will miss him terribly. Please hold him in your hearts and may his memory be a blessing.
SEE YOU AT THE MARKET, SATURDAY, JUNE 4. 8:30AM - 1:00PM, RAIN OR SHINE!
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SUSTAIN: A Public Art Experience at Unity Park
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June 1, 2022 @ 6:00 AM – June 10, 2022 @ 9:00 AM
A colorful installation of 24 saris and immersive soundwalk in Washington DC marks 10 years of the collaborative climate justice project Storytelling with Saris. Led by Bangladeshi American artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose, SUSTAIN connects communities across the globe on issues of food insecurity, climate change and gender equality.
Monica Jahan Bose presents SUSTAIN, a public art project that brings together communities in Washington DC and her ancestral village of Katakhali in Bangladesh to create saris and a soundwalk about food insecurity and the climate crisis. Curated by Sarah Tanguy, SUSTAIN is a collective response to sustainability featuring community-sourced poetry and art on saris with a special focus on urban and rural eco-agriculture. Co-created with women farmers from Boses endangered coastal village and DC participants, the 18-foot-long fuchsia and aqua saris wrap around the six grand columns of The LINE DCs façade and form a welcoming passageway at Unity Park in the Adams Morgan neighborhood. Other highlights include a soundwalk, poetry slam, and film screenings about sustainable practices and the impacts of climate on agriculture and food security.
Click here
for more information.
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Important reminders for DC Operators:
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The deadline to renew your DC ABC License is 4 pm Tuesday, May 31st.
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The DC minimum wage, which is tied to the Consumer Price Index, on July 1 increases to $16.10 and for tipped workers to $5.35.
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Also on July 1, Paid Family Leave expands to 12 weeks and reduces the tax rate for employers from 0.62% to 0.26%.
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And we’ve received many questions from you about when DC’s Third Party Delivery cap expires, which is October 13, 2022. Read more here.
Also in DC, the Council approved the boundaries for Advisory Neighborhood Commissions and their component Single Members Districts. (
Map
)
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MINT's 4th Annual Power Playground
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Join
MINT Gym and Studio
at Marie Reed Field Upper Plaza on
Sunday, June 5th
for our largest, most engaging Power Playground class ever! Registration will open at 11:30am with class promptly starting at 12pm. Leading the class is our all-star instructor - Braegan Padley - trust us, you'll want to make sure that you've packed your water bottle.
Our trademark Power Playground class focuses on a balance of strength and cardio leaving you exhausted and empowered! You must sign-up via the
Eventbrite link
in order to participate. This is a FREE class so bring your friends, family, co-workers, whoever!
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Small Business: The Heart of DC Scavenger Hunt
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in CNHED, the District's many Main Street organizations and Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in a two-week-long scavenger hunt extravaganza! We're hosting for DC Small Business Month the second annual Districtwide Small Business: The Heart of DC Scavenger Hunt.
Local residents will have an opportunity to sign-up to participate in a scavenger hunt and explore our commercial corridors. The winner of the hunt will win an $150 gift card to a local business. Two runners up will also receive: $50 gift card to a local business.
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How to Play
The goal of the scavenger hunt is to support businesses throughout the District and is meant for entertainment purposes only.
The hunt begins at 9:00 AM on Monday, May 16, 2022, and runs through 11:59 AM on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
May the odds be ever in your favor!
Download the Goose Chase iPhone or Android app onto your phone:
Choose to play as a guest or create an account. Search for the game name “
Small Business: Heart of DC Scavenger Hunt
” or put in the game code “
LK1KL9
”
Find Goose Chase Instructions
HERE
If you have any questions please email Evette Banfield at
ebanfield@cnhed.org
. For more information, visit www.cnhed.org/sbm
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Georgetown University's newly launched Supplier Diversity Program
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May 26 from 10 am - 11 am
Join CNHED as they host Georgetown University to overview their newly launched
Georgetown University Supplier Diversity Program
aiming to advance diversity, equity and inclusion efforts through more business activities with diverse companies. The university is a founding member and active partner in CNHED's DCAP initiative.
Small business attendees will hear directly from Georgetown University, including how to get involved with their Supplier Diversity Program.
Click here
to register.
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Training: RFP Pricing Strategies
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June 1 from 11 am - 12 pm
Join CNHED and
Johnson Cooper Consulting Inc
. for an informational workshop on understanding your cost and competitive pricing when responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs). This training draws from the
DCAP RFP Response Strategy Toolkit
.
Small business attendees will learn from institutional procurement and supplier diversity experts as they share best practices to competitively bid on requests for proposals (RFPs), with a particular focus on pricing strategies.
Click here
to register.
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Robust Retail Citywide Grant
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The Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) is excited to announce that we will be accepting applications for the 2022 Robust Retail Citywide Grants. A robust retail sector is critical to maintaining the vibrancy of DC neighborhoods, but due to market realities of the past years, retail businesses are under threat of business decline and closure. The 2022 Robust Retail Citywide grant(s) support existing DC-based retail businesses in maintaining operations and viability during the current small business crisis.
DSLBD intends to award up to $7,500 per business
to approximately 78 businesses from the $588,000 in available funding for the Fiscal Year 2022. This grant will be operated as a reimbursement grant, awarded via lottery, to DC retail businesses that have met all eligibility requirements by the final deadline. Businesses that received a Robust Retail Citywide award in FY2021 are not eligible to apply.
Applications are open through June 8.
Click here
for more information.
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Applications for the 202Creates Residency Summer Cohort 2022 are Open!
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The 202Creates Residency Program provides DC creative and artistic entrepreneurs with the resources and support to start and scale their businesses.
District residents can
submit their application
through Friday, June 3, 2022 at 11:59PM ET.
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DC Arts Center Logo Design Contest
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From DCAC:
Did you know that DC Arts Center has only ever had two logos and that since 1994 our logo has remained unchanged? Our first logo featured the graphical depiction of an eye. Our current logo is a shield vibrantly displaying our trademark yellow and black behind our organization’s initials. Today, almost everyone who speaks of our organization does so in reference to those initials – DCAC.
With new and exciting things on the horizon, we’re looking for a new logo that honors our past and embraces our future.
That’s why we need you! As a community arts center dedicated to presenting first-quality art of all kinds, we want to give the fantastic talent in our community the chance to contribute to the public face of DC Arts Center. We’re seeking design submissions from local artists in the greater Washington, D.C., area to help us create a new logo and what will become the core of our future branding.
We’re a small institution, and we have limited resources. At the same time, we’re eager to work directly with our community on a meaningful project. It’s also part of our core organizational values to honor artists’ work in our community. So, if a design is selected, we’re proud to offer the artist chosen a $500 honorarium for their work and full credit for the design on our website. Our intention is to show our appreciation as best we can financially while also offering artists an opportunity to expand their portfolio and contribute to the history of a storied cultural institution.
Click here
for more information and to submit your entry.
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Safety for Runners, Walkers and Bicyclists
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Runners, walkers, bicyclists. Lots of people are out there these days working to stay fit and get in shape. It's healthy, good for you and an inexpensive way to maintain a regular exercise regimen. While you're working out, you want to stay safe.
Click here
for a few tips on doing just that!
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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Sponsor one of our community events! Partner with our community while reaching some of the city's most desirable demographics. For details, contact
Kristen Barden
at
202-997-0783.
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Adams Morgan Partnership
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