We caught up with our favorite breakfast burrito spot, @atlixcosgrill, at the @farmersmarketsw! Get your favorite goods from Atlixcos before the end of the season. 🌯
POV: Southwest just got a whole lot more colorful. 👀🎨✨
On Sept. 25, we unveiled ‘Southwest Living Rooms’ with artist Bruce Willen — bringing bold public art + community together. 🙌
Made possible by @TheDCArts grant. ❤️
📍 Southwest DC
📸 Sam Kittner + SWBID
🛋️ Your bus stop just got a serious upgrade, and we want you there to see it in person.
Meet Living Rooms, six new public art installations bringing love seats, floor lamps, and chairs to bus stops across Southwest DC. These vibrant steel sculptures aren’t just eye candy. They’re solving a real problem: many of these stops have never had a bench or shelter, in a neighborhood where 1 in 5 neighbors is a senior and 1 in 5 identifies as disabled.
Come celebrate with us at the ribbon cutting!
📅 Friday, September 25
🕘 9:30 a.m.
📍 Greenleaf Recreation Center
Take a seat, say hi to a neighbor, and see home move to the sidewalk. 🟢
🎃👻 Southwest Swap is back!
Bring puzzles, clothes, or Halloween costumes to our Southwest Swap and trade for something new-to-you! 🧩👕🧙
📅 October 6 | 4–6 PM
📍 Waterfront Metro Station, 399 M St SW
Have Halloween costumes gathering dust? Feel free to drop them off at the SWBID offices before the event!
Come swap, share, and give your gently used goodies a second life. ♻️✨
Theatre Week is coming! We’re partnering with @theatrewash and @arenastage to give away two pairs of tickets (2 each) to their upcoming show, The Fruits of Our Labor by Step Afrika!, as a part of Theatre Week!
Running September 24 through October 11, Theatre Week celebrates the launch of the theatre season with dozens of low-priced shows and free theatre events, all available at theatreweek.org.
Rules for entry:
✨Like this post
✨Send us a DM saying 'Theater Week'
Must be entered by September 18!
Phew—that storm caused a WILD few days around the neighborhood. Nonetheless, the Ambassadors showed up ready to roll and take care of fallen trees and branches so SW remains accessible for all. 💪
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Employer Spotlight! This month, we celebrate @SWBID, an organization helping neighbors and business owners of Southwest DC improve their community.
Thank you, Danny and the entire SWBID team, for five years of partnership and for investing in the growth of our interns!
ALT Teal ombre background with text "BroadFutures Employer Spotlight. Danny Jones, Operations Manager, SWBID. A photo of Danny Jones. Quote: "Partnering with BroadFutures is great. There's nothing better than helping someone grow and learn and know the do's and don'ts of working in a professional environment. This was Southwest Business Improvement District's 5th year with BroadFutures. It is always a great pleasure."
ALT A photo of Danny with his BroadFutures intern and a colleague, smiling in front of a SWBID truck.
Join the Southwest Community Foundation for the second Southwest Makers Market this Saturday, Aug. 29, 9AM - 1PM. The market features local artisans, artists, and service providers offering their talents to our neighborhood.
Is this you? Stop by and sign up to have a table (free for SW residents). Mark your calendar! Aug. 29, Sept. 12 & 26, Oct. 10 & 24, and Nov. 7 & 21.
TEMPORARY CLOSURE
Wharf Shuttle This Weekend Due to major road closures related to the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, Wharf Shuttle service will be suspended Friday, August 21-23. For traffic and transit updates, visit 250.dc.gov. Regular service is expected to resume Monday, August 24 pending road conditions.
🎨Art RX Weaving Reveal this Wednesday!
🗓️August 12 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
🦆SW Duck Pond
Scroll through to see this behind the scenes teaser!
‘Woven Together,’ Kelsey Merreck Wagner’s project, invited the neighborhood to sit down at the loom and learn to weave with recycled materials as part of our Art RX program. Rooted in the belief that artists offer vital perspectives on the social and physical challenges facing our communities, Art RX provides a platform for using art as a tool for real-world solutions.
Southwest is home to not one but two of the best ice cream spots in the district.
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Odyssey this and Odyssey that. Well we odyssey you August 9th for Community Tables at 4pm, SW Duck Pond!
We’ll have free dinner, entertainment, and build connections with neighbors. First come, first served. See you then!
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🚨 2 days left!
Don't miss your chance to compete in the AV Observation (AVO) Zone Challenge. The selected team will pilot its solution in Washington, DC through a $50K contract award.
Applications close July 16. us-ignite.org/avochallenge/ @SWBID @DDOTDC
