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DID YOU KNOW?
The historical significance of jazz in places like Shaw led to the passage of Bill H.R. 57 in 1997, recognizing jazz as a national treasure.

Shaw Main Streets’ service area is served by the Mount Vernon Square/7th Street-Convention Center Station on Metro’s Yellow and Green Lines, and the Shaw-Howard University Station on the Green Line, as well as numerous MetroBus routes and the DC Circulator. For more information, visit www.wmata.com.

Free Food, Beverages, and Prizes at Shaw Main Streets’ Lower 9th Street Open House, Thursday, June 19, 2008, 5:00-7:00 PM

Pick up your Shaw Main Streets Open House passport at either Queen of Sheba Restaurant, 1503 9th Street, NW, or TG Cigars, 1118 9th Street, NW, and join the fun as businesses on the 1100-1500 blocks of 9th Street and 900 block of N Street, NW, open their doors for this event.

Be sure to get your passport stamped by at least six of the participating businesses in order to be eligible for a drawing for a prize from each business, to be drawn at the end of the event. Participating businesses will include (final listing on the event passport):

Abou Master Goldsmith, 1249 9th Street, NW

Azi’s Cafe, 1336 9th Street, NW

Be Bar, 1318 9th Street, NW

Breakwell’s Coffee + Tea, 900 M Street, NW

Chan’s Mongolian Grill and Tokyo Sushi, 1207 9th Street, NW

Chatman’s D’vine Bakery & Cafe, 1239 9th Street, NW

Corduroy Restaurant, 1122 9th Street, NW

Long View Gallery, 1302 9th Street, NW

Lumsden Insurance Agency, 1525 9th Street, NW

Maruka School for Yoga & Retail Boutique, 1300 9th Street, NW

Modern Liquors, 1200 9th Street, NW

Old Dominion Brewhouse, 1219 9th Street, NW

Queen of Sheba Restaurant, 1503 9th Street, NW

Squares Fashions, 1208 9th Street, NW

TG Cigars, 1118 9th Street, NW

The Space, 903 N Street, NW

Vegetate Restaurant & Lounge, 1414 9th Street, NW

Wagtime Pet Spa and Boutique, 1232 9th Street, NW

Several of these businesses have opened in the past few months, so take this opportunity to visit them and win some exciting prizes. No purchase necessary to win. Contest rules will appear on the back of the passport.

Shaw Main Streets Open House events highlight businesses on Shaw’s 7th and 9th Street commercial corridors. For more information, contact Shaw Main Streets at 202-265-SHAW or email info@shawmainstreets.com.

"AND THE WINNER IS..."

Nellie's Sports Bar, located at 900 U Street, NW, won the award for Best New Shaw Business of 2007. The announcement was made at the fifth Shaw Main Streets Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The sports bar, which features Latin and American food and hosts a variety of weekly events, opened as a 'straight-friendly' venue and has subsequently become a much loved neighborhood institution. Housed in the historic building that was once the domain of the Scurlock family of African American society photographers, the bi-level bar and its popular roof deck attracts patrons from the neighborhood and beyond looking for a convivial environment for watching sports on the many flat screen TVs there. Owners Douglas Warren Schantz and Rocio Anzola have a winner on their hands, in more ways than one. For more information on Nellie's, visit www.nelliessportsbar.com.

The first runner up was Convention Floral, a florist shop in the basement of 1920 9th Street, NW. Owner Nubia Fasil invites the community to stop by to order flowers for delivery locally or nationwide, or order online at www.conventionfloral.com.

The second runner up was Old Dominion Brewhouse, another sports bar, at 1219 9th Street, NW. Featuring a wide range of beers, including many of the Virginia brewery's products that are only available on tap, ODB hosts weekly poker tournaments and with its 20 flat screen TVs, is a great place to watch a game. ODB's Hanny Chan also owns the adjacent Chan's Mongolian Grill and Tokyo Sushi. Visit www.olddominionbrewhouse.com for more details.

Congratulations also to Shaw Champion Award winners Councilmember Jack Evans (Ward 2) and Councilmember Kwame Brown (At Large).

Welcome to Shaw Main Streets
Members of the Shaw community in Washington, DC created Shaw Main Streets to help stimulate the commercial revitalization of 7th and 9th Streets, NW between Mount Vernon Square and Florida Avenue, NW. Shaw Main Streets wants to:

Support and strengthen neighborhood businesses
Keep dollars in our neighborhood
Recruit new businesses that create jobs
Attract retail to provide the goods and services our neighborhood wants
Promote and preserve our historic neighborhood and its historic architecture
Our economic revitalization efforts are community driven. We’re organizing everyone with a stake in our community to work together to help ensure that the type of businesses that move into Shaw reflect the wishes of the community and benefit its members.
Become a part of this volunteer-driven revitalization effort. Volunteers work on a variety of tasks in committees, based on their interests and expertise. The committees include organization, design, promotion, and economic revitalization. You can learn more about the committees by clicking on the “Committees” link at the top of this page.
If you’re interested in participating in Shaw Main Streets' work but can’t commit to serving on committees, you can still have a voice in revitalizing Shaw by attending public meetings, responding to surveys, working on individual projects and volunteering in other ways. Ask to be added to the Shaw Main Streets mailing list to keep up to date on organization's activities and progress. You can also make financial contributions to support these efforts, as only a small part of the organization’s funding comes from the District government.
The key to the Shaw community’s future is our ability to learn to work together, to recognize that the Shaw commercial district needs the rest of the city in order to succeed, and to recognize that we are linked as a community and that all of us deserve to have the opportunity to reach our full potential. Working together, everybody wins.
Thank you for your interest in Shaw Main Streets – check our website frequently for the latest news on our progress!

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