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What We Do
More than A Park
Throughout our community-led process, it became clear that the Bridge Park had the potential to be more than a park. A key goal of the Bridge Park is to serve as an anchor for equitable and inclusive economic growth. To achieve this goal, the Bridge Park staff worked with community stakeholders to create an Equitable Development Plan in 2015, that was updated 2018 & 2024.
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Community Resources
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Upcoming Events
Home Repair Services!
We are thrilled to announce a wonderful community initiative in partnership with Yachad offering FREE home repairs for DC residents! Be sure to mention The11th Street Bridge Park sent you!
Email Jennifer Sullivan at jennifer@yachad-dc.org, or call 202-296-8563.
Midnight Basketball is Back!
Join us at the Boys & Girls Club at THEARC on Fridays and Saturdays for an exciting season of Midnight Basketball. Gather your friends, form a team, and let’s have some fun!
Bridge. Connect. Engage.
Our Goals
Economic
Serve as an anchor for inclusive economic opportunity.
Social
Reconnect the neighborhoods on both sides of the water.
Environment
Re-engage the community with the water.
Health
Improve public health disparities.
Latest News…
Opinion: What we learned about repurposing urban space on our trip to Detroit
, 11th Street Bridge ParkUse-based lnclusivity. From hours of operation, to permitted activities, to programming, to unique accessibility needs, Detroit offered case studies in how public spaces must understand the community it intends to serve, and align with how that community thinks about, needs,...
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11th Street Bridge Park scores $15M grant to start construction
, 11th Street Bridge ParkThe nonprofit building the park says it finally expects to break ground next year.
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11th Street Bridge Park Construction is Fully Funded The bridge will be built in DC. On Tuesday, the 11th Street Bridge Park project announced they are the winners of a $15 million grant […]
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Bridging the Divide
, 11th Street Bridge Park“We need to move beyond the scarcity mindset. We’re not fighting over the same small slice of pie. We need to make the pie bigger.” - Scott Kratz
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11th Street Bridge Park Bridging Divides: Transforming Washington D.C
, 11th Street Bridge ParkWhere the echoes of history and the pulse of modern life intersect in Washington, D.C., a groundbreaking project is taking shape: the 11th Street Bridge Park. Led by Scott Kratz, […]
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Creative Placemaking: Top 3 Best Practices to Optimize Value
, 11th Street Bridge ParkNew studies on urban planning continue to uphold ULI’s 2017 list of 10 best practices in creative placemaking. They underscore three of those practices as essential to optimizing the value of real […]
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Wells Fargo Gives $500K to D.C.-Area Groups
, 11th Street Bridge Park**FILE** Wells Fargo in downtown Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA) In recognition of National Homeownership Month in June, the Wells Fargo Foundation announced that it has joined forces with five D.C.-area nonprofits as […]
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Revitalize Parks to Strengthen Democracy
, 11th Street Bridge ParkThe Trust for Public Land developed a framework to build community power through the creation and stewardship of green spaces. Our work demonstrates the power of parks to enrich democracy. […]
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How D.C.’s version of the High Line
, 11th Street Bridge ParkThe 11th Street Bridge Park engaged community members from the outset, working to understand what residents needed and find ways to limit displacement. - Fast Company
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Five-City Equitable Development Workforce Pilot
, 11th Street Bridge ParkIn 2021, 11th Street Bridge Park (Bridge Park) in Washington, DC, received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the JPB Foundation to establish a “five-city pilot” to expand its highly regarded workforce-development approach to similar equity-focused parks around the country....
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Blog
Latest stories from 11th Street Bridge Park
Looking Back, Looking Forward
What a year it has been full of ups, downs and occasionally moving sideways…. 2024 has seen the completion of our capital campaign to fund the 11th Street Bridge Park’s […]
Let’s Go Down to the River to Play
I join a group of pedestrians on a tour of the 11th Street Bridge Park site. As we weave our way through rush hour traffic to the Anacostia waterfront, dodging […]
Pathways to a More Equitable Neighborhood
Milwaukee, Wisconsin once boasted some of the most prosperous African American neighborhoods in the country. Black residents held jobs at A.O. Smith, Master Lock and Schlitz Brewing working as assembly […]
