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Building Resilient Communities Together
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.
Community Resources
Learn more about the 11th street bridge park’s community resources!
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!
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…
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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11th Street Bridge Parks’ Scott Kratz on Community Engagement with Public Projects
, 11th Street Bridge ParkOne of these projects, within the network of the highly successful High Line project in New York, is the 11th Street Bridge Park in DC. Scott Kratz, Director of Building Bridges Across the River, spoke about the project on a...
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Learning from 11th Street Bridge Park’s Affordable Housing Strategies
, 11th Street Bridge ParkThe Bridge Park has helped found job programs that have already placed over 150 residents in construction jobs, who will be the first to actually build the park. It has also supported people’s training on culinary skills and technical assistance...
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Blog
Latest stories from 11th Street Bridge Park
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 […]
Oramenta Newsome Fellowship
The Oramenta Newsome Fellowship allowed me to understand and contribute to the various layers and methods of community development. I first learned about the significance of collaboration in this field, […]
Toronto
Toronto City Hall At the 11th Street Bridge Park, we believe that the answers are already in the community – we just need to listen. So when I was recently […]
