The DC Office of Planning (OP) was recently awarded a grant from ArtPlace to be administered in four neighborhoods across the city, including  Anacostia. OP plans to create Arts and Culture Temporiums in four emerging creative neighborhoods where vacant and/or underutilized storefronts and empty lots would be transformed into an artist showcase/village for 3-6 months. The target neighborhoods are: Anacostia, Brookland, Deanwood, and Central 14th Street, NW. The goal is to find 2-4 blocks with both vacant/underutilized buildings and empty lots in close proximity that could be completely transformed and promote artist entrepreneurship and community building in the process.

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OP is partnering with  ARCH Development Corporation to implement the Arts and Culture Temporium project in Anacostia.