{"id":18,"date":"2021-08-27T18:04:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2021-09-17T12:21:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T16:21:25","slug":"sustainable-growth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/sustainable-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Growth and Penn Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/09q8NNBRF9n-Zf-nJIXBPZh97rCcCDojLIizKAJU5fg6KST3njZ4tzbu41EIWdFlQwPAyV-sCq34Jnhq27V7jGHctrmEIuYC0l8mA2MNofN9F_Ug0zXEgac9YgjQsxYK7pS0inVt=s0\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Penn Branch Shopping Center (Image Credit: DC Office of Planning)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You are now located at the Shops at Penn Branch, at 3202 Pennsylvania Avenue SE.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopsatpennbranch.com\/shops\"><strong>Penn Branch<\/strong><\/a> hosts a wide range of businesses, including restaurants, office space, a fitness center, a salon, and a convenience store.&nbsp; Operated by Jair Lynch Real Estate, the 89,000 square foot shopping center is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/washington\/news\/2021\/05\/11\/penn-branch-retail-center-nearly-fully-leased.html\">fully leased.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/_Qu3357cYw0atjkzNc4VkO7GnUiyDGHI_rz5T9Fmd5kY7mPQ0QbPhUvS0_z8o0pmx_PpA6Ys8P5x4-2taZTvjrrM9B_vDBZMr_Ge39VzltPM5PBsp_aGY8pwFGd8nC2Vd9CdRUVr=s0\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fairfax Village Shopping Center (Image Credit: DC Office on Planning)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other shopping centers in the area include <strong>Fairfax Village Shopping Center <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/hPNuCrnyCFJZDC7bA\"><strong>(map)<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>which encompasses a myriad of businesses from the U.S. Postal Service to restaurants, salons and markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/hwbv4WpK48FcJDeJ-HGeuif_dygdyYyxIA_s6SZkxE_VK2bfLbwtefEmtU8i0XTO4dhLJRc7ZAgwSxLbt5Dq_PwwU9KkniCR2idUoDMoF0xInKTZO44Fbfy_38Ofh0OkVxHWSbwc=s0\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ward 7 small businesses (Image Credit:\u00a0 Ward 7 Business Partnership)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many community groups and civic organizations advocating for continued investment. Some of these groups include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The Pennsylvania Avenue East Main Street initiative <\/strong>works to support businesses along the Pennsylvania Ave, SE corridor from the John P. Sousa Bridge to Southern Ave, SE. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Managed by Marshall Heights Community Development Organization, it\u2019s a designated D.C. Main Street program.\u00a0Follow them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PAEMSDC\/\">Facebook.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pennaveeast.com\/about-us.html\"><strong>Pennsylvania Avenue East Community Coalition (PAECC)<\/strong><\/a> was formed in February of 2020 and is comprised of community civic association presidents and\/or community activists who live in the nearby neighborhoods of Dupont Park, Fairlawn, Fairfax Village, Fort Davis, Hillcrest, Penn Branch, and Randle Highlands, who are working together to bring long-overdue development to the area. The coalition is on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennAveEast\">Twitter.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ward 7 Business Partnership<\/strong> provides professional services to small- and medium-sized businesses as well as to larger companies in Ward 7. The Partnership specializes in business development and helped many businesses become a success. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/wardseven.com\/\">https:\/\/wardseven.com<\/a> and find them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ward7biz.\">Facebook.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pennbranchdc.org\"><strong>Penn Branch Community Association<\/strong><\/a> is led by neighborhood residents to promote the welfare of the community and to motivate constructive participation in the civic affairs of the District of Columbia. Connect with the association on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pennbranchdc\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pennbranchdc\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have an idea? <\/strong>If you have a suggestion for sustainable growth and economic development resources and groups that we should list here, please use our<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfsG2ysWRJZcvmmFZD6NY7l2NxzVh3cJ-kFodlW_TeSbU8iPg\/viewform?usp=sf_link\"> suggestion form<\/a> to add your ideas, and optionally to be contacted when we meet to revise this page content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADDITIONAL READING:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>East of the River: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eastoftheriverdcnews.com\/2021\/04\/27\/pennsylvania-avenue-main-street-needs-you\/\">Pennsylvania Avenue Main Street Needs You<\/a> by Elizabeth O\u2019Gorek on April 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penn Branch Shopping Center (Image Credit: DC Office of Planning) You are now located at the Shops at Penn Branch, at 3202 Pennsylvania Avenue SE. Penn Branch hosts a wide range of businesses, including restaurants, office space, a fitness center, a salon, and a convenience store.&nbsp; Operated by Jair Lynch Real Estate, the 89,000 square foot shopping center is fully<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/sustainable-growth\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pennaveeast.storytelling.city\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}