The focus should be on partnering with developers and DC government to fashion the change in the best way possible to get the greatest benefits of new development. “
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The question should be how to make that change work for everyone in the community. Moore and others should face reality, you can’t but the genie back in the bottle change is coming. Almost everything I need I must drive across the 11 th St. She is fighting to preserve what? The liquor stores, corner stores, people hanging out on the corners of Good Hope Road and MLK. Moore is not the only voice for Anacostia there are many of us, new and old residents of Anacostia, who welcome development that will create jobs and opportunity. Anacostia may have a great deal of potential but right now it’s a poor run down section of the city with few services, and it needs help. Moore, I must say I find her views unfounded and uninformed. While I’m sympathetic to the concerns of some longtime residents of Anacostia, like Ms. So I’m now part of the gentrification of Anacostia. SE, just a few blocks from the Fredrick Douglas House. “I am a new African American resident of Anacostia. John Young, 50, wrote in with this message: He is a husband and father of four.įun Fact: Andy refuses to sign the civil rights mural titled ‘Peace and Struggle’ at Busboys and Poets 14th & V, saying this would be a ‘final gesture’ that would preclude him from making revisions later.Anacostia resident John Young. in biology from Catholic University of American and attended Howard Medical School and Robert Smith’s University of Maryland School of Business. He continues to strive to make his hometown of Washington, DC a more livable community. Shallal recently was chairman of DC’s Workforce Investment Council and ran for Mayor of Washington, DC in 2014. He is on the board of trustees for the Institute for Policy Studies, Race Forward, the Anacostia CoordinatingCouncil and a founding member of Think Local First DC, a local business association serving in advisory and leadership roles to advance progressive business and labor practices. Shallal is a 2018 Frederick Douglass 200 award winner for those who best embody Douglass’sspirit, TedX speaker and founder of severalpeace and justice organizations. Under Shallal’s leadership, Busboys has received numerous awards including the Mayor’s Arts Award, Employer of the Year from the Employment Justice Center and the Mayor’s Environmental Award. As a leader in the sustainable food movement, Busboys has been recognized locally and nationally for its innovative, conscious cuisine. With six, soon to be seven locations in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, Busboys and Poets has become a home for progressives, artists, creatives and intellectuals, including such notables as Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Alice Walker, Angela Davis and the late Howard Zinn.īusboys and Poets is a focuses on sustainable business initiatives and employment practices.As a business on the forefront of environmental stewardship, Busboys locations are 100% wind-powered with local sourcing, including many plant-based and gluten-free friendly options. Andy Shallal is an artist, social entrepreneur and founder/CEO of Busboys and Poets, a restaurant group in the Washington Metropolitan area where art, culture and politics intentionally collide over mindfully sourced food, drinks, books and event programming.
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