November 1-3
In collaboration with four community-based organizations in the D.C. metro area, SBAN is offering mobile workshops in small business corridors and communities where anti-displacement strategies are being employed.
Mobile workshops will take place Friday, Nov. 3, from 8:30 a.m.to 2:30 p.m. Buses will pick up participants from The Hotel and return them after the workshop, or participants may depart directly from the site. Each workshop costs $20, ends with lunch at a local restaurant, and is limited to 20 people. Sign up when you register! Workshops are first-come, first-served.
Purple Line construction in Silver Spring, Maryland
Purple Line: New Light Rail Through Diverse Maryland Communities
Host: SBAN member and case study awardee the Purple Line Corridor Coalition
Tour the Purple Line light rail line, currently under construction, that will run through diverse suburban Maryland. Talk with BIPOC and immigrant small business owners and community leaders about how construction is impacting them and efforts to ensure small businesses benefit from new development.
Columbia Heights Main Street, Washington, D.C.
D.C. Main Streets: Black & Brown Commercial Corridors in D.C.
Host: SBAN member and case study awardee District Bridges
Tour some of Washington, D.C’s most successful Main Streets in historically Black and Brown neighborhoods and talk with small business owners and community leaders about protecting legacy businesses in rapidly changing places.
Eden Center, Falls Church, Virginia (Photo: Valerie Plesch)
Eden Center: Vietnamese Commercial Center in Virginia
Host: Advocacy organization Viet Place Collective
Visit the Eden Center, a major Vietnamese commercial center in Falls Church, Virginia, where business owners and community members are pushing the city to adopt small business anti-displacement protections in a new area plan.
Rendering of the 11th Street Bridge Park, Washington, D.C.
11th Street Bridge Park: Elevated Park Connecting D.C. Communities
Host: Nonprofit Building Bridges Across the River
Visit the 11th Street Bridge Park site in Washington, D.C., where an elevated park plan will span the Anacostia River, and hear from Black-owned businesses in Anacostia about the project’s nationally recognized efforts to foster development without displacement.