Trek Bikes celebrated the Grand Opening of its Skyland Town Center location on Sept. 16. Store manager Keith Jackson organized a celebration complete with food, prizes, music and a group bike ride to the Anacostia Museum. The Skyland location is Trek’s first All In Development store, part of a commitment the company made in 2020 …
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Nearly 1,500 people attended the Good Times Community Festival, a back-to-school fair held at THEARC on Aug. 27. The annual event, sponsored by Building Bridges Across the River, WC Smith and many individual supporters, features food, games/activities and backpacks and school supplies for children. This year, 700 backpacks were donated, including ones from WC Smith …
Avec on H, a WC Smith property, has been worked to assist organizations and schools in its Capitol Hill neighborhood. This school year, Avec will provide 25 parking spaces in its garage for teachers and staff at School Within School, a DC public school located at 920 F St. NE. In DC, public school teachers and …
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July was a busy month for the WC Smith Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) participants, with three out-of-the-office activities for the students. The field trips kicked off with a visit to Howard University. The students had a campus tour, and learned about the academic, extracurricular and social activities that Howard has to offer. Visiting local …
Happy 55th Birthday, WC Smith! On July 1, 1968, Bill Smith founded what was originally known as William C. Smith & Co., after working for the Frank S. Phillips real estate company. The new firm set out to specialize in property management, sales and leasing of commercial and investment property. The company got its start …
WC Smith and WCS Construction celebrated the July 7 topping out of Terrace Manor, a new, all-affordable 130-unit multifamily property under development in Washington, DC’s Ward 8. The new project replaces the former Terrace Manor, a troubled property that had fallen into disrepair and neglect. The existing buildings were demolished in June 2022 to make …
WC Smith welcomed its 2023 Summer Youth Employment Program participants, kicking off our 31st year of hiring DC-area teens for summer jobs within the company. Two panel discussions highlighted the June 27th launch, the first an executive discussion featuring Building Bridges Across the River President Rahsaan Bernard, DC United Chief Marketing Officer Lisa Franklin and …
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Building Bridges Across the River was honored by Leadership Greater Washington (LGW), receiving the organization’s Community Partner of the Year Award. Mike Schwartz, program officer for the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, presented the award on behalf of LGW to Building Bridges President Rahsaan Bernard and Senior Vice President Scott Kratz. Kratz is the director …
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WC Smith will donate $1 million to the 11th Street Bridge Park. A project between Building Bridges Across the River and the DC Government, the Bridge Park will be Washington’s first elevated park. It will be built on the pilings and piers of the old 11th Street Bridge, crossing the Anacostia River and connecting the …
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WC Smith was recognized June 1 for our charitable giving and community engagement, ranking 3rd among mid-sized companies in the Washington Metropolitan area for 2022, as compiled by the Washington Business Journal. The newspaper organizes its awards by company size – large, mid-sized and small. WC Smith was among the honorees in the mid-sized companies. Fifty companies …
