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WC Smith Celebrates 21st Annual Property Management Awards

WC Smith celebrated its 21st Annual Property Management Awards, returning for an in-person ceremony recognizing staff members and properties for their outstanding performance and achievements. The WC Smith Excellence Awards were given to 17 employees across seven categories, including recognition for community and property management, maintenance, leasing, community and corporate administration. The company celebrated veteran […]

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Skyland Workforce Center Reaches 1000 Job Milestone

The Skyland Workforce Center reached a significant milestone recently, as it helped place its 1,000th client in a job. WC Smith and Rappaport Co. opened Skyland Workforce Center in late 2014, investing more than $700,000 to create a training resource for individuals who were seeking construction jobs at Skyland Town Center. Its mission and scope

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Lidl Celebrates Grand Opening At Skyland Town Center

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, Councilmember Vincent Gray, community members and many excited area residents turned out Sept. 27 for the official ribbon cutting of the Lidl grocery store at Skyland Town Center. More than 200 people were in attendance for the event and open house that followed. Lidl is the first full service grocery store

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Festivals Kick Off the School Year

Hundreds of DC students, including young residents at WC Smith’s JETU and Fairway Park properties, are starting the new school year well equipped, thanks to Back-to-School festivals and backpack drives sponsored at the properties and THEARC in August. More than 140 people turned out for the first Back-to-School festival at JETU/Fairway, which was organized by

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Terrace Manor Financing Closes; WC Smith Mortgage Eclipses $2 billion in Completed Loans

Financing closed on Terrace Manor, marking a key milestone for the development of WC Smith’s fully affordable, 130-unit multifamily project in DC’s Randle Heights neighborhood. The $79.8 million project is being financed through the DC Department of Housing and Community Development’s Housing Production Trust Fund, tax-exempt bonds and a permanent loan through the US Department

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WC Smith’s Summer Youth Employment Program Kicks Off 30th Anniversary

WC Smith kicked off the 30th Anniversary of its Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) July 6, with an Opening Ceremony featuring DC Councilmember Vincent Gray, WPGC 95.5 on-air personality DJ Akademics and DC-based musical producer Dennis Turner, who has performed with various artists, including rapper and DC native Oddisee and comedian Dave Chappelle. SYEP offers

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Raze Event Marks New Start for Terrace Manor

WC Smith welcomed DC Attorney General Karl Racine, DC Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White, DC Housing and Community Development Director Drew Hubbard, DC Housing Finance Agency Executive Director Christopher Donald, former residents and advocates for the Terrace Manor Raze Event on June 30. The demolition signals the start of new chapter for the troubled property,

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Trek Bicycles to Open Store at Skyland Town Center

Trek Bicycles has signed a lease to open a store at Skyland Town Center, becoming the first bicycle retailer to locate east of the Anacostia River. Headquartered in Wisconsin, Trek manufactures and distributes a variety of bicycles, biking apparel, and accessories through independently operated stores across the country and subsidiaries abroad. This Skyland location will

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Building Bridges Leaders Receive Community Impact Award

The DC Building Industry Association (DCBIA) has honored leaders from Building Bridges Across the River, WC Smith’s nonprofit partner that company CEO and Chairman Chris Smith founded in 1997. Receiving DCBIA’s Community Impact Award are Rahsaan Bernard, president of Building Bridges; Scott Kratz, Building Bridges senior vice president and director of the 11th Street Bridge

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