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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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In a classroom buzzing with activity at the Skyland Workforce Center, people work diligently at desks scattered with electronic components. A sense of pride fills the air as one person assists another in reaching a job milestone. Everyone is wearing masks, ensuring safety while learning. | DC Apartments by WC Smith

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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Three photos capture the grand opening at Skyland Town Center: a vibrant ribbon-cutting ceremony, eager shoppers lining up outside the newly opened Lidl, and a joyful crowd celebrating this exciting addition to the community. | DC Apartments by WC Smith

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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An outdoor event marks the kick-off to the school year, with a man and two women by a table of backpacks. A woman shows a child a book as performers take the stage, while festival-goers admire figures in an eye-catching display. | DC Apartments by WC Smith

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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A four-story residential building with a red and beige exterior, surrounded by trees and a sidewalk under a partly cloudy sky, stands as a proud accomplishment of Terrace Manor Financing. | DC Apartments by WC Smith

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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A group of young people wearing matching t-shirts stands on stage in front of a "Summer Youth 2022" sign, celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Summer Youth Employment Program. | DC Apartments by WC Smith

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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A group of people wearing hard hats pose in front of construction equipment at a demolition site, marking the Raze Event at Terrace Manor. | DC Apartments by WC Smith

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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Bold, uppercase letters form the word "TREK" in black against a pristine white backdrop, capturing attention much like the grand opening of a Trek Bicycles store at Skyland Town Center. | DC Apartments by WC Smith

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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Logos of three organizations: Bridges Across the River, Skyland Workforce, and a partially visible banner with "Bridge Park" represent leaders in community impact. Building bridges for a better future, their efforts are akin to receiving a Community Impact Award. | DC Apartments by WC Smith

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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