6-8pm, Tuesday, September 7
Warehouse Theater, 645 New York Avenue, NW.

Please plan to attend a public meeting on the expansion of the Arts Overlay District. The Arts Overlay District includes parts of 14th Street, U Street, and the area along 7th Street, NW north of Rhode Island Avenue, but does not include the area of central Shaw south of Rhode Island Avenue, where most of our art galleries and arts venues are located, including Long View Gallery, Warehouse Arts, Warehouse Theater, Cre8 Space Studio Gallery, Civilian Art Projects, the DC Artists Gallery at the Historical Society of Washington, DC, and the new Touchstone Gallery.

Join neighbors, business owners, artists, and performers to discuss branding and marketing what the District government has designated as the "Arts Overlay District." This meeting is co-hosted by Paul Ruppert, Producing Director, Warehouse Theater, and Alex Padro, Executive Director of Shaw Main Streets. The evening's program will be professionally facilitated by Michael Altman.

Altman will lead an exciting panel discussion and elicit comments, questions and dialogue from those in attendance.

Key topics of the evening's program include:

1. What do you think are the unique/special characteristics of this district?
2. What does "ART" and "ARTS DISTRICT" mean?
3. How do you think the district should be named?
4. Do the proposed boundaries capture the intensity of the marketable arts assets in this district?

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BRANDING & MARKETING THE MIDCTY ARTS DISTRICT is a project co-sponsored by MidCity Residents Association (MCRA), Logan Circle Community Association (LCCA), Cultural Tourism DC (CTDC), an the Constance Whitaker Maffin Memorial Fund (CWMMF).

For more information, visit www.midcityarts.blogspot.com.

— Alexander M. Padro