Mount Vernon Triangle FAQ

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Here are links to organizations that will help you find out more about living and working in the District.

Mount Vernon Triangle Blog
This blog is about the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood.

DC Honey Bees
Mount Vernon Triangle CID is setting up two beehives on our office roof at 901 4th Street, NW. To learn more, visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUwJ7ieYV70.

Art Enables
MVTCID is partnering with Art Enables to create birdhouses to populate Mount Vernon Triangle with native birds. With native plants, bees, and birds, the neighborhood will be a diverse ecology.

Mount Vernon Square Neighborhood Association
The MVSNA is an association for residents of the Mount Vernon Square and Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhoods in Shaw.

Downtown Neighborhood Association
The DNA is an association for residents of the Penn Quarter and Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhoods in Downtown DC.

ANC 6C
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6C covers most of the Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District.

ANC 2C
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2C covers the small western portion of the Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District.

Councilmember Tommy Wells
Councilmember Tommy Wells is the Ward 6 representative, which includes the vast majority of Mount Vernon Triangle.

Councilmember Jack Evans
Councilmember Jack Evans represents Ward 2, including two blocks of Mount Vernon Triangle.

Downtown DC BID
The Downtown DC BID is our neighboring Business Improvement District to the south of Massachusetts Avenue, NW in the central business district.

NoMa BID
The NoMa BID is a new Business Improvement District to the east of Mount Vernon Triangle.

DC Department of Transportation
The Department of Transportation is responsible for planning, designing, and maintaining roads and sidewalks.

DC Office of Planning
The Office of Planning has been instrumental in the development of Mount Vernon Triangle through the MVT Action Agenda in 2003 and the Public Realm Design Studay of 2006. Today, both plans are coming to fruition with new buildings, retail, streets, and sidewalks.

DC Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs
The Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs handles many matters, including construction permits, public space permits, vending, liquor licenses, certificate of occupancy, basic business license, etc.

DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities paid for the public art at the corner of 5th and K Streets, NW in the CityVista project.

Cultural Tourism DC
Cultural Tourism DC provides tours, heritage trials, publications, and marketing for the neighborhoods of Washington DC.

MPD -- Police Service Area 102 and 103 -- NEW!
The Metropolitan Police Department convenes community meetings every second Thursday of the month for the new PSA 102 and 103.

DC Department of Public Works
The DC Department of Public Works is responsible for cleaning the streets, sidewalks, and alleys, as well as trash removal.

Gospel Rescue Ministries
Gospel Rescue Ministries houses the MVTCID clean team through their Ready to Work program.

National Park Service
The National Park Service owns and maintains a number of small and large parks and historic sites in Washington DC, including the five pocket parks in Mount Vernon Triangle.

DC Department of Parks & Recreation
The Department of Parks & Recreation is responsible for maintaining and programming parks, pools, and recreation centers, including Triangle Park (park 1089) at the intersection of 2nd and Massachusetts Avenue, NW.

NW1 Library
The NW1 Library recently reopened on the east side of Mount Vernon Triangle and offers book lending, CDs, DVDs, classes, computer lab, job training, lecturers, and story time.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
WAMTA provides bus and Metro service to the DC area. Mount Vernon Triangle is ringed by Metro stations: Mount Vernon Square/Convention Center, Gallery Place/Chinatown, Judiciary Square, Union Station, and New York Avenue. Bus service consists of the P6, X2, 80, 96, D4, and Circulator

go DC go
This site provides transit solutions for getting from here to there in DC.

DC Circulator
The DC Circulator connects the south side of Mount Vernon Triangle to Union Station and Georgetown as well as provides service around the Washington Convention Center to the SW Waterfront, around the National Mall, and now Downtown to Woodley Park.