Third Annual Neighborhood Survey

Many of us in Shaw and Mt Vernon Square enjoy the convenience of the shopping options we have downtown that beat heading out to the burbs for housewares and electronics. The more things we have downtown, the more likely we will be able to keep or tax dollars in the District. A vibrant business climate in Gallery Place, Chinatown and Penn Quarter will hopefully creep up to our own area around the Convention Center and O Street Market. Personally, I'm tired of heading out to Virginia to gets hands on help from an AppleGenius whenever my iPhone acts up or my cats scratch the keys of my MacBook Pro keyboard. So, my top pick for new retail is an APPLE STORE. (I don't have enough html tags on this blog to emphasize that enough.)

This, from Miles Groves, President, Downtown Neighborhood Association (DCDNA.org):

The Downtown Business Improvement launched our third Annual Neighborhood Survey earlier this year. This survey is important because the generalized results are used to improve efforts to attract new retail downtown. This is especially important for the activity on 7th Street, H Street, 9th Street, H Street, and 6th Street.

This survey is a critical part of the the retail development. So, if you live or work Downtown, please complete the brief online survey at www.downtowndc.org/neighborhood. The survey is live through February 15th and participation qualifies you to win a gift certificate to a Downtown BID area restaurant of a free weekend stay at the Hotel Monaco.

The information you provide will help inform retailer and other businesses about the growing Downtown consumer market and the area's retail needs. This information is treated as confidential and will only be released in summary form.

Thanks for your support of this important effort.