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Golden Haiku Poetry Contest
Golden Haiku Poetry Contest
Calling All Poets and Aspiring Poets, from Around the World and Around the Corner The seventh annual Golden…

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Farragut Fridays
Farragut Fridays
Farragut Fridays is a free all-day, summer event that brings together area workers, local residents, and visitors to…

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Golden Streets
Golden Streets
Adding remarkable beauty to the neighborhood. Learn more about this year’s theme: Pollinator Habitats. The Golden Triangle BID…

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Golden Cinema
Golden Cinema
Golden Cinema is a free outdoor movie series that is hosted by the Golden Triangle BID. Every Friday…

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Picnic in the Park
Picnic in the Park
Picnic in the Park began in 2011 and has grown into one of the Golden Triangle BID’s most…

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Other Events
Other Events
Additional events in the Golden Triangle. Earth Day Earth Day, which is celebrated every year on April 22,…

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Core Programs

Operations
Operations
The Golden Triangle BID provides a Gold Standard of service. The Golden Triangle BID’s primary operations include the…

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Security and Emergency Preparedness
Security and Emergency Preparedness
Taking action to assure safety The Golden Triangle BID’s award-winning Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness Program works to…

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Homeless Outreach
Homeless Outreach
Reducing homelessness in the Golden Triangle. The Golden Triangle BID operates a Homeless Outreach Program through Pathways to…

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Parks & Avenues

Duke Ellington Park
Duke Ellington Park
Transforming an underutilized park to a sustainable gathering place. The Golden Triangle, under a grant from the DC…

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Connecticut Avenue
Connecticut Avenue
A key corridor in the District of Columbia. Connecticut Avenue is an iconic street that connects the White…

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Parks
Parks
Four acres of parks in the center of the city. The neighborhood is home to six national parks…

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Farragut Park
Farragut Park
Farragut Park is the town square of the Golden Triangle. The park is a beautiful place for people…

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Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Penn West: Where Washington Meets the World While Pennsylvania Avenue east of the White House embodies the national…

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Public Art

Monument & Marker
Monument & Marker
Installed in October 2020, Monument & Marker is a collaboration between Golden Triangle Arts and the Smithsonian that…

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Farragut Square Barrier Murals
Farragut Square Barrier Murals
Installed in October 2020 as part of the BID’s COVID-19 response and recovery efforts, concrete barriers extend the…

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Rain Gardens Sculptures
Rain Gardens Sculptures
19th Street Rain Gardens Sculptures Eight permanent sculptures created by local artist Foon Sham punctuate two blocks of…

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Windows by Golden Triangle
Windows by Golden Triangle
Launched in July 2020 as a part of our COVID-19 response and recovery efforts, Windows by Golden Triangle…

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Hurrah!
Hurrah!
Created by Karol Murlak, in collaboration with Danielle Begnaud, Katarzyna Michnowska and Marzena Krupa, Hurrah! was an urban…

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Layers + Lines
Layers + Lines
Layers + Lines, a Golden Triangle Arts project, brought together two pieces of art— Axis Mundi by NYC-based…

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No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick
No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick
A groundbreaking collaboration between the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District (BID) and the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick…

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K Street Gateway
K Street Gateway
Luminous Columns Light up K Street Gateway Created by artist Catherine Widgery, Leading Lights features 28 glowing columns…

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Lighting Murrow and Monroe Parks
Lighting Murrow and Monroe Parks
Dynamic public art transforms Edward R. Murrow Park and James Monroe Park. The art pieces in these two…

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Connecticut Avenue Median Lights
Connecticut Avenue Median Lights
Colorful lights cascade up Connecticut Avenue. Along the famed Connecticut Avenue corridor, a landscaped median with seasonally-rotated plants…

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Environmental Sustainability

Gold Goes Platinum
Gold Goes Platinum
Taking the LEED In 2019, the BID earned LEED Platinum – the highest level of LEED certification —…

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Duke Ellington Park
Duke Ellington Park
Transforming an underutilized park to a sustainable gathering place. The Golden Triangle, under a grant from the DC…

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Connecticut Avenue Overlook
Connecticut Avenue Overlook
The Golden Triangle BID, in partnership with the District Department of Transportation and ZGF Architects transformed the underutilized concrete semicircle…

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Rain Gardens
Rain Gardens
Capturing Rain to Help Our Environment Developing and implementing sustainable solutions to public space issues is a priority…

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Bike Racks and Lanes
Bike Racks and Lanes
Cycling is a great way to get around. Bike Racks To help make DC’s central business district a…

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Recycling Program
Recycling Program
Recycling is a priority in the Golden Triangle. The Golden Triangle neighborhood features 136 dual-flow recycling and garbage…

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Economic Development

Research & Market Data
Research & Market Data
Keeping Tabs on the Golden Triangle Market To better promote economic development within the Golden Triangle, the BID…

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Retail & Restaurants
Retail & Restaurants
A Hub for Retail The Golden Triangle is a strong retail hub, thanks in large part to the…

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Technology & Innovation
Technology & Innovation
A Growing Tech Incubator Tech is a major growth sector within the District of Columbia, and the Golden…

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Golden Triangle Advantage
Golden Triangle Advantage
Within 1 mile of the Golden Triangle… Within the Golden Triangle… One of the World’s Premier Places to…

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Initiatives – Events

Events

Golden Haiku Poetry Contest

Farragut Fridays

Golden Streets

Golden Cinema

Picnic in the Park

Other Events

Core Programs

Operations

Security and Emergency Preparedness

Homeless Outreach

Parks & Avenues

Duke Ellington Park

Connecticut Avenue

Parks

Farragut Park

Pennsylvania Avenue

Public Art

Monument & Marker

Farragut Square Barrier Murals

Rain Gardens Sculptures

Windows by Golden Triangle

Hurrah!

Layers + Lines

No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick

K Street Gateway

Lighting Murrow and Monroe Parks

Connecticut Avenue Median Lights

Environmental Sustainability

Gold Goes Platinum

Duke Ellington Park

Connecticut Avenue Overlook

Rain Gardens

Bike Racks and Lanes

Recycling Program

Economic Development

Research & Market Data

Retail & Restaurants

Technology & Innovation

Golden Triangle Advantage

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