Sept. ANC Update: Back-to-School, Art All Night, Rose Park, Starr Restaurant

September 6, 2022

Holding its September 2022 virtual meeting on Aug. 29 before Labor Day ensured a low public turnout, but the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) still made momentous and potentially […]

ANC Highlights, July 2022 

July 11, 2022

Briefings from Anthony Lanier of EastBanc, Mayor Bowser’s office, Ward 2 Council Member Brooke Pinto’s office, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and Georgetown Main Street highlighted this month’s Advisory Neighborhood […]

Business Ins & Outs: Sweet Connections at Main Street Tour 

June 27, 2022

Saturday afternoon’s Georgetown Sweets Tour, sponsored by Georgetown Main Street, matched 12 retail locations with a sweet treat from a Georgetown shop. Thomas Sweet ice cream was matched with the […]

Spring Events on Main Street

May 11, 2022

Get ready, Georgetown Main Street (GMS) is planning major events to promote small businesses and boost commercial vibrancy along Georgetown’s Wisconsin Ave. NW corridor this May and June.   May is Small […]

Georgetown’s French Market 2022: A Jam-Packed Jolie Fête

May 2, 2022

Saturday’s French Market on Book Hill along Georgetown’s Wisconsin Avenue and P Street NW was jam-packed with happy visitors, many dressed fashionably and strolling along besides cheerful families and children […]

GMS Annual Meeting Asks What’s the ‘State of the Street’?

April 11, 2022

Spirits were sparkling last Wednesday, April 6, as Georgetown Main Street (GMS) hosted its annual meeting dubbed the “State of the Street” at Compass Coffee, 1351 Wisconsin Ave. NW. With […]

GMS’s Melanie Hayes Excited by 2022 Opportunities  

February 9, 2022

As the new chair of Georgetown Main Street (GMS), Melanie Hayes – Vice President, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty – is enthusiastic about her GMS team and their group’s mission to […]

Georgetown Main Street Revives Take-Out Tuesday

January 24, 2022

Georgetowners—one of your favorite food-related promos is back! Beginning this Tuesday, January 25, #TakeoutTuesday can be savored once again. The winter months are typically rough for restaurants without a global […]

To Keep Georgetown Distinctive, Support Small Business Saturday  

November 10, 2021

With so many highly commercialized holiday shopping days popping up in recent years — from Black Friday to Cyber Monday to Super Saturday — it’s easy to become a grinch.   […]

It’s as Easy as Pie to Help Georgetown’s Small Businesses 

October 28, 2021

Georgetown Main Street’s Chicken Pot Pie-athon is underway through November 7, providing a solution to those too-busy-to-cook or what-to-give-the-new-neighbors quandaries. Sales of succulent, frozen, ready-to-bake and -serve chicken or vegetable pies and gluten-free main dishes like eggplant parmesan will help GMS support small businesses in Georgetown. A large number of these businesses are women- or immigrant-owned (or both).    […]