CouncilMember Tommy Wells' website, www.TommyWells.org has a blog on this topic. 

The Eastern Market's website is www.EasternMarketDC.com

Donations to assist with the recovery efforts can be made through the Capitol Hill Community Foundation website, www.CapitolHillCommunityFoundation.org

Eastern Market Update

 

On behalf of DC Office of Property Management (OPM), this update reports on current activities and plans for Eastern Market.

 

Community Workshop

 

OPM welcomes the new year at Eastern Market with a community workshop on Thursday January 17, from 7-9 PM, in the cafeteria of Hine Junior High School (8th & Pennsylvania Ave., SE).  The workshop will solicit community opinion on the current Eastern Market management structure and input for the Request for Proposals OPM intends to release early in 2008 for a new market manager. 

 

OPM welcomes participation from all individuals, groups and organizations with an interest in the future of the Market and the selection of a new manager.  The session will be led by David O’Neil, a senior associate at Project for Public Spaces (PPS), an internationally recognized leader in public markets and public space design and management.

 

Construction Update

 

There are three separate contracts for the renovation of Eastern Market—for the roof, the windows and the interior.  Work in the roof on the South Hall has begun and can be followed on a recently installed webcam (opm.dc.gov, click on Eastern Market, webcam link).  The historically accurate fabrication of the windows has begun off-site; the interior window work is scheduled to start later this month. For the interior renovation, OPM and the Office of Contracting and Procurement are evaluating the responses to the RFP.  This work is expected to start shortly and be completed by early 2009.

 

North Hall/Market 5 Gallery

 

The Arts Program in North Hall is one of the key components of Eastern Market and OPM has planned the renovation to keep and improve the space for the current activities, including a new demountable stage, lighting, HVAC, curtains, windows and doors. 

 

OPM and the market manager, Eastern Market Ventures, will work with all users, including North Hall tenants, both inside and outside, the community and all interested parties to make the construction as painless as possible.

 

 

OPM Contacts: Matt Hussman, 202-741-0940, matt.hussman@dc.gov; Stacey Norris, 202-671-0569, stacey.norris@dc.gov.


Eastern Market Mural Map

27 distinguished artists created murals to cover the boarded-up windows of Eastern Market’s South Hall. A free diagram indicates the location of each, the names of the artists who painted them, and the title of
each work.
Free copies are available only at Eastern Market locations:
• Capitol Hill Books, 657 C Street SE (opposite the Market’s C St., SE façade)
• Uncle Brutha's Hot Sauce Emporium, 323 Seventh St. SE
• Market Poultry (refrigerated trailer, South of Main Market door,(Thursday through Sunday)
• Bowers Fancy Dairy Products (Friday through Sunday)
• Capitol Hill Community Foundation
• Eastern Market Pottery
• Eastern Market South Hall interior viewing station
• Uncle Brutha's Hot Sauce (farmer's line location)
The flyer also lists the artists of Eastern Market, who are still exhibiting and selling their work each weekend while the historic building is under renovation.

What is EMCAC?

EMCAC was established in 2002 as part of DC Council passed legislation governing the long-planned updating of the 134-year-old Eastern Market.  It serves as the representative body responsible for working with all elements of the Eastern Market community and the District agencies—Office of Property Management, Department of Transportation, DCRA, etc.—that have oversight over the District-owned building.  At the time of the fire, EMCAC, working with the Office of Property Management and their architects, had approved plans for the Market’s renovation that are approaching 90% of completion, as well as a streetscape plan that was slated to begin next month, but which has now been postponed.

Members of EMCAC include representatives of the Market’s merchants, outside vendors, community groups including the Capitol Hill Association of Merchants and Professionals (CHAMPS), the Capitol Hill Restoration Society (CHRS), the Stanton Park Neighborhood Association and the Eastern Market Preservation and Development Committee. (EMPDC). as well as representatives of the Mayor and Councilmember Tommy Wells.