Marv Gaye Recreatnal Park - Marshall Heights - Lln Heights - 411-499 Divisn Ave N.E.

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Fall is fally upon and to celebrate, Washgton Parks & People is hostg their annual Harvt Ftival at the Marv Gaye Greeng Center! It is ee and open to the public om 3-7pm on...

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MARV GAYE GREENG CENTER

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Long believed to be a private lot, the Marv Gaye Greeng Center sat empty and abandoned for years. After disverg that the lot was fact public property and part of the Marv Gaye Park rridor, we were able to, along wh a wi range of muny partners, to reclaim this long-fotten plot of earth and transform to the vibrant cultural, nutrnal, enomic, and tnal hub that is today. In addn to servg as a base of muny stewardship and programmg of Marv Gaye Park, DC’s longt municipal park, the one-acre se provis troductory green job and enterprise trag through Parks & People’s Green Corps program, cultural and tnal programmg through our ParkArts program, park-based health through our Heart & Soul program, and year-round food through our Communy Harvt program.

The Marv Gaye Greeng Center is equipped wh a stage for performanc, expendary learng garn beds, grills for h produce okg mos, a new outdoor farm kchen g soon, and even has an on-se office space.

MARV GAYE GREENG CENTER, PARTNERSHIP WH WASHGTON PARKS & PEOPLE

Food grown at the Marv Gaye Greeng Center is given out to lol Ward 7 and 8 fai at no st and ed healthy okg monstratn at our Riversi Healthy Livg Center around the rner. If you are terted volunteerg at the Marv Gaye Greeng Center, ll at 202-462-7275 or vis here to sign up.

Check out photos below of past events and volunteers at the Marv Gaye Greeng Center! Nature Sacred partnered wh Washgton Parks & People to elevate the Marv Gaye Greeng Center, a base for tnal and stewardship programmg across the street om Marv Gaye Park, to a full-fledged Sacred Place. Parks & People’s own urban agriculture s, the Marv Gaye Greeng Center and the Columbia Heights Green, provi year-round healthy food and programmg opportuni for public land reclamatn, green planng and sign, arts and cultural events, job trag, volunteer support, and advocy for muny greeng efforts.

Together wh our partners at DC Parks and Recreatn, DC Department of the Environment, DC Urban Greens, and the UDC College of Agriculture, Urban Staabily, and Environmental Scienc (CAUSES), we operate a mol urban farm and native refortatn nursery around the rner at the Marv Gaye Communy Greeng Center. The historic se of Marv Gaye’s profsnal sgg but the old Crystal Room nightclub, Riversi featur a 2, 000-square-foot assembly space, a brand new 1500-square-foot mercial kchen and fe, a bike repair statn, and an door growg place now home to 560 anic produce seedlgs. Marv Gaye Greeng Center.

MARV GAYE GREENG CENTER

We disvered that the lot was fact public property, an anic part of the Marv Gaye Park rridor! We have opportuni at our one-acre urban farm, the Marv Gaye Greeng Center, along wh Marv Gaye Park, the park adjacent to the greeng center. Volunteers may also head to Marv Gaye Park and help out wh thgs such as tree plantg, vasive speci removal, trash clean up, stream clean up, and general park betifitn.

Marv Gaye Park / Riversi Center (601 Divisn Ave NE).

DEPARTMENT OF JTICE VOLUNTEERS MARK EARTH DAY WH COMMUNY SERVICE AT MARV GAYE PARK

Monday-Friday: Open Farm hours at Marv Gaye Greeng Center, 9 am-5 pm. Marv Gaye Communy Greeng Center at (5000 Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE). Moreno marked a day of service, mendg volunteers om the Jtice Department’s Environment and Natural Rourc Divisn (ENRD), Washgton Parks & People and the DC Green Corps as they ntue work on environmental rtoratn projects near the Communy Greeng Center Marv Gaye Park Northeast Washgton, D.

“The story of Marv Gaye Park’s renewal is an spiratn. 2012 will mark the nth nsecutive Earth Day service celebratn at Marv Gaye Park.

The DC Green Corps, based at the Marv Gaye Communy Greeng Center the Watts Branch sub-watershed of the Anastia River, will provi a cy-wi gateway to 50 different green reer tracks urban and muny fortry and fort-based esystem and watershed rtoratn. For more rmatn about Washgton Parks & People and Marv Gaye Park, vis.

MARV GAYE RECREATNAL PARK

Beet St Garns Richardson Dwellgs Communy Garn – 5231 Cloud Pl NEBenng Communy Garn – Fable Street & Southern Avenue SEDix St Garn – 5314 Dix St NEFirst Baptist Church of Deanwoods Garn – 4408 Sheriff Rd NEFort Dupont Communy Garn – Fort Circle Park, Mnota Ave SE*Hillcrt Communy Garn – 3100 Denver Street, SELerer Youth Garn – 4801 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NELln Heights Communy Garn – 400 50th street NEMarv Gaye Communy Garn – 15 61st Street NEUDC East Capal Farm – 5900 East Capol Street SE.

Bread for the Cy Rooftop Garn SE – 1640 Good Hope Road SEDreamg Out Loud Farm at Kelly Miller – 301 49th Street NE*WPP Marv Gaye Greeng Center – Lowrie Pl and Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE.

HARVT FTIVAL AT THE MARV GAYE GREENG CENTER

DC Urban Greens Fort Dupont Urban Farm – 3779 Ely Pl SEWPP Marv Gaye Greeng Center – Lowrie Pl and Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE. We have opportuni at our one-acre urban farm, the Marv Gaye Greeng Center (5000 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE).

Volunteers may also head to Marv Gaye Park and help out wh thgs such as tree plantg, vasive speci removal, trash clean up, stream clean up, and general park love hostg groups!

Our facili clu the Josephe Butler Parks Center, an award-wng 40-room "greenhoe" for revalizg DC greenspac; the historic Riversi Healthy Livg Center, providg park programmg, youth velopment, and healthy park-based bs cubatn; the Marv Gaye Communy Greeng Center, a year-round muny farm, native refortatn hub, and base of park reclamatn and job trag through our DC Green Corps; the Pey Sprg Green; and the North Columbia Heights Green, a once-blighted vant lot that serv as a hands-on outdoor classroom for year-round healthy food productn. Parks & People has led the muny reclamatn and transformatn of Marv Gaye Park, DC's longt municipal park, for 23 years. Marv Gaye Greeng Center5000 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NEWashgton, DC 20019.

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Marv Gaye Greeng Center | A ROCK, A RIVER, A TREE …….. A PARK FOR ALL PEOPLE! .

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