The HDG Waterfront Partners team is elated to be presenting the District of Columbia with an idyllic plan to rejuvenate the Capitol Hill East community – bringing about the re-emergence of the neighborhood through four simple philosophies - live, work, play and sustain.

Inspired by the original planning vision of Washington DC, we believe our plan is a natural extension of the city’s evolution. In 1901 the McMillan commission recommendations magnified and extended the original L’Enfant plan which extended the city up to its natural limits, mainly the Potomac River. The city evolved along this vision with reinforced vistas to the water and new monuments and parks in a grand and ordered civic space.

We believe the city’s evolution should continue along the same vision, reinforcing the vistas to the water and creating new monuments. Our approach embraces the plan for Hill East developed by the city and the community, and extends the neighborhood to the water.

Our approach includes a commitment to creating the greenest neighborhood in America, creating a national model for the future of real estate development. Elements of this approach are visible throughout the video below, from pervasive green roofs and a local farmers market to Zero Carbon energy infrastructure such as the riverside wind turbines. Our Sustainability Plan includes a map that highlights more green features of our vision.

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