A Couple Quick Items: Waterfront Academy Info Sessions, SW Duck Pond Ice Cream Social

Waterfront Academy, the new Montessori dual immersion private school opening this fall on South Capitol Street, will have more parent information sessions over the next week.  Below are the times for the information sessions:

• Thursday, July 25 at 9:30am
• Saturday, July 27 at 2pm
• Monday, July 29 at 9:30am
• Wednesday, July 31 at 9:30am

All of the information sessions will be held at Lot 38, located at 1001 2nd Street, SE.

A community open house and ice cream social will be held this evening at the Southwest Duck Pond at 6th and I streets from 6pm to 7:30pm. Free ice cream will be provided by the Neighbors of SW Duck Pond and information tables will be set up by neighborhood organizations, including Amidon-Bowen PTA, ANC 6D, CBCC, DC Sail, Friends of the SW Library, Girl Scout Troop 4298, Neighbors of SW Duck Pond, PAWS of Southwest, Southwest Chamber Players, SWNA, Southwest Playground Project, SW Gardens, and Waterfront Academy.

The Little Farm Stand is back this season at the SW Duck Pond and will be held on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm through November.  Fresh, local organic produce from Loudoun County will be for sale, along with farm-baked pies, preserves, and honey.  Email littlefarmstand@yahoo.com to join the weekly list serve of fresh offerings and pre-order your selection.  Aya Community Markets also has a farm stand on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm on the grounds of Christ United Methodist Church at 900 4th Street.

Camden South Capitol Coming Soon

Pre-leasing and move-ins will begin next month on the first four floors at Camden South Capitol, the first new apartment building to open in Southwest in several decades, located across the street from Nationals Park at South Capitol and O streets.  I will be getting a hard hat tour later this month and will take some photos. In the meantime, take a look at their recently created Twitter account for some interior photos. Their website has been updated with floor plans and a more extensive list of in-unit features and project amenities. 

Entrance to parking garage on O Street.

The 276-unit building will have 12 units set aside as affordable housing for households up to 80% of Area Median Income (AMI). As a part of the approved PUD application, residents of the townhomes along the unit block of O Street will have the opportunity to lease a parking space in the apartment building at 50% of the market rate for a 20-year period. After the building has reached stabilization (defined as 94% occupied), the remaining parking spaces will be available for lease by the rest of the community at market rate.  In addition, residents of ANC 6D are supposed to be given preference when Camden reviews tenant applications. There is space carved out at the corner of South Capitol and O streets for ground floor retail - fencing has been installed to allow outdoor seating, perhaps for a restaurant; however, no lease has been signed yet.