ANNUAL REPORT 2012

Barracks RowMain Street

A MESSAGE FROM TIP TIPTONPRESIDENT, BARRACKS ROW MAIN STREET

the goods and services we offer and our customer outreach has extended far and wide. Our primary market base began in the Capitol Hill neighborhood but that is expanding every day to the Greater Washington, DC area.

Barracks Row Main Street could not have enjoyed this success without the help of its visionary Board of Directors, energetic volunteers, innovative sponsors, and generous financial contributors. A big “THANK YOU” to everyone who contributed to Barracks Row Main Street this year. We can all be proud of what we have built together.

Our Board of Directors and Executive Committee spend countless hours in meetings and discussions shaping and facilitating the growth our corridor is experiencing. Our volunteers contribute people-power to make possible a growing roster of events like Taste of 8th, the Culinary Education Crawl, Barracks Row Fall Festival, and Santa Arrives on 8th Street. Each event

brings to the Row crowds of people, many returning patrons, and many still reporting they never knew we existed, but plan to be back soon.

Our events are sponsored financially and in-kind by a diverse group of supporters, intent on assuring that the revival of 8th Street, SE, continues and grows. From CSX to Trapeze School New York, from the Capitol Hill and Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement Districts to the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development and the National Community Church, to name only a few, event sponsors add both creative and monetary spark to uplift our programming.

Our annual Garden Party fundraiser has become a greatly anticipated tradition. The Garden Party is not only a fund raiser, but also a “friend” raiser, and a business building event connecting the Barracks Row community to local and national politicians and entrepreneurs, as well as to corporate, association and military leaders who live and work among us. Through the efforts of the multi-talented Host Committee, led by Cynthia Jones, the Garden Party showcases the chefs of Barracks Row, while neighbors and supporters meet, mingle and celebrate the best of life on Capitol Hill.

Dear Friends of Barracks Row Main Street:

2012 was an outstanding year for Barracks Row Main Street. New businesses have joined our ranks, expanding

Because of our generous financial contributors it is possible to afford offices, utilities and staff. We leverage your donations to continue bringing in grant funding. Our office on Barracks Row allows us to play a hands-on role in day-to-day decisions affecting our corridor. Our staff solves problems while they are small and coordinates the many details of event development, economic revitalization, and facade improvements.

Financial contributors also make it possible for our organization to hire a special group from the Capitol Hill BID’s Ready, Willing and Working program to keep Barracks Row clean during our busiest days of the week, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, by providing extra coverage in addition to what the Capitol Hill BID already does. BRMS is the only DC Main Street with a 7-day a week clean team. This team also allows us to beautify the corridor with colorful seasonal plantings in our public space planters and light pole baskets.

On behalf of the Barracks Row Main Street Board of Directors, thank you for another remarkable year. Thank you for your ongoing support of our program, our street, and our community. None of this would be possible without your help.

BARRACKS ROW FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 2012 saw the continuation of Barracks Row Main Street’s popular facade improvement program. Several Barracks Row businesses received assistance in restoring historic elements of the facades on their buildings, structural repairs, improved lighting, new signage, and new awnings.

Barracks Row Main Street makes these improvements available to 8th Street businesses through generous grants from the DC Department of Housing and Community Development and other government partners.

WHAT DOES BARRACKS ROW MAIN STREET DO?

RIGHT: Wrenn’s Barbershop gets a new cornice and a fresh coat of paint.

BELOW: A-List Nails, Soleil 21 SalonSpa & Valarie’s Animal Den all get completely new facades.

PUBLIC SPACE ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS

Barracks Row Main Street works every fall to plant bulbs to add to our existing daffodils, dwarf iris, and crocus that greet visitors to the street every spring, and we pride ourselves in our summer hanging baskets that overflow each year with bright petunias.

We also work with community arts groups and public and private partners to bring placemaking elements, like our now famous Barracks Row street clock and our freeway mural project, to add life and color to our street. These are just a few of the public space improvement projects Barracks Row Main Street helps to make possible.

BUSINESSES OPENED ON BARRACKS ROW IN 2012 A LIST NAILS • BRAVO EVENTS BY DESIGN • CAPITOL ASSET REALTY • CHIPOTLE •

HOWL TO THE CHIEF • PACIFICO • SOLEIL 21 SALONSPA • STAPLES & CHARLES • TABULA RASA • UBREAKIFIX • WAGTIME TOO • YES! ORGANIC MARKET

A MESSAGE FROM MARTIN SMITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Barracks Row never ceases to amaze me. 2012 saw even more explosive growth on Barracks Row. A dozen new businesses made 8th Street their home, we saw record attendance at our annual events like the Taste of 8th and the Fall Festival, and we added new event options including the Culinary Education Crawl to bring more “feet to the street,” as our Marketing Manager Sharon Bosworth likes to say.

We completed a number of public space improvement and facade enhancement

projects in 2012. Our beautiful hanging baskets and street planters were again bursting with color and historic properties on the street were restored to the glory of days past.

None of this could ever happen without the support of the community buying tickets to our events, donating to our program, and of course volunteering with us. So, I’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the entire Capitol Hill community for all of your help. Barracks Row really is an inspiring place to come to work every day.

BUSINESSES OPENED ON BARRACKS ROW IN 2012 A LIST NAILS • BRAVO EVENTS BY DESIGN • CAPITOL ASSET REALTY • CHIPOTLE •

HOWL TO THE CHIEF • PACIFICO • SOLEIL 21 SALONSPA • STAPLES & CHARLES • TABULA RASA • UBREAKIFIX • WAGTIME TOO • YES! ORGANIC MARKET

A MESSAGE FROM PATTY BROSMERMANAGING DIRECTOR

While most people are familiar with many of the things that Main Street programs do, from historic preservation to small business recruitment and retention, creating quality public spaces to developing engaging events that bring customers to the street, many do not notice the extensive maintenance of the street that takes place every day.

Barracks Row Main Street, through a generous grant from the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development, pays for supplemental Clean Team services on the

street on high-traffic Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

This funding, combined with the partnership between Barracks Row Main Street and the Capitol Hill BID, enables us to bring the Men in Blue to the street seven days a week to keep the trash and recycling collected, pull weeds out of the treeboxes, and keep Barracks Row clean and safe. Please join me in saying thank you to the Men in Blue when you see them on the Hill. Without their hard work, rain or shine, the street would not be what it is today.

A MESSAGE FROM SHARON BOSWORTH MARKETING MANAGER

TASTE OF 8TH Few “tasting events” compare to Barracks Row’s Taste of 8th. With most of our restaurants participating, ticket buyers can easily plan a customized, five-course progressive lunch for the price of one affordable “five-pack” of tasting tickets. Begin light with sushi or a crab wanton appetizer, try low-country shrimp and grits, then on to lollipop lamb chops. Next, savory waffles with beer sampler (one dark, one light) followed by tiramisou. Always a sell-out, be on the lookout for our Newsletter or Hill Rag April column with this year’s Taste of 8th details.

BARRACKS ROW EVENTS

BARRACKS ROW FALL FESTIVAL ON CAPITOL HILLOur longest running event, the Barracks Row Fall Festival blends the curiosities of small town fairs with urban diversity. Sponsors, event partners, and participants include the United States Marine Corps, the Trapeze School New York, DC State Fair, the Military Hospitality Alliance, the National Community Church, the National Capital Bank, the Playseum, the Capitol Hill BID, the Capitol Riverfront BID and CSX. Walk the midway and capture the feeling of the greatest free show on earth, or, at least in the DC metro area.

SANTA ARRIVES ON 8TH You remember, don’t you? Telling Santa what you wanted for Christmas. This is the same event from your childhood, with a few twists. Neighborhood kids watch Santa arrive by fire truck to celebrate the legendary Barracks Row Fire Department. Parents can download photos free from our website. Dogs and cats can visit Santa, too. The only charge ever is a toy for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.

THE CULINARY EDUCATION CRAWLThis is your chance to finally go to cooking school by signing up for classes at our restaurants! Our newest event, the Crawl was created by our Business and Building Owners Committee. Watch for a second semester to be added to the next Crawl Calendar resulting in a Winter Crawl and Summer School.

Dependence Realty Trust LLCDonald L. DentonAlan & Becky DyeAmanda EdwardsChip EnglishBarbara FaculijakMarge FranceseJon GendersonJohn Gordon & Debra KeatsCatherine HeldThe Heritage FoundationInnovative Federal StrategiesGary JankowskiThe Kitchen CompanyHerbert LehnerLivingston GroupMatchbox Restaurant Group Michael Torrey Associates LLCOehme van SwedenOFW LawDavid PerrySusan PerryJim RowlandAndrew ScallanSchneider’s LiquorDavid SheldonPhilip Truluck Bart VandaleBernie WilliamsJames WrightZagat

$500 to $999Gary Abrecht Banana CafeJohn W. Bode LLCCavaCardinal

2012 DONORS

$10,000 and aboveCSX RailwaysDC Department of Housing and Community DevelopmentDC Department of Small & Local Business DevelopmentNational Capital Bank Foundation

$3,000 to $9,999 Capitol Hill BIDCapitol Riverfront BIDCapitol Hill InvestorsDC State FairMyles & Carolyn DohertyXavier Cervera Community FoundationInternational Dairy Foods AssociationMargot KellyNational Community ChurchTip & Connie TiptonWine and Spirits Wholesalers of America

$1,000 to $2,999Chuck BurgerSteve & Nicky CymrotStephen & Maygene Daniels

EngineeringAmanda EdwardsGood Food LLCGrant, Ryall, Andrew Real Estate GroupShirley GrastyHello CupcakeHomebodyLucinda JankePaul Lucas Stanton DevelopmentTrattoria AlbertoJ. Michael TubbsWeinstein StudioJudy L. WoodTim Yehl LLC

$100 to $499 A List Nails & SpaThe Barac Co.Patty Brosmer Donna BreslinPeter BrighamCapitol Hill BikesKathryn Didden Mark HegedusHowl to the ChiefLou IveyCongressman Bill LowreyMetro MuttsMid Atlantic WirelessPascal & Weiss, P.C.Gary PetersonJudith SeidenSoleil 21 Salon SpaSpring Mill BreadMichael StevensThe Sweet Lobbytabula rasaMaurice Walters ArchitectureValarie’s Animal Den

YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS!Barracks Row Main Street is fortunate to have numerous grants to help us carry out our mission of an ever-improving Eighth Street, however our day-to-day operations are mostly dependent on generous contributions and support from the Capitol Hill Community. We’d like to extend a special thank you to all of our 2011 cash and in-kind donors, and especially to our volunteers. We could not do this alone!

2012 Financials

Barracks Row Main StreetFinancial Statement

AssetsCurrent Assets $1,761,283Pledges and Grants Receivable $1,435,526Accrued Interest Receivable $601Total Current Assets $3,197,410

Fixed AssetsTotal Fixed Assets - Net $0Other Assets - Security Deposit $2,250Total Assets $3,199,660

LiabilitiesAccounts Payable $60Total Liabilities $60

Net AssetsUnrestricted $254,054Temporarily Restricted $2,945,546Total Net Assets $3,199,600

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $3,199,660

Stephanie MusselwhitePatrick ObermanVera Oye’ Yaa- AnnaAmanda PepperDavid PerrySusan PerryDonna PisaniHeather RobbinsJim RowlandDrew ScallanJordan ScarboroMeagan Seitz- SmithAnne SeymourJeremy ShartarJonathan ShartarJason R. ShineFay SingerJohn SingerCamille SmithKathryn SmithMarybeth SousaJenata SpencerMichael Stevens

Kim AdamsBill AdcockPaul AhnHeather AlarconCarlos AlarconTravis AustinMark BattersonKathy BeckmanKatie Bergman- BockAmber BowdenSeth BowdenNina BrayDonna BreslinKelly BronkPatty BrosmerChuck BurgerTawana CampbellPhilippe ChetritAndrea ClarkStephen DanielsKelly DavisDon DentonAmy DriscollAlan DyeBecky Dye

Paxton HelmsClaudia HolwillKatie HuberLou IvyWendi JamesGary JankowskiCynthia JonesPenny KarasDebra KeatsEmma KellyMargot KellyCarrol KindleKarl KindleMaurice KreindlerMatt KruczlnickiGwen LassiterSusan LeiterDebbie Leung HarrisonCasandra LevineLiz LeyneMary LockmanErin MaraLaura MartinezChristine McCoyGregory Mitchell

Carolyn EavesAmanda EdwardsFiona EdwardsAlex EspinozaBarbara FaculijakGene FisherJane FisherBeth FlutoHenry FordAnthony ForteHenriette FoucardMarge FranceseFaith FriedPenny GastonEmily GatesJon GendersonMoira GillickJohn GordonRebecca HarringtonAdam HarrisonLinda HarrisonMat HartHaley HarterAllison Haugen

Justin StokesAbbie TippieConnie TiptonTip TiptonBart VandaeleDustin WallerDeborah WarrenPhil WatsonNat WebberMark WeinheimerKendra WhitakerKen WhiteJeffrey WilliamsIsabel WillsonJessica WoodburnJames WrightLiz Wright

Additional Thanks:Marine Barracks Washington Captain Lisa LawrenceCaptain John Norton

2012 VOLUNTEER TEAM

PARTNERSOur partners are vital to our successin building this vibrant community.

We thank our partners in government:

The Department of Small and Local Business Development

Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development

The DC City Council; the offices of Tommy Wells and David Catania

The DC Department of Housing and Community Development

2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORSOfficersTip TiptonCEO, The Tipton Group, Inc. President, Barracks Row Main Street

John GordonVice PresidentThe National Capital BankTreasurer, Barracks RowMain Street

Susan PerrySecretary,Barracks Row Main Street

Marge FranceseChair, Government Relations Committee

Alan P. Dye, Esq.Partner, Webster Chamberlain & BeanGeneral Counsel, Barracks Row Main Street

Debra Keats Senior Vice President & Branch Manager National Capital Bank

Margot KellyProperty Owner,Barracks Row

Maurice Kreindler Capitol Hill Investors, LLC

Erin Mara Proprietor,Homebody

David PerryResident

Jim Rowland Senior Vice President, Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America

Drew Scallan CEO, Scallan Properties

DirectorsMark BattersonLead Pastor,National Community Church

Chuck Burger Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Stephen Daniels Property Owner, Barracks Row

Don Denton Vice President Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Amanda Edwards John Milner Associates, Inc. Chair, Design Committee

Jon Genderson Proprietor, Schneider’s Liquors

Jonathan Shartar Investment Associate, Madison Marquette Chair, Promotions Committee

Michael Stevens Executive Director, Capitol Riverfront BID (ex-officio)

Bart VandaeleProprietor, Belga Café

Mark WeinheimerCHAMPS (ex-officio)

James S. Wright, Esq.Attorney at LawChair, Economic Development Committee

The DC Department of Transportation

The Commissioners of ANC6B

For providing clean and safe services we thank:

Capitol Hill Business ImprovementDistrict (BID) north of I-295.

Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District (BID) south of I-295.

For their ongoing support of our revitalization efforts we thank:

Washington DC Economic Partnership

BARRACKS ROW MAIN STREET IS A DESIGNATED DC MAIN STREETS COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

BARRACKS ROW MAIN STREET IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

The National Main Street Centerof the National Trust for Historic Preservation

The Capitol Hill Restoration Society

CHAMPS

The Hill Center

Marine Barracks Washington

Washington Navy Yard

Metropolitan Police DepartmentFirst District Substation

Oehme Van Sweden

Weinstein Architects

StaffMartin SmithExecutive Director

Patty BrosmerManaging Director

Sharon Bosworth Marketing Manager