Keeping D.C.'s Neighborhoods on The Map
Local City Collective was founded in 2019 with a simple belief: that the neighborhoods people actually live in deserve the same investment and attention as anywhere else in D.C.
Our Mission
Local City Collective exists to support the small businesses, property owners, and community corridors that give D.C. neighborhoods their identity.
We are a 501 (c)(3) non-profit rooted in upper northwest D.C., working every day to make sure the local operators, legacy businesses, and neighborhood storefronts that communities depend on have the resources they need to survive and thrive.
FOUNDED
2019
MAIN ST PROGRAMS
2
DESIGNATION
DSLBD-Recognized
TAX STATUS
501(c)(3)
NEIGHBORHOODS SERVED
Glover Park + Woodley Park
STAFF + BOARD
15 Local Team Members
Impact, the Way Neighbors Count It
156
LOCAL BUSINESSES SUPPORTED
across both corridors since 2019
$1.4M
INVESTED IN STOREFRONTS
facade grants, signage, lighting
30
PUBLIC EVENTS HOSTED IN 2025
total of 105 since 2019
750
VOLUNTEER HOURS LOGGED
by neighbors, for their neighborhoods
Meet Our Team
Program Director
Kate Dean
Our Board
Justine Bernard
Owner, Elements Center
Philip Blane
Kimpton Glover Park Hotel
Eli Broke
Petra Development
Matthew Martorana
JBG Smith
Isabel McCann
Principal, Cann Development & Domestic Engineering
Andrew O’Neill
Principal, O’Neill Realty Advisors
Marshall Scallan
Cushman Wakefield & Scallan Properties
Jackie Blumenthal
Chairwoman
John Snedden
Vice Chairman
Melissa Lane
Secretary
Explore Our
Neighborhoods
Each Main Street program is led by its own neighborhood—shaped by the people who live, shop, and work there. Pick a block to dig in.
ABOVE GEORGETOWN
GLOVER PARK
A walkable corridor of independent restaurants, neighborhood services, and the legendary Glover Park Day. Tucked between Georgetown and the National Cathedral.
JUST ABOVE DUPONT CIRCLE
WOODLEY PARK
A leafy, walkable neighborhood populated with family-friendly destination restaurants, cafes, and known for the Smithsonian National Zoo.
Show Up For Your Block
FOR NEIGHBORS
DONATE
Tax-deductible gifts go directly to grants, events, and public space improvements on the corridor.
FOR RESIDENTS
VOLUNTEER
Plant a planter, paint a mural, run a kid station at Glover Park Day. Two hours, twenty-every shift counts.
FOR SUPPORTERS
PARTNER
Foundations, civic partners, and brands keep the corridor humming. Sponsorship tiers from $1k to $50k.