Events: Come for the trees, stay for the trails at the restored Woodend Nature Sanctuary
Sign for the Audubon Naturalist Society’s wildlife sanctuary by Mr.TinDC licensed under Creative Commons.
Explore new trails, take in the upgraded streams, and see the wildlife as the Audubon Naturalist Society celebrates the opening of a revamped Woodend Nature Sanctuary.
This free event will be from 10 am to 5 pm this Wednesday at 8940 Jones Mill Road, in Chevy Chase, Maryland. For more details, click here.
Wednesday, October 6
Big plans for a small area: Ward3Vision will offer a presentation on how to address “sustainable, compact development, including affordable housing along Connecticut Avenue, from Chevy Chase Circle to Livingston Street,” including how the streetscape might change. The event will be this Wednesday from 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm. Click here for more details.
Friday, October 8
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: This Friday from 4 pm to 9 pm at the newly revamped Franklin Park, you can learn to Salsa, as part of Hispanic Heritage Month with the Downtown DC BID and DCBX. More events are scheduled for the rest of the month. Click here for details.
Monday, October 18
The dollars and cents of transit project delivery: The Eno Center for Transportation is hosting a symposium on the challenges of transit project delivery. The event comes off the heels of Eno’s transit cost and delivery report. This discussion, which is scheduled from 12 pm to 3 pm on Oct. 18 through Oct. 21, will focus on “both on broader challenges and opportunities in project delivery, as well as specific themes related to governance, processes, and standards at the national, state, and local levels.” Click here to register. There is a $20 fee for this event.
Check out more urbanist events at ggwash.org/calendar. Do you have an event you’d like to see featured in the weekly events post? Submit it here!