Sacred Places
Buena Vista Terrace
Neighbours have been drawing their plans on the sidewalk.
WHERE
Washington, DC
SETTING
Neighborhood
PARTNER INSTITUTION
Casey Trees
Visit
Where it is
Buena Vista Terrace SE & 30th Street SE, Washington, DC
What happens here
HOW IT CAME TO BE
They drew it on the sidewalk first.
01
The Need
The site is owned by the DC Department of Housing and Community Development and had accumulated hazardous trees and other vegetation.
02
The Vision
Community members have long advocated for the space to become a gathering place, and have begun using sidewalk art to visualize their goals for it, hoping to turn it into a place for meditation and healing. Community leaders instigated the revitalization themselves, enlisting the DC Department of Transportation to remove the hazardous vegetation. Casey Trees holds a conservation easement on the site, which lets the Sacred Place overlay goals of environmental restoration and healing, and this would be Nature Sacred's second site with them.
03
The Transformation
Come back soon. [Placeholder per 19 Aug call.]
WHO TENDS IT
Robert Butler
Firesoul, Buena Vista Terrace
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