New Met Branch Trail Mural

Another mural is going up along the Met Branch Trail-

Quest Skinner and Meghan Taylor (artists) through funding from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy are working with Beacon House and DC Summer Youth to paint a mural along the Met Branch Trail at Hondo Coffee Roasters at W Street.

Edgewood Rec Center Football Field Dedication

Beacon House, DC Department of Parks and Recreation, the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation, and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) will hold a community celebration to dedicate the football field at the Edgewood Department of Parks and Recreation Center, which has been renovated with a newly resurfaced field, bleachers, and an electronic scoreboard.

The event will take place on Saturday, May 15, starting at 11 am at the football field, located at 3rd and Evarts Streets NE, Washington, DC. City officials, Redskins players and team officials, representatives from the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation, Beacon House, and LISC will be on hand for ribbon-cutting ceremony. The field dedication will also feature a Beacon House football team scrimmage.

The upgrades to the field were made possible by a $100,000 grant from the National Football League Grassroots Program, a partnership between the NFL Youth Football Fund, The Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation and Local Initiatives Support Corporation. The grant is part of $2.5 million in field refurbishments allocated this year to community groups in areas surrounding 21 NFL markets. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities also contributed by installing new lights.

Edgewood Rec Center Football Field Dedication

The official dedication ceremony for the newly renovated Edgewood Recreation Center Football Field will be held Saturday, May 15th at 11:00 a.m. on the field. There will some political and Washington Redskins bigwigs in attendance. Beacon House, DPR and the Washington Redskins teamed together to renovate the field that is home to the Beacon House youth football program and part of the Edgewood Recreation Center. The improvements include: new lighting, leveling the field, an underground irrigation system, new turf and bleachers. The Washington Redskins are also providing five years of maintenance for the field.