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Could HGTV Help Revitalize Anacostia?

Screen grabIT TAKES A SOLID BASE of community partners to mount a successful revitalization, whether the subject is a building, a school or a neighborhood. For projects with a larger scope, reaching outside that community isn't a bad idea.

Those hoping to bring about change in historic Anacostia are doing just that: They're looking to the Home and Garden network for some much-needed assistance.

In a partnership with Rebuilding Together, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Natural Resources Defense Council, HGTV has launched a new initiative called Change the World, an effort to promote action through community revitalization partnerships. And Anacostia is in the running to be selected as a featured community.

From HGTV:

While the Anacostia neighborhood is in dire need of extensive rehabilitation, this community revitalization effort would help clean up and maintain Anacostia Park and River, repair elderly housing in the neighborhood and improve a community education center that serves at risk children.
The winning community will be announced during the Tournament of Roses Parade on Jan. 1. Whichever spot is picked will join New Orleans as a beneficiary of the first Change the World Week, in which volunteers and organizations will gather to help complete neighborhood projects.

Want to vote for Anacostia? Click vote here. You're allowed to vote once each day until the contest ends on Dec. 21.

» "Vote for Anacostia on HGTV.com!" [And Now, Anacostia]
» "Change the World: Washington, D.C." [HGTV]

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