Strand Theater redevelopment rendering courtesy of The NHP Foundation
For more than a year, DC Housing Enterprises, a subsidiary of the District’s Housing Authority, had $6 million in federal tax credits set aside to help redevelop the Strand Theater, a historic, now-abandoned movie theater that was once a focal point for Deanwood’s Black community. Officials want to turn the space into a restaurant with an arts and entertainment program.
But in mid-December, DCHE asked the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners for permission to direct those tax credits to a hospital project not in the District, but in Los Angeles.
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D.C. is allocating $6 million in tax credits to a community hospital. The only problem is, that hospital is located in a different community, more than 2,600 miles away, in south central Los Angeles.
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The D.C. Housing Authority Board of Commissioners voted in an emergency meeting last Friday to send $6 million in new market tax credits across the country. The funds must be allocated by the end of the calendar year, or else the District risks losing out on tax credits from the federal program in the
Photo by John Bordner/Gazette Packet
Jim Henson, seated center, holds his Living Legends portrait presented to him during a walk-by parade in his honor following his diagnosis of lung cancer in late September. With Henson are members of the Departmental Progressive Club and the Living Legends board of directors. Photo by Janet Barnett/Gazette Packet
A sign presented to Jim Henson memorializing his trademark phrase “too blessed to be stressed.”
Jim Henson was a man-about-town, known for his dapper dressing, infectious smile and engaging personality. But most notably he was known for the five words he uttered each time he greeted friends and strangers alike. To anyone who asked, Henson was always “too blessed to be stressed.”