Charles Allen DC Council

After a two year hiatus, the Ward 6 Brickies are back in-person! It's hard to believe this is the 16th Annual Ward 6 Brickie Awards. And before we get to celebrate, Councilmember Allen needs to hear from Ward 6 neighbors about who deserves a Brickie award. The criteria is broad among five categories. Leave a note below with your nomination (please include a way to contact you if we have more questions). We're looking for Ward 6 neighbors, organizations, groups, and businesses that go above and beyond to make Ward 6 a great place for us all to call home. The nomination window will close on Wednesday, November 30 at 5 pm.

Submit nominations for the best of the Ward 6 community in the nomination form below. Categories are:

Neighbor Award
Community Organization Award
Business Award
Civic Pride Award
Public Service Award

Share with your Ward 6 neighbors and encourage them to submit nominations, then join us at the Hill Center on Wednesday, December 7 at 6pm for Ward 6's annual community get-together.

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Del Cain commented 2022-11-30 12:00:48 -0500

I would like to nominate Mott’s Neighborhood Market, LLC- the team behind the effort to Save Mott’s Market for the civic pride award. I miss having a corner market near me and believe that a group of neighbors working together to reopen a market definitely shows civic pride.
Tim Dube commented 2022-11-30 11:59:39 -0500

Capitol Hill Outfitters
Lori Grisham commented 2022-11-30 11:43:53 -0500

Jerome Jeffries makes our portion of the neighborhood (10th and D St NE) a great place to live. He looks out for all of us and knows the name of every kid and dog. Jerome is also friendly with all of the waste management employees and regularly brings them bottles of water. I can’t think of a more deserving person for the Neighbor Award.
Becky Skinner commented 2022-11-30 11:15:03 -0500

I am excited to nominate Mott’s Neighborhood Market, LLC, the team behind the effort to Save Mott’s Market, for the civic pride award. Instead of letting a historic corner store disappear, this grassroots group of neighbors has engaged dozens of community members as investors, donors, and volunteers in the effort to purchase, renovate, and reopen the building that used to house Mott’s Market on 12th Street SE. They have also started to work on community service initiatives, including resurrecting the Mott’s Orange Hat Patrol and holding a Thanksgiving food drive. These collective efforts are making Mott’s Market a community hub for engagement. It’s just another reason why we are so lucky to live on the Hill!
Daniel Pechkis commented 2022-11-30 11:11:16 -0500

I would like to nominate Mott’s Neighborhood Market, LLC- the team behind the effort to Save Mott’s Market for the civic pride award. It has been a fantastic community building effort and preserving the neighborhood. They make me proud to be a DC resident.
Elizabeth Goodman commented 2022-11-30 11:07:13 -0500

Jerome Jeffries. He goes above and beyond to be helpful to all his neighbors, while caring for family at home.
Rachael and Robert Loper commented 2022-11-30 11:00:51 -0500

Our neighbor Jerome Jeffries takes care of all of us! He keeps 10th Street NE free of trash and keeps an eye on our elderly residents. He sets an excellent example for us all – thank you JJ!!
Heather Colvin commented 2022-11-30 11:00:11 -0500

Jerome Jeffries is the neighbor we all dream about. He is friendly, engaged, always doing something extra to make this a great place to live.
Margot Greenlee commented 2022-11-30 10:47:52 -0500

Three votes for Jerome Jeffries for the 2022 Brickies Award in Ward 6 from me and my two kids :-) Jerome cleans the streets, empties the trash cans, and always has time for a friendly conversation. He’s the perfect example of a neighbor who really cares and goes out of his way to make our neighborhood a wonderful place to live.
Amanda Blum commented 2022-11-30 10:43:55 -0500

Mott’s Neighborhood Market, LLC is incredibly deserving of this award. When our corner market on 12th Street SE closed, we were heartbroken, and waited for someone with the funds to quickly buy it and turn it into a house or rental property. But our close-knit group of neighbors organized an effort to save the store, soliciting interested community members to invest in and donate time to buy back the building and keep it as a corner market. The response and dedication from the residents in this area exemplify everything the Brickie Awards stand for. We’re lucky to call this area home!
Jessica Tate commented 2022-11-30 10:40:20 -0500

I’m nominating Motts Neighborhood Market for the Civic Pride award. This group of neighbors banded together to purchase our shuttered local corner store (12th St SE & Walter St SE) and is planning to re-open the market as soon as it is renovated. I appreciate their commitment to neighbors helping neighbors and maintaining a useful store and gathering spot for our immediate neighborhood.
Peter Rothschild commented 2022-11-30 10:33:36 -0500

I would like to nominate the group behind Save Mott’s Neighborhood Market. In this era of constant development, pop-ups, and gentrification, this group came together to save a traditional “corner market” of the type that the Hill used to have, but is now constantly losing. Instead of yet another rowhouse turned into 12 luxury condos (just kidding, but it seems like developers try to squeeze in more units than the building can hold), this market will remain as a community service. This group helped their neighbors on the Hill, and should be recognized for it.
Marcella Hilt commented 2022-11-30 10:26:07 -0500

I would like to nominate Mott’s Neighborhood Market, LLC- the team behind the effort to Save Mott’s Market for the civic pride award. This grassroots group of neighbors has gotten dozens of community members to invest and donate and volunteer services to buy back the building that used to house Mott’s Market on 12th Street SE and is raising funds to renovate and reopen the corner market. This is an inspiring example of what neighbors can do to positively affect our community- definitely civic pride at work.
Sarah Olmstead commented 2022-11-30 10:10:29 -0500

Jerome Jeffries for the Neighbor Award. I think the “Mayor of 10th St” moniker fits perfectly. He is an endlessly helpful and cheerful presence on the street. No one embraces neighborly spirit more than he, and I think he makes us all more neighborly and friendly than we might otherwise be without him.
Nora Lamm commented 2022-11-30 10:09:56 -0500

I nominate Mott’s Neighborhood Market, the group behind the Save Mott’s Market movement for the civic pride award.
Erin Taylor commented 2022-11-30 10:09:21 -0500

I nominate the Save Mott’s Market team, who saw a problem and opportunity in their neighborhood and is doing something about it! In just a few short months, neighbors have done some amazing grassroots organizing to raise money to purchase the former corner market and develop plans to renovate the space and make it into a hub for the community. At a time when there are so many challenges and change in the neighborhood, this is an amazing positive example of neighbors bettering where we live for now and the future.
Noah Bopp commented 2022-11-30 10:02:55 -0500

I would like to nominate the Mott’s Market team for the Civic Pride Award. The team is saving a 100 year-old community treasure and the entire neighborhood is rallying around them. What a story! Thank you.
Theresa Owens commented 2022-11-30 09:58:24 -0500

Mott’s Neighborhood Market, LLC – civic pride award.

This team of neighbors has put in countless hours to get dozens of community members to invest and donate and volunteer services to buy back the building that used to house Mott’s Market on 12th Street SE. This team of neighbors is helping to restore a neighborhood market that has been an integral part of our community. In addition, the group is creating more connection between neighbors as they are coming together to continue to raise funds for construction and to give back to the community through a recent use of the store as a food drop off site for Thanksgiving and a future toy drop off site for Christmas. This is an inspiring example of what neighbors can do to positively affect our community- definitely civic pride at work.
Lexine Hansen commented 2022-11-30 09:57:34 -0500

Mott’s Neighborhood Market—bringing a whole neighborhood together to invest in a community space with historical significance on Capitol Hill. The group demonstrates the best of diverse urban communities!
Bill Sweeney commented 2022-11-30 09:57:23 -0500

I nominate Mott’s Neighborhood Market for the Civic Pride award. Community members from all over the Hill were devastated by the potential of losing yet another local small business, so they put their own savings together to purchase the building and save a Capitol Hill institution that has served the families here for nearly a century.
Melysa Sperber commented 2022-11-30 09:48:43 -0500

I would like to nominate Mott’s Neighborhood Market, LLC- the team behind the effort to Save Mott’s Market for the civic pride award. This grassroots group of neighbors has gotten dozens of community members to invest and donate and volunteer services to buy back the building that used to house Mott’s Market on 12th Street SE and is raising funds to renovate and reopen the corner market. This is an inspiring example of what neighbors can do to positively affect our community- definitely civic pride at work
Carolyn Noble Downs commented 2022-11-30 09:47:34 -0500

Save Mott’s Market!

I would like to nominate Mott’s Neighborhood Market, LLC for the civic pride award. These amazing neighbors have inspired a community to invest, donate, and volunteer services to buy back and rejuvenate the building that used to house Mott’s Market on 12th Street SE. Their tremendous work is an inspiring example of what neighbors can do to positively affect our community.
Karen Quarles commented 2022-11-30 09:38:49 -0500

Mott’s Neighborhood Market for their work to save Mott’s Market.
Louise Cort commented 2022-11-30 09:33:33 -0500

Mott’s Neighborhood Market

This remarkable group rose to the challenge of saving a corner market and reconceiving it as a center of community across generations. Their Thanksgiving food drive was the first indication of their inspired goals for the market’s new role at the heart of our neighborhood, (I formerly lived there and observe from afar in Ohio with great pride.)
Jason Miller commented 2022-11-30 09:28:44 -0500

Save Mott’s Market- Love seeing the neighborhood coming together for a common cause- this effort by the Save Mott’s Market group shows the power we have to maintain the fabric that allows Capitol Hill to be the neighborhood we’ve come to love.
Michael Skinner commented 2022-11-30 09:07:13 -0500

I would like to nominate Mott’s Neighborhood Market, LLC— the team behind the effort to Save Mott’s Market for the civic pride award. This grassroots group of neighbors has gotten dozens of community members to invest and donate and volunteer services to buy back the building that used to house Mott’s Market on 12th Street SE and raise funds to renovate and reopen the corner market. This is an inspiring example of what neighbors can do to positively affect our community- definitely civic pride at work.
Jennifer Gajdosik commented 2022-11-29 22:33:24 -0500

I agree with all the nominations for our great neighbor, Jerome Jeffries! We’re so grateful for his tireless efforts to maintain such a clean and friendly block!
Maggie Hall commented 2022-11-29 22:12:37 -0500

Business Award

“Groovy”

A shop full of wonderful and interesting “things”.

Hard to go in and not come out with something!

And Manuel & Dennis are just as delightful as their stock.
Mary Calhoun commented 2022-11-29 19:18:28 -0500

Jerome Jeffries for Neighbor; he is the “mayor” of 10th Street (where we lived until recently ); he knows everyone; works hard to keep the street looking good and does a ton for everyone individually, including putting up garbage cans, collecting mail when people are away, cleaning up front areas of houses. Helped us with our move and even labeled our new cans for us!
Larry Mack commented 2022-11-29 17:50:28 -0500

Sole Wash

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