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The Week in Germany: Current Affairs November 21, 2007 Embassy Events: Reaching Out to the City, German Embassy Plays Host
to Hillcrest-Palisades Partnership Anniversary Bash in DC
German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth and DC Mayor Adrian Fenty on Nov. 13 together greeted community leaders and members of the Hillcrest and the Palisades neighborhood associations of Washington celebrating an enduring partnership that has brought two separate corners of the city together at a special reception hosted by the German Embassy. Fenty cited the importance of having actively involved citizens at the grassroots level breathe life into the city. "We really need you - this is what it's all about," he said. Ambassador Scharioth meanwhile welcomed some 100 guests to the Embassy and expressed his thanks on behalf of the entire staff of some 200 for being so warmly received by the Palisades neighborhood of Northwest Washington.
Following on from the success of the EU Open House last May, during which some 22 EU embassies opened their doors for a day to the public, he also urged everyone to attend the next proposed EU Open House in May 2008. "It was fun, and we would like to do it again and have you come visit us here again at the Embassy," said Scharioth.
The Hillcrest-Palisades Partnership began informally through the regular monthly meetings of the Federation of Citizens Associations in 1996-97. Delegates from both neighborhoods met and discovered that they lived in exact opposite corners of the city. They discussed what they had in common, and considered ways of bringing together the two neighborhoods for mutual benefit and enjoyment, and for the betterment of the city.
The partnership initially devoted its efforts to support environmental education and initiatives between the Hillcrest neighborhood in Southwest and Palisades neighborhood in Northwest Washington. In 2002, the partnership began a new focus on the arts with the founding of Neighbors through ART. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library helped by providing space for the first show, which included works by over a dozen artists from each neighborhood. Neighbors through ART performances and shows bring residents of the Hillcrest and Palisades neighborhoods together to create and present original works of art.
The German Embassy was proud to host a 10th anniversary reception for
the Hillcrest-Palisades Partnership. We at the Embassy feel this fine
working partnership delivers real results and could serve as a role model
for many more such partnerships at the local, regional and even international
level! We salute the Hillcrest-Palisades Partnership as a shining example
of good neighborliness in the US capital.
Links: Hillcrest Community Civic Association |
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