Overview of the eastern end of Columbia Pike

Photographs looking west to Columbia Pike, viewed from an upper floor of the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Columbia Pike Progress Luncheon 2024

The Columbia Pike Partnership (CPP) recently hosted the Columbia Pike Progress Luncheon at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel. 

From the CPP website:  "This year’s theme —“ Building Bridges to Affordable Housing," focused on celebrating and advancing the work on Committed Affordable and Market Rate Affordable Housing along Columbia Pike...

The luncheon featured a curated panel of experts - from APAH, Jair Lynch. Amazon, and AHC [Carmen Romero, Daavid Hilde, Senthil Sankaran, Paul Bernard], sharing actionable insights, strategies, and stories of overcoming challenges in this arena. Our commitment to advocating attainable housing options for everyone, especially essential personnel like teachers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers, and nurses, is more vital than ever. Their ability to live in the jurisdictions where they serve is paramount to building a resilient and interconnected community."

CPP's new executive director Andrew Schneider and board chair Diana Nakarmi also made remarks.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Equanimity Foundation program at the Career Center

Karen Isabel Guevara, president of the Equanimity Foundation, sponsored a program featuring a motivational speaker and a student/community art project at the Arlington Career Center. Motivational speaker Amanda Molina spoke of her rise to success through hard work in overcoming barriers that she faced, and renowned Latino artist Oscar Javier Gonzalez led the students in a hands-on art project featuring cultural imagery and personal expression. Margaret Chung, director of the Arlington  Career Center, introduced this well-attended program for the Career Center's diverse student body.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.