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Wednesday, January 21, 2004

A 1-bedroom here for $425/mo.?  In the Washington DC area?

Mount Rainer Artist Lofts, Gateway Arts District, Mount Rainier, Maryland, Washington DC

If you’re an artist!  One-bedroom units in this 12-unit building in the upcoming Mount Rainer artists’ community are really only $425/month, thanks to the Housing Initiative Partnership in Maryland.

Mount Rainer, a neighorhood in Maryland at the Washington DC border, is focused on revitalization through attracting creative people - risk-takers at heart.  This is a key attribute, being that the area was overrun by drug dealers just a few years ago.

The Mount Rainer Artist Lofts will provide 44 more units for artists, an $11.7 mixed-use building that was awarded $8 million of federal tax credits by the Maryland Dept. of Housing & Community Development.


Posted by Neil Takemoto in • Entertainment & Arts | (2) Comments | Permalink
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Stoopy  on  01/232004  at  01:12 AM

i lived in dc from 96-98, and i just had this feeling about Mt. Ranier, probably because it has this surprising food co-op.  But it also has lots of trees and very inexpensive homes with a lot of architectural character.

It’s a place that could happen.  Artists definitely should colonize it.  There’s plenty of vacant retail space and easy access to DC and Baltimore.

 on  09/012004  at  10:14 AM

Please provide more information about the Mount Rainier project. How do artist apply for such housing?

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