health and wellbeing : Development News

On Dec. 2, Mayor Vincent Gray cut the ribbon on a new playground in Hillcrest in Ward 7. "It's like night and day," Hillcrest Community Civic Association president Karen Williams says.

Personal trainer Larry Carroll, Sr., is putting the finishing touches on a new gym on Rhode Island Ave NE.

The Mediterranean Way gourmet market is opening for business at 1717 Connecticut Avenue NW.

A new wellness center and two boutiques are now open at the Anacostia Arts Center, Arch Development Corporation' development project aimed at bringing arts and business to Anacostia and raising the area's  quality of life and local economy.

Construction is underway on the new Rhode Island Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, which will provide safe passage over the CSX railroad tracks to the Rhode Island Ave. Metro Station and the Metropolitan Branch Trail.

The Mediterranean Way, a gourmet market offering Mediterranean foods and beverages, will open in Dupont Circle in late September.

The opening follows on the heels of the opening of the renovated recreation center, a roughly $10 million project.

The Dupont-based Fiddleheads, known for working with curly hair, has taken over another salon at 25 Florida Ave NW in Bloomingdale.

Israel Manor Inc's planned building in Brentwood has received zoning approval and can proceed with construction.

Chez Hareg Organic Market to open at 806 H St NE in April; warehouse in Trinidad coming around the same time.