NoMa : Features

"Kidical Mass," the biking movement for kids and their parents, is active in the District. We sat down with the D.C. chapter's founder for a Q&A session about bikes and safer streets.

In many places across the country, including D.C., rail is breaking ridership records as we move away from the personal car. How does a place like Union Station manage the influx of passengers while being a good neighbor?

It's the tenth anniversary of National Treasure (yeah, that movie with Nic Cage). But secret messages on the back of the Declaration of Independence are so passe. Check out these real secrets in and around D.C., then impress your friends.

Read on for a roundup of some of the hidden—yet open to the public—gems tucked away at local universities, and make time to explore one or more in 2014.

For the first time ever, you can now ride MARC from Union Station to Baltimore and back on weekends. We spoke to riders on the first day.

Read about the innovators creating businesses in D.C. by making things right here, then meet more than 20 of them at #ProductionInTheCity, a market and panel discussion.

The long-abandoned, much-beloved Uline Arena is moving toward a new phase of life.  As the project moves forward, here's a look at the building's storied past.

Chefs and restaurant owners are finding that their clientele is growing steadily more diverse. Here are three business owners following that trend to success.

D.C's iconic train station has stood for more than a century. But just a few decades ago, its future was in doubt. See its transformation from mold, mildew, mushrooms and "The Pit" to its renaissance today.

Move over, corn dogs and pizza. At some D.C. schools, with the help of local nonprofits, kids are getting fresh fruit, green veggies and local meat—and a lesson in where all that food comes from.

D.C.-area residents have more choices about how to get around today than ever before. Car sharing, bike sharing and ride sharing—and the apps that make these choices possible—are revolutionizing transportation as we know it. Want to know more? Read our article and then join us for a free panel discussion Sept. 25.

A $300,000 grant from ArtPlace America will fund a competition to design the next generation of playground for D.C. spaces, where off-the-shelf slides and swings give way to art like you can't imagine.

This is the new way D.C. parties: think warehouses and parking lots, not swanky ballrooms. Savvy entrepreneurs are launching new businesses to take advantage of this shift in thinking, and in the meantime, activate underused spaces and neighborhoods.

The second event in Elevation DC's speaker series, in partnership with Smart Growth America, brought a crowd to discuss how food and restaurants reshape neighborhoods.

NoMa, a neighborhood created piecemeal from other places around a Metro station, is still struggling to find its identity even as it transforms into an entirely new place. If history's any guide, history could help.