Our Team.
Upper Georgia Avenue Main Street is a community-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting local businesses, strengthening neighborhood vitality, and guiding equitable development along the Upper Georgia Avenue corridor.
Serving Brightwood and Shepherd Park — and working with businesses near the Parks at Walter Reed — we promote a vibrant business district while preserving historic character and advancing equitable development for residents, businesses, and visitors alike.
Our mission is to:
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Support and promote small businesses across the corridor.
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Foster a vibrant, walkable, and pedestrian-friendly commercial district.
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Preserve historic character while encouraging thoughtful new development.
We invite you to join us at our next community event, or visit one of our wonderful small businesses.
SB Works Board of Directors:
Morgan Zehner, Chief Growth Officer, Creating Healthier Communities
Bill McLeod, Business Improvement District Director, Dupont Circle
Emily Morris, Attorney, EKM Law, PLLC
Deborah Jones, SBTA Program Counselor, Marshall Heights Community Development Org.
John Wagithuku, Business Owner, VMG Resources
Georgia Avenue Program Advisors.
SB Works is excited to work with a group of Avenue-based program advisors representing the businesses, workers, and residents along the Main Street Corridor. These advisors work to guide and develop the Main Street program and are selected to ensure coverage of the corridor and its neighborhoods.
Shepherd Park
Zach Shuy, Business Manager
Nigel Harris, Property Manager
Kevin Jackson, Building Owner
Janice Powell, Business Owner
Brightwood
Fikre Kidan & Beletech Woldemarian, Business Owners
Mekonnen Abraham, Business Owner
Lorenzo Alston, Building and Business Owner
Eric Gates, Business Owner/Manager
