‘SW Waterfront’
courtesy of ‘Peter Gene’
A new waterfront plaza called Yards Park is celebrating its Grand Opening this weekend with events for all ages. Yards Park is a 5.5 acre park that features a quarter-mile boardwalk, extensive lawn place, bridges, waterfalls, and pedestrian walkways.
There are events all weekend starting Friday at 3:30 p.m. including a dog run Saturday at 10 a.m., live music, a trapeze act, and a beer garden by Cap City.
For a full listing of events, visit the Yard’s Park website.
Yards Park is located at 10 Water St.
Rachel moved to DC in the fall of 2005 to study Journalism and Music at American University. When she’s not keeping up with the latest Major League Baseball news, she works on making music as an accomplished singer-songwriter and was even a featured performer/speaker at TEDxDupont Circle in 2012. Rachel has also contributed to The Washington Examiner and MASN Sports’ Nationals Buzz as a guest blogger. See why she loves DC. E-Mail: rachel@welovedc.com.
