About the Annual
Columbia Heights Day Festival
Columbia Heights Day Initiative is a local, independent, grassroots 501(c )(3). We were developed to kick-start the Columbia Heights Day Festival to host community events through volunteer efforts and corporate donations. Our goal is to highlight Columbia Heights businesses, to provide information from community organizations, and to promote the values, character and history that make Columbia Heights what it is: a neighborhood of relationships principled on generosity, inclusion, harmony and family.
Three years ago, we decided to "put-up or shut-up" after discussing how wonderful a community celebration, akin to the Adams Morgan Day Festival, would be for Columbia Heights. Seeing no other alternative, we rounded up a few friends who liked the idea and pitched the concept to a few local businesses, Councilmember Jim Graham and local civic associations. Everyone we approached enthusiastically endorsed the idea, and before we knew it we had created a 501(c)(3), registered with the city, opened a bank account, and had a fundraiser. Too bad that's not all it takes to organize a festival. . . .
