The first day on the job for each position I’ve had has been a blur. Diana Ingraham, the newly named executive director of the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, doesn’t have that luxury. There’s money to be raised; major renovations to be finished; a full roster of programs and events to plan; a […]
I can’t walk by the Old Naval Hospital without getting a little buzz of excitement. You see, I am a nerd that loves to sign up for classes. Stained glass classes, pottery classes, finance classes, Spanish classes, cooking classes, etc. And once all of the geothermal holes are doing their thing, donors (large & small) […]
Things are well underway at the Hill Center, especially underground. The restored Old Naval Hospital, scheduled to open next June and offer cultural, educational and civic programs to the community, will be heated and cooled by a geothermal system, and this week there’s a drilling rig on site digging 30 wells that are 350 feet […]
Your typical good Samaritan may pick up an abandoned purse or wallet tossed after a mugging or even a child’s sippy cup or toy that’s been catapulted from a stroller, in hope of returning them, but it really takes an upstanding citizen to haul home a hundred pound urn and locate its proper owner years […]
The Hill Center, which broke ground at a ceremony on Sunday, June 13, and is scheduled to open in July 2011 at the site of the Old Naval Hospital at 9th Street and Pennsylvania Ave SE, will be home to a campus-like facility that will offer residents “lifelong learning and cultural enrichment” opportunities, thus giving […]