I am totally unfamiliar with the area around the 6300 block of Germantown Avenue. What is this area like in terms of crime, quality of life, is this in the path of gentrification (in the future...opinions are fine)....etc.

Thanks,

Sam

Funny you should ask. It's a good neighborhood and that part of the Avenue has its advantages, given that the historic sites nearby bring frequent tourists and visitors. It is also a tricky business corridor with service and low-level retail shops, like many many nail and hair salons. There is a well-known art gallery nearby and the trend is for more investment and increasing property values due to the fact that block is better organized.

That particular corner, however, has had a lot of bad behavior, including a bodega store with open dealing. Violence among dealers is not totally uncommon, as a dealer was stabbed at a busstop not far from there in March by two other dealers.

It could use an established retail presence, so I say, see for yourself.

As for someone of live very close by, I agree with the previous poster. I also have a family member who owns a business on the block of G-town ave. I see good things happening in this area in the next few years.

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I walked around the area last Sunday afternoon for about three hours. Very nice area. Lots of lovely old homes there, most in great shape. Seemed like a nice safe area but that's all I can tell you.

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Duval Street has changed dramatically in the last couple of ears, and I know it because I also live very nearby.

There had been some issues with Duval and Cherokee, but it seems to have subsided to the credit of the local Community Association(Pomona Cheerokee) and the residents of the neighborhood.

A few years ago, this area was a best kept secret...not anymore!

This is a rough area. There have been many shootings on and around this block. Many of the houses are run down, derelict or abandoned. Most of the residents are related to one another.

Numerous shootings, fights and shouting matches have occurred (without much or any police response, of course). Residents are wary of "outsiders" and "gentrification." It and the nearby streets are the dirtiest, most run-down stretches all the way from Northwestern to Chelten Avenue.

There is also the typical window-vibrating big-speaker music coming from cars going through or parked in the neighborhood. Neighbors tend to stick to themselves. They don't go out of their way to meet or get to know one another. The motto is sort of "you mind your business; I'll mind mine."

Thank God WMAN is willing to take on this stretch of our community with its change of bylaws.

(I don't know who jazzcat is but he or she must be trippin' to say that the Pomona Cherokee group has done anything to improve this block. It can barely pull off meetings. We have only attended occasionally and when there is actually someone else there it is clear they aren't doing much of anything but arguing between themselves.)

Any way you can invest in that neighborhood would be great.

nxwse......I stated I live very nearby..Where do you live?

Do you have any clue on what is changing on Duval St?

Or are you referring to another part of Duval?

I have personally witnessed the changes on Duval from Germantown Ave to below Greene over the last couple of years.

And since you seem to take issue with Pomona Cherokee, and welcome WMAN, you mustn't be very vested in your OWN neighborhood....the Community Meetings are only as good as WHO shows and WHO participates, as any organization.

Perhaps you could share your thoughts with the members..or not.