Roll Call writes up The Hill is Home
Disclosure: I helped start this hyperlocal blog over the summer, and continue to host it and consult with Kate and her very able crew. Nice to see this piece recognizing their great work:
Folks in Capitol Hill really love their neighborhood. Whether it’s touting the greatness of Eastern Market or raving about the recent influx of restaurants to the area, there is a lot of pride to be found among the inhabitants of the Hill. But while the trendy and family-friendly enclave is a happening place to live now, it wasn’t always that way. Ten or so years ago, sections of the Hill were no-go zones for house hunting and even walking at night.
“Where I live now couldn’t possibly be more safe,” said Nichole Remmert, a freelance fundraising development and events consultant who lives in the Lincoln Park area. “I wouldn’t have lived there in 1994. Whatever people’s personal thoughts on gentrification, there has been a decrease in crime.”
Remmert is one of several faithful Hill residents who write for the blog the Hill Is Home, which was founded by Kate McFadden last spring. Each of the contributors has seen the changes that have come to the area and are passionate about the neighborhood in which they live.
McFadden started thehillishome.com after being laid off from her job at AARP. She was looking to get some fresh writing clips and decided to do that by fulfilling a need she saw in the community. While other neighborhoods had established blogs, such as the Prince of Petworth and New Columbia Heights, Capitol Hill did not. So McFadden decided to start one.
