The District says progress is being made in the effort to revitalize the Anacostia Waterfront despite the nation's economic crisis.

Jessica Forres reports…

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Inside the Red Porch Restaurant at Nationals Ballpark, Mayor Adrian Fenty lists the more than 8 billion dollars worth of economic development projects that are moving forward…

POPLAR POINT, SOUTHWEST WATERFRONT, HILL EAST WATER FRONT, WATER FRONT STATION WHICH IS KNOWN TO A LOT OF US AS WATERSIDE MALL AND THE YARDS…

Those projects are part of a 20-year plan to build housing, offices, retail stores and parks on the east and west banks of a pollution-free Anacostia River...

DEVELOPED A ANACOSTIA 2032 PLAN TO MAKE THE ANACOSTIA RIVER BOATABLE, FISHABLE AND SWIMMABLE AND THAT WE'VE ADDED REAL TIME WATER QUALITY MONITORING TO OUR WEBSITE.

Neil Albert, the city's Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, says the financial crisis has made getting projects financed a much longer process but not a more difficult one...

THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT IS INVOLVED IN MANY OF THESE DEALS HERE THROUGH PUTTING THE LAND IN OR MAKING SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION IS REALLY HELPING TO SUSTAIN A NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS BUT WE CONTINUE TO BE BULLISH IN THE DISTRICT.

A free community fair to celebrate the ongoing progress will be held tomorrow at Nationals Ballpark.

Jessica Forres WAMU 885 News