COHESIVE COMMUNITIES
The glue that holds a community together is social networking and interaction. For this reason, it's important for a community to establish an infrastructure that fosters communication, neighborliness, and collaboration. Whether this is accomplished through churches, schools, or parks, any type of bonding events that celebrate shared values help to create a community identity. In time, this identity builds tradition further strenghtening the social fabric of the neighborhood.
Eckington boasts many schools, churches, and a popular recreational park, the Harry Thomas Recreational Center. This recreational center has a baseball field, basketball field, computer lab, multipurpose room (for community functions), playground, tennis court, and public swimming pool. Additionally, McKinley High School offers a state of the art outdoor sports facility with perimeter running track. Even the neighborhood's first dog park is being planned for the upcoming NOMA Green development project.
These public gathering spaces are essential to building a cohesive neighborhood. Eckington holds an annual neighborhood festival appropriately called "Eckington Day" in late October. This block party brings out families with activities for kids, music entertainment, sets up health tables, and even provides a collection of oral history for Eckington. This is a spectacular way to foster bonding and a instill a sense of community identity.
Eckington boasts many schools, churches, and a popular recreational park, the Harry Thomas Recreational Center. This recreational center has a baseball field, basketball field, computer lab, multipurpose room (for community functions), playground, tennis court, and public swimming pool. Additionally, McKinley High School offers a state of the art outdoor sports facility with perimeter running track. Even the neighborhood's first dog park is being planned for the upcoming NOMA Green development project.
These public gathering spaces are essential to building a cohesive neighborhood. Eckington holds an annual neighborhood festival appropriately called "Eckington Day" in late October. This block party brings out families with activities for kids, music entertainment, sets up health tables, and even provides a collection of oral history for Eckington. This is a spectacular way to foster bonding and a instill a sense of community identity.