NoMa is home to thousands of people who build their lives and raise their families here. Although NoMa BID is a business improvement district, working to serve the residents is critical to the neighborhood’s success.

This past year, as crime trends rose across the neighborhood and city, public safety emerged as a top priority. In response, the BID expanded staff capacity and intensified efforts to meet the community’s needs. We’re proud to share that these efforts have paid off, with crime trends now showing a promising decline.

Progress on this initiative in 2025 included:

• Progress on this initiative in 2025 included: § Delivering the BID’s core services, among them the daily work of the Ambassador team in ensuring the neighborhood is clean and cared-for.
• Enhancing data collection processes to better document and report public space activities.
• Utilizing a $55,000 grant from the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice to expand the BID’s network of outdoor security cameras. This grant helped bring the number of cameras with connectivity to both the Metropolitan Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center and the BID’s own CCTV system up to 25 cameras in key strategic locations.
• Securing an additional $83,600 grant from the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice to contract a safety ambassador to continue to improve neighborhood safety.
• Reducing response times and improved planning for public space maintenance. § Conducting quarterly streetlight audits to promptly report outages and request replacements to improve visibility and increase the feeling of safety at night.
• Working with the h3 Project in NoMa led to—among many other things—41 housing matches for unhoused persons (59 percent decrease over 2024), with 37 move-ins (42 percent increase over 2024).
• Hosting monthly Public Safety Meetings that enable connections and collaboration between workers, residents, law enforcement agencies, and city agency representatives.
• Organizing, hosting, and joining neighborhood safety walks with political and business leaders, neighborhood organizations, residents, and law enforcement officials.
• Increasing presence at local public meetings for transparency and accountability to NoMa’s residents and neighbors.
• Increasing collaboration with neighborhood public safety stakeholders, including law enforcement representatives, violence interrupters, state and federal prosecutors, and more.
• Ensuring that all BID events are 100% free to attend and are marketed to all of NoMa’s residents.
• Continuing to host Produce Plus at the NoMa Farmers Market to increase access to fresh fruit and vegetables for program recipients.
• Continuing advocacy for the Throne free public restroom at Alethia Tanner Park.
• Promoting the BID’s two composting locations to help reduce food waste.
• The Metropolitan Police Department Fifth District Citizen’s Advisory Council honored the NoMa BID for contributions to public safety.

Targeted work on this initiative for 2026 will include:

• Continuing to grow and expand participation in the Metropolitan Beer Trail.
• Continuing the practice of conducting quarterly streetlight audits to promptly report outages and request replacements to improve visibility and increase the feeling of safety at night.