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    Adopt a Block

    Metadata Updated: October 15, 2025

    Residents, businesses, and the government all play a role in keeping DC clean, safe, and healthy. Only by involving all residents and each community can we create a #TrashFreeDC. Success begins with one neighbor and one community deciding to make a difference. Anyone can participate in the Adopt a Block program - individuals, families, churches, businesses, schools and other groups and organizations. Adopting a block in the District of Columbia has many benefits:Improved quality of life in your neighborhood. The appearance of our community contributes to the quality of life we all share.Signs with your group's name letting people know you are committed to making a difference.Meet your neighbors, strengthen your community connections, and build leadership skills. Become a role model to youth.More active communities help discourage rodents and unwanted and illegal activity.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 15, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC data

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 15, 2025
    Publisher Mayor's Office of Community Relations and Services
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2020-08-17T19:40:58.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-10-08T20:16:44.000Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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    Harvest Source Title DC data
    Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/content/DCGIS::adopt-a-block-4
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -77.2258,38.7867,-76.8125,39.0009
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 65495cbce935ce61563a1d45593707a2eda86a5d665adc650574a58863097dd6
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