About North Capitol Main Street, Inc.

Our Mission

Through planning and working with the business community and area residents, North Capitol Main Street, Inc. (NCMS, Inc.) is committed to creating a vibrant future for North Capitol Street between New York and Rhode Island Avenues, and to revitalizing the Bloomingdale Business District at Rhode Island Avenue and First Street, NW.

Our Goals

  • To help existing businesses adapt or expand to meet changing markets; and attract new businesses to provide a balanced mix of goods and services
  • To create clean, attractive streetscapes that invite commercial activity and promote pedestrian foot traffic
  • To increase public safety along the corridor
  • To enhance the physical character and quality of the NCMS, Inc. area, with particular emphasis on preserving its Victorian-era buildings
  • To generate a sense of spirit and increased activity along North Capitol Street and in the Bloomingdale Business District

Our History

NCMS, Inc. is a volunteer-driven, nonprofit business revitalization program. NCMS, Inc. began as a program of North Capitol Neighborhood Development, Inc., but formed a separate legal entity in September 2003 and received its 501(c)3 tax-exempt status in July 2004. The NCMS, Inc. service area includes the North Capitol Street business corridor between New York and Rhode Island Avenues, and the Bloomingdale Business District at Rhode Island Avenue and First Street, NW.

NCMS, Inc. follows the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Main Street approach to economic revitalization, which focuses on incremental change and self-help, among other things. NCMS, Inc. currently has three standing committees-the Design, Economic Development, and Clean and Safe Committees. As NCMS, Inc.'s organizational capacity expands, additional committees will be established