Shiloh Baptist Church’s yard signs, which have been up since Sunday, display the names of children and dates they went missing, which are printed on top of black silhouettes.

According to an email he sent to the Shaw neighborhood listserv this afternoon, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans will shelve controversial legislation that would have given Shiloh Baptist Church a tax break on the development of several properties it owns along 9th Street NW. “In light of the community opposition to the legislation regarding the Shiloh Baptist Church’s properties, I have withdrawn the legislation and contacted Rev. Wallace Smith, Pastor of Shiloh, of such,” the…

Renovation work began late last week on the exteriors of several long-vacant properties owned by Shiloh Baptist Church in the 1500 block of 9th Street NW. Workers could be seen on Friday afternoon and again on Monday installing new windows and frames on the dilapidated structures, which have been the source of contention within the neighborhood for decades. DCist was the first to report back in July that Shiloh had at last decided to sell…

These vacant properties on the 1500 block of 9th Street NW, owned by Shiloh Baptist Church, would be renovated with funds from the sale of two other properties at 8th and Q Streets under a plan approved by church membership last week. Photo by noahdevereaux After decades of promises but little action, Shiloh Baptist Church in Shaw has decided to sell two of its controversial vacant buildings and use the proceeds to fund a…

Photo by noahdevereaux WJLA picked up the story that Renew Shaw first reported last week: DCRA now confirms that a handful of controversial, long-vacant properties owned by the trustees of Shiloh Baptist Church in Shaw were improperly reclassified as no longer vacant, thus allowing the church to avoid paying additional nuisance property taxes. WJLA cites an official who estimates that the city lost out on $100,000 in revenue due to the error. So how…

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Repair work has begun on a series of controversial, condemned vacant properties owned by a local church in the Shaw neighborhood. The string of properties owned by Shiloh Baptist Church on 9th St. NW, which have been a source of tension in Shaw due to their decrepit conditions for decades, were condemned in mid-May, with an order from the city to complete a list of repairs or face a lien against the properties. For…

We’ve been following the fate of the 9th St. NW Shiloh Baptist Church properties since they were condemned in mid-May. No visible repairwork has since been performed on the buildings, despite an order from the District to fix the roof, gutters, masonry and generally clean up and make the buildings safe. Yesterday at a meeting of the D.C. Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings, the board ordered DCRA to either perform the repairs…

Written by Vince Wadhwani When Vegetate and Queen of Sheba applied for liquor licenses in September 2005, Shiloh Baptist Church unexpectedly protested, causing both restaurants a lengthy delay which, in the case of Queen of Sheba, is still ongoing almost two years later. For Vegetate, however, the news is brighter, with legislation being passed earlier this year allowing them to serve wine, beer, and cocktails. Many restaurants may have folded up under the pressure of…