Ellwood Thompson's is a very successful, evironmentally conscience natural market based in Richmond, Virginia. CEO and founder Ryan Youngman would love to bring his natural market concept to Columbia Heights. Youngman feels that the DC USA retail complex would be the perfect fit. Show your support for bringing Ellwood Thompson's to Columbia Heights here.
Would you like Ellwood Thompson's Natural Market to come to the DC USA retail complex? Please show your support by leaving your comments below.
We need to encourage Grid Properties to look past immediate profits and consider what would be the best for both the DC USA project and the Columbia Heights community in the long run.
The stronger the support we can demonstrate from the community, the greater the impact we will have on the DC USA developers. Please share your thoughts on why you think Ellwood Thompson's would be a great fit for Columbia Heights. Please be as descriptive as you can. Evenutally, we will compile all of these comments and send them directly to the developers.
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I think I like them even better now... Written by x-dupontr on 2007-09-17 10:32:52Charitable Giving and Donations at Ellwood Thompson’s
Part of Ellwood Thompson’s mission statement is to actively support our local community. We do this in many ways, such as supplying food to the Virginia Food Bank, providing edible gifts-in-kind for charitable events/fundraisers, feeding volunteers at various events and offering gifts to be auctioned.
Ellwood Thompson‘s and its staff do many things to support our local non-profit community and one of our biggest contributions is 5% Days.
5% Days
It’s pretty simple. On 5% Day we donate 5% of that day’s sales to a local nonprofit organization. The event takes place on a Saturday four times a year.
How it works: Volunteers from a local nonprofit organization join Ellwood Thompson’s staff members on the selected 5% Day to bag groceries and talk to customers about their organization. The organization is welcome to set up an information table and encouraged to spread the word to friends and neighbors about the event. It’s a fantastic way to spread word about your organization and to earn fundraising dollars in a fun and friendly environment.
Outreach areas of interest are the environment, education, art, and animal care and rescue, among others. We encourage smaller organizations that are in need of funding to apply.
To learn more about our 5% Day Program or to be considered as a partner, contact Lesley Johnson at
Most Recent 5% Day Donations:
Date Beneficiary Amount December 2005 Big Brothers/Big Sisters $2,344.15 March 2006 Camp Diva $2,136.37 May 2006 FURS $1,875.55
September 2006 ART 180 $2,205.75
December 2006 Positive Vibe Cafe $2,096.95 March 2007 Richmond Waldorf School $2,858.09 May 2007 James River Association $2,112.74
Written by marc on 2007-09-21 14:39:09Im very excited at the prospect of having an ET; the people in the neighborhood are tired of trekking to Whole Foods for good gourmet food.
PLEASE COME TO DCUSA Written by
on 2007-10-24 15:24:22I just read that Ellwood may be coming to CoHe and I am DELIGHTED! Please come to Columbia Heights!
Written by Hungry on 2007-10-24 18:48:56Listen to Ryan...he speaks for me on this
Written by Jeff on 2007-11-29 13:01:40It makes sense to put a store right in the path of pedestrians on the way home from work. They would pick up dinner each day. Maximizes store foot traffic. I need the organic store for my children. Everyone wants the best and most choices for their children.
please please please Written by OliverK on 2008-01-03 10:55:04Please bring affordable, good quality organic produce to the Green line!
Wonderful! Written by Lea on 2008-01-07 10:18:36Having Ellwood Thompson's in Columbia Heights would be wonderful! It would be great to be able to walk to a natural foods store rather than trekking down to the P St. Whole Foods.
More conscious (better) than Whole Foods Written by becky on 2008-02-01 10:30:28Not only is a quality grocer greatly needed in the Columbia heights neighborhood, but I for one would be thrilled for it to be Ellwood Thompson specifically. They take their commitment to organic/natural a step further than Whole Foods, by focusing on local suppliers, which is very important for long-term sustainability. as others have also mentioned, they foster local community involvement. ET could be not only a quality retailer, but a jumping off point for increased neighborhood/community projects. a large anchor for the type of community improvement and options the residents of Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant are very interested in growing.
if this is too touchy-feely reasoning for some, as others have mentioned, it also makes dollars and cents sense. ET would be the only one (as far as i know) outside of Richmond. there would certainly be people from other part of DC drawn here especially to use this market that would then spill over into the other retail. former Richmond-ites, the health-conscious, and those looking for an alternative to Whole Foods. it would be unique, unlike any cloth retailer. do we really need another discount clothes mart anywhere? not to mention DCUSA is almost exclusively discount clothing at present.
please add some variety, flavor, and a true ANCHOR/gathering place for the growing community of Columbia Heights. many of us would love to keep our money/patronage within our neighborhood. make that an attractive and exciting option by bringing in Ellwood Thompson.
Written by
on 2008-02-15 12:32:13I am incredibly enthusiastic about the prospect of having an Ellwood Thompsons. I also think that it's vital to the success of DC USA. An ET would bring an enormous amount of traffic in and out of DC USA, in many cases people coming in to show multiple times in a week. It's inevitable that they'll end up buying other stuff while they are there, eating at places in the complex, etc. Also, right now DC USA is mainly filled with places that are sort of generic. This would add a completely unique attribute to the complex, and thus draw in people from a fairly wide radius. I think, strictly on business terms, this is a no-brainer.
Written by AllieO on 2008-02-27 03:12:10I am thrilled at the propspect of having another grocery store option in Columbia Heights. The Giant is overcrowded and on many occasions I've found produce items to be out of stock depending on the time of day I shop! Columbia Heights is in desperate need of more options - I do not drive and am thus limited to grocers that are in walking distance and the DCUSA development is only two blocks from where I live. PLEASE bring Ellwood to this development!
Ellwood Thompson's is a very successful, evironmentally conscience natural market based in Richmond, Virginia. CEO and founder Ryan Youngman would love to bring his natural market concept to Columbia Heights. Youngman feels that the 
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