from a story published by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City in January 2017 Bo Menkiti, CEO of The Menkiti Group, and Antwanye Ford, CEO of Enlightened, Inc., now share more than an entrepreneurial spirit and Washington D.C. as their company headquarters. In December 2016 the District of Columbia Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) selected them to lead the MLK Gateway project development, an initiative aimed at revitalizing the areas around M

The MLK Gateway Partners, LLC is committed to preserving and enhancing the inherent and valuable architectural, historical, cultural, and other community assets that make up Historic Anacostia with the development of the MLK Gateway project. Anacostia is rich with a legacy of history, events, people, and places that have shaped today's Washington, DC. Anyone interested in learning about some of the local African American history and culture should visit Anacostia and explore