The Central Shaw Neighborhood Association is dedicated to promote a clean, safe, and beautiful MidCity neighborhood in the heart of DC.

The purpose of the Association is to:

• Promote and maintain the Central Shaw neighborhood area north of the O Street Market, Northwest, Washington, D.C
• Keep the neighborhood clean, quiet, safe, and beautiful
• Enhance a sense of pride in the community
• Provide a common voice
• Promote social welfare
• Lessen neighborhood tension
• Combat community deterioration
• Provide planning services and advice
• Provide environmental design information and advice
• To act  as an information gathering and dissemination vehicle for the neighborhood and its residents
• Improve and beautify the environment of the neighborhood