In The Inner Loop , our focus is on making local voices heard. But we are also interested in the (hi)stories of local places. That is why we have teamed up with the  Woodlawn Estate and Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture to offer a summer residency program for writers living and working in the DMV. The program is targeted to early to mid-career writers with an established commitment to using writing as a means to build community, to bring awareness to critical social and environmental issues, and as a creative force of empowerment.