Category: Citywide

PRESS ALERT: MCMILLAN OMNIBUS REPLY TO CHAIRMAN MENDELSON

PRESS ALERT October 13, 2021Save McMillan Action Coalitionsmac.dc@gmail.com202-656-3012 MCMILLAN SUPPORTERS ASK MENDELSON TO DEMAND DEMOLITION STOP NOW — ASBESTOS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY LAWS BEING RUN OVER BY THE MAYOR! Please see attached omnibus reply to the numerous emails Chairman Mendelson has sent to many of his constituents who have written to him about his McMillan Park […]

Monday Day Book: PROTEST AT COUNCIL CHAIR MENDELSON’S HOUSE, 1:30PM OCT 11

PRESS INVITE October 11, 2021Save McMillan Action Coalitionsmac.dc@gmail.com202-656-3012 =================================================== #StoptheDemoMendo Monday OCT 11, 1:30PM WHAT: MCMILLAN SUPPORTERS WILL DEMONSTRATE AT CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON'S HOME DEMANDING HE REPEAL THE MCMILLAN EXEMPTIONS AND STOP THE UNSAFE DEMOLITION AT MCMILLAN PARK WHERE: PHIL MENDELSON'S HOUSE, 1239 E Street SE, Capitol Hill WHEN: Monday Oct 11, 1:30PM […]

PRESS & COUNCIL INVITE: Rally to REIMAGINE MCMILLAN Saturday, Oct. 9 at 3PM

PRESS ALERT October 8, 2021Save McMillan Action Coalitionsmac.dc@gmail.com202-656-3012 Press and City Officials Invited to Attend Protest Against Demolition & Rally to Reimagine McMillan — This Saturday, Oct. 9 at 3PM WHO: Supporters who want to maintain McMillan Park as DC’s first integrated park (bring your friends! and masks!) WHEN: 3 p.m–?? Saturday, Oct. 9 WHERE: […]

PRESS ALERT: McMillan Park Supporters Demand City Council to Repeal Mendelson’s Misleading Action Allowing Park Demolition

PRESS RELEASE October 6, 2021 Save McMillan Action Coalition Contact: Linwood Norman, smac.dc@gmail.com 202-656-3012 McMillan Park Supporters Demand City Council to Repeal Mendelson’s Misleading Action Allowing Park Demolition Demolition Now Underway Despite Threat of Asbestos Contamination — Several Court Cases Still Active Supporters of McMillan Park are urgently demanding that City Council repeal a budget […]

Update with photos – CM Pinto Avoids Merchants, Residents Protesting DDOT’s 17th St. Bike Plan

Release: Saturday, Oct. 4, 2021  Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,    delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656    Update with photos – CM Pinto Avoids Merchants, Residents Protesting DDOT’s 17th St. Bike Plan  Residents & merchants of East Dupont rallied at the Safeway on 17 th St., NW, Friday, Oct. 1, to draw attention to a dangerous and confusing bike plan installed by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) […]

‘Dangerous by Design’ – Rally Today against the DDOT 17th St., NW, Bike Plan – Greeting of Councilmember Brooke Pinto

  Media Alert: Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,   delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 ‘Dangerous by Design’What: Rally  Against the DDOT 17th St., NW, Bike Plan            Greeting of Councilmember Brooke Pinto   When: Friday, Oct. 1, 3:30-5 pm Where: Safeway, 17th & Corcoran Streets, NW     On Friday October 1, DECAA & […]

DC Auditor Examines Mayor’s Mandate for Protected Bike Lanes

Release: Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021  Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,    delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656    DC Auditor Examines Mayor’s Mandate for Protected Bike Lanes   Last week, the DC Auditor announced a probe into Vision Zero, a program administered by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), to reduce traffic fatalities. The fact is that deaths have risen in each of the past […]

Bike Protests Spread to NE DC - No Comment from DDOT

Release: Monday, Sept. 27, 2021  Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,    delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656      Bike Protests Spread to NE DC   No Comment from DDOT     On Friday, NBC4 News reported on a protest of the installation by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) of protected bike lanes on busy West Virginia Avenue, NE.  Residents of Ivy City told reporter Darcy Spencer […]

Housing Advocates Press Bowser Administration: Seize Opportunities, Develop Affordable Housing in Ward 3

WARD 3 HOUSING JUSTICE Wardman Hotel Strategy Team | NW Opportunity Partners Community Development Corporation CREATING EQUITABLE HOUSING IN DC'S WARD 3  Housing Advocates Press the Bowser Administration to Seize Opportunities to  Develop Affordable Housing in Ward 3 A group of affordable housing and community-led development advocates from Ward 3 and across the District met […]