The January issue of Southwest Voice exposes illegal efforts in Southwest to spur development. Unnamed sources from the Housing Authority raise concern about the fair selection of the final co-developer. The Zoning Commission is ignoring its regulations. Meanwhile, Council will be reviewing the Comprehensive Plan amendments and future land use map changes that portend more […]
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“Planning” in DC
Media release January 5, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne Dupont Gadfly 703-929-6656 While Rome Burns – DC’s Comp Plan Unmasked “The [Mayor’s amendments to the DC Comprehensive] Plan fails to reckon honestly with the city’s inequities and past failures, laying the groundwork for repeating the same mistakes in the future.” Thus begins […]
Media release January 6, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne Dupont Gadfly 703-929-6656 Like Roads and Sewers – A New Model to Reach DC Housing Goals The affordable housing crisis in DC is a political crisis. The Mayor’s collaboration with developers to #BuildMore is not getting us where we need to go. All we get is more […]
PRESS RELEASE, DC FOR REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT, CONTACT CHRIS OTTEN, (202) 656-5874 Mayor’s Proposed Changes to DC Comprehensive Plan “Unlawful” and “A Gift to Developers”; More than 130 DC Residents Wrote Letters at Hearing Deadline Demanding An End to Displacement Washington, DC — In late November 2020, spanning two Council hearings consisting of 10+ hours of […]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/local-opinions/dcs-growth-is-tied-to-the-amended-comprehensive-plan/2020/12/10/f89509dc-399c-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html D.C.’s growth is tied to the amended Comprehensive Plan Opinion by Neil Albert Dec. 11, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. EST Neil Albert is president and chief executive of the DowntownDC Business Improvement District. It would be in the best interests of D.C. residents and businesses for the D.C. Council to approve the amended Comprehensive Plan — and […]
Media release December 14, 2020 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 Mendelson Opens Up on Comp Plan at Empower Session “More density does not necessarily mean more affordable housing in DC,” said DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson at a meeting of the citywide organizing group Empower DC on Dec. 12. The Empower session followed […]
Contact: William Jordan Park Morton Equity Team 202 500 0699 whj@melanet.com Tenant Council Urges DC Council Not Pass Bill on Tues., Continues to Fight Displacement from Public Housing & Demand Equity The Council @ Park Morton, representing residents at the city’s Park Morton public housing complex adjacent to Georgia Ave. in NW, are urging […]
Media release November 23, 2020 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 Who‘s the Man behind the Curtain? ‘Mayor’s Agent’ OKs Masonic Temple Lot Division Role of Planning Dir. Trueblood Questioned The city’s conflicted process of approving development projects came more sharply into focus on November 6 when the Mayor’s Agent for Historic Preservation approved the subdivision of […]
Media release October 22, 2020 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 DECAA Considers Lawsuit of DDOT’s 17th St. Bike Plan Addressing District Department of Transportation’s (DDOT) 17th St. Bike Plan at a meeting of Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) Monday, Oct. 19, ANC Commissioner Ed Hanlon (SMD 2B09) presented the case that the Plan is […]
Media release October 20, 2020 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 DECAA Applauds Mendelson on Comp Plan Delay The Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) applauds Council Chair Phil Mendelson’s announcement yesterday that the Council vote on the Comp Plan will be next year, when the new Council will take office. This will give time for individuals, civic and […]