FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 30, 2021 Contact: Parisa Norouzi, Executive Director, Empower DC – (202) 553-9326 Bowser Comp Plan Proposals Scored on Displacement, Housing Equity, Community Involvement, UpFLUMing –Grassroots Coalition Issues Housing Justice Amendments Mayor Bowser’s 1500-page amendments to the city’s chief planning guide, the Comprehensive Plan (CompPlan), gets low marks from the DC […]
PRESS RELEASE March 29, 2021 Contact: Linwood Norman Save McMillan Action Coalition smac.dc@gmail.com 202-656-3012 Residents Sue Over Asbestos Danger at McMillan ParkWard 5 Councilman McDuffie Ignores the Issue Washington, DC – Thirty-one DC residents have filed with the DC Court of Appeals a petition to hear claims about how the Mayor […]
WASHINGTON POST OPINION RESPONSE MARCH 22, 2021 DC Councilmember Mary Cheh recently responded to our Washington Post editorial, “D.C.’s build-build-build mind-set results in more gentrification”. Based on her response, she continues to be on the wrong side of racial and economic justice. I co-authored the editorial that Councilmember Cheh is referencing. CM Cheh ignores the […]
Media releaseMarch 21, 2021Contact Nick DelleDonne703-929-6656 The Peculiar Alliance between Mayor Bowser and Developers,What the Lawsuit on the Masonic Temple Development Shows Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) was established in 2019 to promote the historic character of the neighborhood. One of our first acts was to apply for an extension of the historic landmark […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington, DC Shifts Toward Jim Crow Economy Census-Tract Analysis Show Major Declines In Black Median Household Income info@southwestvoicedc.com | swvoicedc.com One-third of neighborhoods in Washington, DC saw a decline in Black median household income. Based on US Census tract four-year averages between 2010-2014 and 2015-2019, 48 out of 143 Census tracts […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 17, 2021 ‘Zoning Head Crosses Ethical Bounds’ Grassroots Ask IG, Auditor, BEGA, AG to Intervene The DC Grassroots Planning Coalition (DCGPC), the main citywide group advocating for responsible and equitable development, is asking the District’s top four accountability offices to examine a letter DC Zoning Commission Chair Anthony Hood sent to […]
For Immediate Release Monday, March 15, 2021 Contact: Southwest DC Action swdcaction@gmail.com (202) 964-0620 Jemal Project Fails Affordable Housing Test; ANC in Apparent Conflict Asks Zoning Vote Delay This Thursday, March 18, the DC Zoning Commission will vote on a proposed development project by Douglas Development (Zoning Commission Case #20-34) in Southwest DC to turn […]
Media release March 15, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 Community May Solve Encampment Mystery! With MPD Video, Dupont Neighbors May ID Vigilantes in Homeless Encampment Removal at Safeway, July 2020 Last year early in the morning of Sunday, July 26, vigilantes under cover of night, removed the homeless encampments on 17th St. NW, outside the Safeway. In a despicable act of violence on residents of the community who have little, a […]
Report on Neighborhood Impact of Hoffman and Associates Developments | SW Voice Editor Takes on Build Mindset in Washington Post Editorial | Environmental Study Gets Underway | An Indictment of Charles Allen | Pandemic and Gentrification | Greenleaf Redevelopment: Black Box | Poetry Corner | Quiet Place Trouble viewing? www.swvoicedc.com Hoffman Report | Editor Takes on Build […]
Opinion: D.C.’s build-build-build mind-set results in more gentrification Opinion by Christopher Williams, Renee Bowser and Paul Johnson March 12, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. EST Christopher Williams is a member of Southwest Voice and the Friends of Buzzard Point Steering Committee. Renee Bowser is 4D02 advisory neighborhood commissioner. Paul Johnson is 4C07 advisory neighborhood commissioner. They are members […]