FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 11, 2021 Contact: equityforparkmorton@gmail.com Park Morton Residents and Neighbors to DCHA: Stop Displacing Longtime Residents During Pandemic, Adopt Park Morton Equity Plan During D.C. Housing Authority public hearing on the Park Morton Equity Plan, 12 residents and community members testified to support the plan and prevent the agency from further displacing […]
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 […]
Press Alert JAN 12 2021 Adams Morgan for Reasonable Development, admo4rd@gmail.com Adams Morgan Plaza Supporters Stunned By Legal Turn of Events; Judge Puig-Lugo Grants Standing But Then Overturns Prior Superior Court Decision Summarily Ruling for Suntrust Bank Tuesday, January 12, 2021, Adams Morgan, Washington, DC — DC Superior Court Judge Hiram Puig-Lugo stunned Adams Morgan […]
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 […]
———- Forwarded message ——— From: SaveMcMillan ActionCoalition <smac.dc@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 9:06 AM Subject: PRESS RELEASE: McDuffie Ignores Ward 5 Residents’ Request for Meeting About Asbestos Health Risks at McMillan Park — Complaints may be filed with Board of Ethics and Government Accountability; Independent Auditor; and Inspector General To: SaveMcMillan ActionCoalition <smac.dc@gmail.com> […]
For Release December 16, 2020 Contact: Robin Diener, Library Renaissance Project 202 431-9254 DC Public Library Director Questioned about Proposed Closure of Shepherd Park Branch Last week 87 people zoomed into a special meeting of the Shepherd Park Citizens Association (SPCA) to hear from DC Public Library director Richard Reyes-Gavilan about the […]
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 […]