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 […]
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Media Release September 21, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 ‘Nothing’s Changed’ Norouzi Challenges OP Director Trueblood on New ‘Racial Equity Lens’ At the Grassroot Planning Coalition meeting, Saturday, Andrew Trueblood, director of the Mayor's Office of Planning, was asked how the new “racial equity lens,” established in the new DC Comprehensive Plan, is being applied. Trueblood […]
Media Alert: Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 What: Dupont ANC meeting to consider Masonic Temple development DDOT 17th St Bike Plan: When: Today, Thursday, Sept. 9, 7 pm Where: By Zoom – https://bit.ly/ANC2BSeptember2021 Community Demands will be made – Stop Excavation at the Masonic Temple over […]
Southwest Voice August Issue Read latest issue [Click here] www.southwestvoicedc.com Contents: Most Anticipated Summer Event Succeeds Again – Summer in Lansburgh | SW Resident Joins Others in Lawsuit Against City | Election Day for Public Housing Communities | Media Challenges with Reporting Gun Violence | SW Voice Intern Cody Paddack | Redistricting | From the […]
Lead Story: Redistricting: Will Southwest Be Better Off in Ward 8? Issue: Southwest Community Awards | Project SW: Community Survey Results | Capitol Park Plaza and Twins Tenants Organize | From the Archives: Historical Significance of Greenleaf Gardens | Poetic Voice | A Quiet Place Having trouble viewing? Click here SW Changing Wards? | Community […]
Southwest Voice – June 2021 Issue Greenleaf Women Protest for Community | Pride Stories | Community Honors | Social Costs of BIDs | From the Archives | Poetry Corner | A Quiet Place Having trouble viewing? Click here Women Protest for Greenleaf | Pride Stories | Community Honors | Social Costs of BIDs | From […]
News Alert on the Wardman Park Hotel Campaign Tonight, June 17, 2021, the District of Columbia Ward 3 Democrats passed a resolution that resolved: The Committee urges the District to buy the Wardman Hotel property and convert it into mixed use affordable housing in accordance with the W3HJ proposal. The Chair of the Ward 3 […]
CM Bonds Calls Wardman Hotel Conversion to Affordable housing a “Dream Type Project” Councilmember Anita Bonds on the Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU) ‘Politics Hour’ today, called the Wardman Hotel project a “dream type” project and promised to look into it “seriously.” Since the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel declared bankruptcy earlier this year, neighbors and residents around the […]
Media release May 24, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne Delledonne.n@comcast.net @delledonnen 703-929-6656 CMs Gray, McDuffie Show Interest in Affordable Housing at Wardman Park Hotel The idea of turning the bankrupt Wardman Park Hotel into affordable housing has begun to surface in the DC Council. Most recently, Councilmember Vincent Gray (Ward 7) said he “would […]
Press Alert MidCity’s Private Police Force Calls MPD to Arrest Brookland Manor Children, Seniors for Community Film Screening FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 23, 2021 Contacts: Ms. Minnie Elliott, BMBVRA President, bmbvassociation@gmail.com, (202) 299-6647 Beth Wagner, Organizer, brooklandmanorcoalition@gmail.com, (301) 800-1497 The Brookland Manor/Brentwood Village Residents Association (BMBVRA), representing the largest remaining affordable housing […]