[with attached testimony] Press Alert — DC for Reasonable Development, (202) 656-5874 DC Residents to National Capital Planning Commission: Send the DC Comp Plan Back to the City Council and Mayor for Real Planning & Impact Study On Thursday, July 1, 2021, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) intends to review the DC Comprehensive Plan […]
For Release: Monday, June 28, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 DDOT Bike Plans Face Rising Opposition, Merchants, Civic Associations Demand DDOT Stop Stonewalling DC neighborhoods, including Dupont East, Shaw, Glover Park and Burleith, are getting together in collective protest of DDOT’s proposed protected bike lanes through congested commercial and […]
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 […]
Recent McMillan Park News June 2021 www.tinyurl.com/mcmillanparknews Following on the amazing news at the beginning of the month that the Court of Appeals continued the stay of demolition at our park, we have the following updates: www.savemcmillan.org — Wed, June 16 BZA STILL HASN’T PUBLISHED ORDER DENYING APPEAL There is still no written decision in […]
For Release: Monday, June 14, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 DDOT Changes 17th St. Bike Plan – Refuses Public Presentation; Residents Appeal to Mayor Bowser, CM Pinto Residents led by a neighborhood civic association demand the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) hold a public presentation of recent changes to the […]
Southwest Voice April 2020 Issue www.swvoicedc.com Cover Story: Litsky's $100,000 Scandal | “No Chip for Me”: Perspectives from Unvaccinated | How Resident Overcame Fears to Get Vaccinated | SW Marches for Civil Rights | Housing Authority Director is Out | Resident Editorial | GGW Gets it Wrong (Again) | Poetic Voice Corner | Quiet Place […]
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 […]
press alert :: dc4reality@gmail.com :: (202) 656-5874 McMillan Park: DC Court of Appeals Continues to Halt Demolition; Residents Want DCRA to Put Safety First Washington, DC — On Friday, May 28, 2021, the DC Court of Appeals issued a ruling on Mayor Bowser's request to allow demolition to begin at McMillan Park, and the answer […]
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 […]