News Release — Southwest Community Awards Ceremony FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 12, 2021 Southwest showed appreciation to individuals and organizations that helped community through COVID pandemic during awards ceremony on July 10. SOUTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D.C. – An ad hoc group of residents formed to recognize nine individuals and organizations that helped the community through the COVID […]
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 […]
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 […]
Southwest Voice April 2020 Issue www.swvoicedc.com In-depth Cover Story: SW Shocked Following Council Meetings | Greenleaf in Crisis | Remembering 1848 SW Escape of Enslaved Families | SW Vaccination Site | Poetry Corner | Quiet Place View this email in your browser State of Shock Following Council Meetings | Greenleaf in Crisis | Remembering Escape […]
For Immediate Release Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Contact: Southwest DC Action swdcaction@gmail.com (202) 964-0620 DC Office of Planning Doesn’t Consult with Property Owners Before Sending “UpFLUMing” to DC Council; Ward 6 Church Community Revolts Washington, DC — The Mayor’s DC Office of Planning decided to “UpFLUM” the property at Christ United Methodist Church, located nearby […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Southwest DC Action For release: Thursday, March 11, 2021 Contact/s: swdcaction@gmail.com (202) 964-0620 CM Allen Urged to Reject Comp Plan Changes SW Joins Call for Equity, Against Black Displacement Southwest, DC is joining the citywide call against the Office of Planning’s (OP) proposed changes to the District’s Comprehensive Plan and urging Ward 6 Councilmember Charles […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CENSUS-BLOCK ANALYSIS OF RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS FOR HOFFMAN AND ASSOCIATES DEVELOPMENTS FROM 2000-2016 Contact: info@southwestvoicedc.comView full report: swvoicedc.com WASHINGTON, DC (March 7, 2021) Southwest Voice conducted a Census block analysis of demographic changes for 34 Hoffman and Associates developments between 2000-2016. We relied on their website for address data and year of opening. […]