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 […]
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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 […]
Media Alert May 21, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 ‘Still Homeless’ – DECAA testifies on end of COVID Services “Homeless people housed in hotels are still homeless,” says Dan Casey, until recently homeless and a member of Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA). He will testify Friday, May 21, at the DC Council hearing […]
PRESS ALERT: Contact DC for Reasonable Development, (202) 656-5874, dc4reality@gmail.com Before the City Council Vote Today, Residents From Around the City File a Lawsuit Against the Mayor’s DC Comp Plan Changes; “A Slightly Less Racist Plan, Is Still a Racist Plan” Washington, DC — Just before the City Council takes up a […]
Media release May 17, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 Social Housing Enters Pages of Comp Plan DECAA Zoom – May 17, 7 pm The District's affordable housing crisis has spurred renewed interest in social housing as an alternative to Mayor Bowser's #Build,Build,Build policy, which, it seems, will never provide housing for those who need it […]
DC Grassroots Planning Coalition (DCGPC) emphasizes needed changes to the #DCCOMPPLAN before any final vote is taken. The DCGPC is asking supporters to write and call the City Council to support these last key planning issues to stop the further racial inequity in growth and the displacement of more Black and Brown families from the […]
Wardman Hotel Strategy Team For release: May 5, 2021 Contact: Gail Sonnemann, 202-286-0845, gsonnemann@gmail.com A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity Converting the Wardman to Affordable Housing The recent bankruptcy of the former Marriott Wardman Park Hotel on Connecticut Avenue, NW, in upper northwest, DC, has stimulated much discussion about converting the 1,100-room facility into affordable housing. […]
Press Alert from Committee for the McMillan Park Conservancy Contact: Daniel Wolkoff, 202-232-8391, committeeformcmillanpark@gmail.com McMillan Supporters Submit Federal Case to Stop “Demolishing the Site” Based on McMillan Park Deed Restrictions Washington, DC – On May 5, 2021, McMillan Park supporters have filed their long-planned federal case about the protective restrictions found within the McMillan Park […]
Press Alert: Adams Morgan for Reasonable Developmentadmo4rd@gmail.com Councilmember Brianne Nadeau's Changes to the DC Comp Plan Resurrects Redlining of the Past – Proposed Upzoning Benefits Wealthy White Landowners With No Impact Studies Washington, DC – In mid-March 2021, at a lightly attended ANC-1C committee meeting, Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau's staff introduced for the first […]
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2021 […]