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DC Safety Net on Fire! Council Moves Quick on Social Welfare for a Billionaire Arena Owner While Longtime DC Families Left to Struggle to Meet Basic Needs

<press alert> DC for Reasonable Development, contact Chris Otten, (202) 656-5874 “The Safety Net Continues to Burn” as D.C. City Council Poised to Give a Billionaire Half-a-Billion Dollars in D.C. Taxpayer Dollars; Key Programs to Help DC's Families and Working Residents Remain Un- & Under-Funded Washington, DC — The second vote on DC's 2025 Budget […]

TONIGHT High Density Luxury Rezoning at 1617 U Street Still Being Pushed by DC Office of Planning Threatening Imminent Harm

———- Forwarded message ———From: <the1617project@savedcpublicland.org>Date: Wed, May 29, 2024 at 6:22 PMSubject: <press alert> High Density Luxury Rezoning at 1617 U Street Still Being Pushed by DC Office of Planning Threatening Imminent Harm <Press Alert> May 29, 2024the1617project@savedcpublicland.org || debby@savedcpublicland.org   Mayor's Office of Planning “Shoved in Earplugs” By Continuing to Push High Density Luxury Rezoning […]

Urgent: Halt New Zoning Rules, Demand Council Briefing

The DC Zoning Commission — the “independent” DC agency funded by the Mayor and Council that controls how DC is developed now and into the future — may move today to : Eliminate some key notice requirements to ANC's and the general public Eliminate open meetings regarding changes to already agreed upon projects Ignore racial […]

New Zoning Rules Shred Transparency, Notice and Racial Equity

  For Release: March 21, 2024                       Contact: Meg Maguire (202) 546-4536   NEW ZONING RULES SHRED TRANSPARENCY, NOTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY NW Opportunity Partners CDC (NWOP) calls out the Zoning Commission’s (ZC) proposed new rules (ZC Case #22-25) as forming the foundation for a culture of fear-based development. NWOP […]

Bowser Asks DMPED to Meet on Harrington Hotel Purchase for Affordable Housing

For release: February 7, 2024 Contact:Nick DelleDonneDelledonne.n@gmqil.com703-929-6656   Bowser Asks DMPED to Meet on Harrington Purchase for Affordable Housing – Councilmembers McDuffie, Pinto, Parker, Nadeau Also Express Interest to Wardman Team   DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has asked her chief responsible for Downtown revitalization to meet with the Wardman Hotel Strategy Team in its quest to have the […]

Fwd: 17U, ZC Public Participation Breakdown

forwarding . . . ———- Forwarded message ———From: <the1617project@savedcpublicland.org>Date: Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 12:11 AMSubject: <News Update> 17U, ZC Public Participation BreakdownTo: <the1617project@savedcpublicland.org> SaveDCPublicLand.org: Working for a Safe & Affordable U Street Contact 202-854-1822, the1617project@savedcpublicland.org Public Participation Breakdown at DC Zoning Commission Access Denied for DMPED U St. Upzoning Request   Washington, DC — Members […]

Press Alert: DC Neighbors Want Proper Notice Abt Controversial Rezoning Project (1617 U Street NW — Police & Fire Stations)

Press Alert, Contact: Chris Otten 202-810-2768 www.SaveDCPublicLand.org January 5, 2024 Neighbors Around Controversial High-Density Rezoning Project Left Off Mailing Lists (1617 U Street); Mayor's Office of Planning and the Zoning Commission Ignored Attorney General's Advice About Wider and More Engaging Public Notice Wards 1 & 2, Washington, DC — The Mayor has applied to rezone […]

Premier FAQ on Controversial 1617 U Street Redevelopment Published by the Community

<Press Alert> Contact U Street AIR (202) 854-1822 – DensityBegetsDensity@gmail.com Community Produces 1st Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About the Controversial 1617 U Street Redevelopment; DC Zoning Commission Postpones High Density Rezoning Hearing Until the Fall Washington, DC — July 11, 2023 — Following on the recent news that the DC Zoning Commission postponed a hearing […]

[HistoricWashingtonDC] AG Schwalb Embraces Role of Community Advocate, Battles Mayor’s New Limits on Public Engagement

AG Schwalb Embraces Role of Community Advocate, Battles Mayor’s New Limits on Public Engagement ‘I fear we are becoming a city of haves and have-nots’   A few years ago, DC Attorney General Karl Racine, whose office counsels the government, established an office to represent the public interest in matters like housing development. New Attorney […]