Category: Comprehensive Plan

Housing Advocates Press Bowser Administration: Seize Opportunities, Develop Affordable Housing in Ward 3

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 […]

‘Nothing’s Changed’ – Norouzi Challenges OP Director Trueblood on New ‘Racial Equity Lens’

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 […]

Southwest Voice August Issue

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 […]

Southwest Voice July 2021 Issue

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 […]

Press Update :: DC Residents Flood NCPC Meeting About DC Comp Plan; Not One Govt Official Refutes Fact that No Planning Studies Accompanied Mayor’s Plan Amendments

Press Update — DC for Reasonable Development, (202) 656-5874   DC Residents Flood NCPC Meeting About DC Comp Plan; Not One Govt Official Refutes Fact that No Planning Studies Accompanied Mayor’s Plan Amendments   Yesterday, 16 DC residents from across the city asked the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) to send the DC Comp Plan […]

Press Alert :: DC RESIDENTS ASKING NCPC TO SEND COMP PLAN BACK TO DC COUNCIL

[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 […]

PRESS ALERT: Before the City Council Vote Today, Residents From Around the City File a Lawsuit Against the Mayor’s DC Comp Plan Changes

  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 […]

Social Housing Enters Pages of Comp Plan – DECAA Zoom – May 17, 7 pm

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 […]

PR: Nadeau’s Changes to the DC Comp Plan Resurrects Redlining of the Past

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 […]