Category: Planning

“Planning” in DC

DDOT Bike Plans Face Rising Opposition, Merchants, Civic Associations Demand DDOT Stop Stonewalling

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 […]

DDOT Changes 17thSt. Bike Plan – Refuses Public Presentation; Residents Appeal to Mayor Bowser, CM Pinto

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 […]

CM Bonds Calls Wardman Hotel Conversion to Affordable housing a “Dream Type Project”

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 […]

CMs Gray, McDuffie Show Interest in Affordable Housing at Wardman Park Hotel

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 […]

MidCity’s Private Police Force Calls MPD to Arrest Brookland Manor Children, Seniors for Community Film Screening

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 […]

‘Still Homeless’ – DECAA testifies on end of COVID Services

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: 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 […]