For Release: Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne, delledonne.n@comcast.net 703 929 6656 CM Pinto Supports Developer on Masonic Project Ignores Environmental Hazards, Awaits Appeal Decisions Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto has effectively sided with the Masonic Temple and its developer, Perseus, as they pursue their controversial, environmentally dangerous, luxury apartment project at 15th and S Streets, NW. Pinto voiced her position last […]
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For Release: Monday, August 2, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 Masonic Temple/Developer Seek to Rush Approvals – DECAA to Challenge Construction Permit In a brazen move to circumvent ongoing court and regulatory approval, the Masonic Temple, acting through its developer Perseus TDC, has applied for a building permit (application B1907507) to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]