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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Media release May 2, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 The DC Comprehensive Choice, Racial Equity or Not On Tuesday, May 4, the City Council will take its first step to determine whether Racial Equity is or is not a priority, a core principle, a lens we use for guiding the future development of […]
———- Forwarded message ———From: <dc@grassrootsplanning.us>Date: Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 6:30 PMSubject: Alert: Racist DC Comp Plan: DISPLACEMENT EMERGENCY Sat Apr 23 1pm to 3pm [please share] [please excuse any double-posts] Dear Good DC residents! WE WERE RIGHT — The Mayor's proposed changes to the Comprehensive Plan ARE RACIST! Attached find the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sunday, April 18, 2021 CONTACT: Parisa Norouzi, Empower DC (202) 553-9326 cell Racial Equity Briefing on the Draft Comp Plan Monday, April 19th – Noon-1PM Held online – register at: www.tinyurl.com/CompPlanBriefing Grassroots Leaders Give Briefing on Comprehensive Plan, Call out Racial Equity Failures The DC Grassroots Planning Coalition will hold […]
Southwest Voice April 2020 Issue www.swvoicedc.com In-depth Cover Story: SW Shocked Following Council Meetings | Greenleaf in Crisis | Remembering 1848 SW Escape of Enslaved Families | SW Vaccination Site | Poetry Corner | Quiet Place View this email in your browser State of Shock Following Council Meetings | Greenleaf in Crisis | Remembering Escape […]
Media Release: Monday, April 12, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne, delledonne.n@comcast.net 703 929 6656 ‘The Neighbors Don't Want It!’ Dupont ANC Struggles Again with Masonic Project The Masons’ plan for an oversized, inappropriate apartment building in an historic district at 16th and S Streets, NW – a development that would destroy the low-rise historic stretch of […]
[please share] Ward Eight and Ward One Ask DC City Council to Reject the Mayor’s Controversial DC Comp Plan Changes — www.plandc.dc.gov ====== Ward 8 ANC’s have recently reacted to the proposed changes to the DC Comprehensive Plan. ANC 8C just passed a resolution, in part says: RESOLVED THAT ANC 8C urges with the Commission’s […]
PRESS RELEASE, DC GRASSROOTS PLANNING COALITION – WARD ONE ward1@dcgrassrootsplanning.org Ward One Residents Say Office of Planning Excluded Limited-English Speaking Communities; Mayor Doesn’t Ensure Comp Plan Notices/Materials Are Translated April 8, 2021, WASHINGTON, DC — The DC City Council received a letter from more than 70 Ward One residents who among other concerns are advocating […]