FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 17, 2021 ‘Zoning Head Crosses Ethical Bounds’ Grassroots Ask IG, Auditor, BEGA, AG to Intervene The DC Grassroots Planning Coalition (DCGPC), the main citywide group advocating for responsible and equitable development, is asking the District’s top four accountability offices to examine a letter DC Zoning Commission Chair Anthony Hood sent to […]
Category: Zoning
For Immediate Release Monday, March 15, 2021 Contact: Southwest DC Action swdcaction@gmail.com (202) 964-0620 Jemal Project Fails Affordable Housing Test; ANC in Apparent Conflict Asks Zoning Vote Delay This Thursday, March 18, the DC Zoning Commission will vote on a proposed development project by Douglas Development (Zoning Commission Case #20-34) in Southwest DC to turn […]
Report on Neighborhood Impact of Hoffman and Associates Developments | SW Voice Editor Takes on Build Mindset in Washington Post Editorial | Environmental Study Gets Underway | An Indictment of Charles Allen | Pandemic and Gentrification | Greenleaf Redevelopment: Black Box | Poetry Corner | Quiet Place Trouble viewing? www.swvoicedc.com Hoffman Report | Editor Takes on Build […]
Opinion: D.C.’s build-build-build mind-set results in more gentrification Opinion by Christopher Williams, Renee Bowser and Paul Johnson March 12, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. EST Christopher Williams is a member of Southwest Voice and the Friends of Buzzard Point Steering Committee. Renee Bowser is 4D02 advisory neighborhood commissioner. Paul Johnson is 4C07 advisory neighborhood commissioner. They are members […]
Southwest DC Action For release: Thursday, March 11, 2021 Contact/s: swdcaction@gmail.com (202) 964-0620 CM Allen Urged to Reject Comp Plan Changes SW Joins Call for Equity, Against Black Displacement Southwest, DC is joining the citywide call against the Office of Planning’s (OP) proposed changes to the District’s Comprehensive Plan and urging Ward 6 Councilmember Charles […]
Media release March 8, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 Mendo Hopeful of Getting Comp Plan to Council by the End of March DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson said tonight he is ‘hopeful” of getting the Comp Plan to the Council by the end of March. A public hearing in November last year heard a […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CENSUS-BLOCK ANALYSIS OF RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS FOR HOFFMAN AND ASSOCIATES DEVELOPMENTS FROM 2000-2016 Contact: info@southwestvoicedc.comView full report: swvoicedc.com WASHINGTON, DC (March 7, 2021) Southwest Voice conducted a Census block analysis of demographic changes for 34 Hoffman and Associates developments between 2000-2016. We relied on their website for address data and year of opening. […]
The January issue of Southwest Voice exposes illegal efforts in Southwest to spur development. Unnamed sources from the Housing Authority raise concern about the fair selection of the final co-developer. The Zoning Commission is ignoring its regulations. Meanwhile, Council will be reviewing the Comprehensive Plan amendments and future land use map changes that portend more […]
SaveMcMillan.org/defund Media advisory, Monday, July 6, 2020Contact: Linwood Norman, smac.dc@gmail.com, 202-656-3012 The DC City Council is being asked by Black residents in the District to use the Council’s newly adopted “racial equity lens” to analyze and then defund the McMillan Park redevelopment plan, because it will intensify displacement in a city that is one of […]
DC for Reasonable Development Press Release, Chris Otten, 202 810 276 Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, “Pats Anthony Hood on the Head” at Reconfirmation Hearing; Zoning Commission Called a “Rubberstamp” for Developers Anthony Hood has been Zoning Commission Chairman since 2007, and has sat on the Zoning Commission since 1998. On, Monday, March 26, 2018, Hood […]