———- 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 […]
Month: April 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 19, 2021 CONTACT: Nick DelleDonne 703 929 6656 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 a virtual press […]
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 […]
For Immediate Release Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Contact: Southwest DC Action swdcaction@gmail.com (202) 964-0620 DC Office of Planning Doesn’t Consult with Property Owners Before Sending “UpFLUMing” to DC Council; Ward 6 Church Community Revolts Washington, DC — The Mayor’s DC Office of Planning decided to “UpFLUM” the property at Christ United Methodist Church, located nearby […]
Open Public Letter to the DC Council & Public Citywide: Did you know — The DC Comp Plan Did you know the Mayor has proposed 200 million square feet of upFLUMing on the DC Future Land Use Map in the DC Comprehensive Plan? That is 200 million new square feet of habitable commercial, retail, and […]
Media Advisory April 7, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne 703 929 6656 When is a Roof Not a Roof? Residents Challenge Zoning Approval of Masonic Lot – Dupont ANC Committee Agenda Tonight Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) asks the question: When is a roof an embellishment? In a presentation tonight at Dupont ANC […]