{"id":409,"date":"2020-12-14T13:45:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T13:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=409"},"modified":"2020-12-24T20:43:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T20:43:59","slug":"mendelson-opens-up-on-comp-plan-at-empower-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/409","title":{"rendered":"Mendelson Opens Up on Comp Plan at Empower Session"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Media release<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

December 14, 2020<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Nick DelleDonne<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

703-929-6656<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Mendelson Opens Up on Comp Plan at Empower Session<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cMore density does not necessarily mean more affordable housing in DC,\u201d said DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson at <\/span>a meeting of the citywide organizing group<\/span> <\/span>Empower DC on Dec. 12. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Empower session followed Council hearings on the Comp Plan in November when Mendelson heard criticism of the Mayor\u2019s proposed changes to a swollen 1500-page document that would guide development in the city for the next five years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The program format of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>questions\u00a0and follow up\u00a0<\/span>from Caitlin\u00a0Cocilova <\/span><\/span>of the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless led Mendelson <\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>an unusual reminiscence of his early career as a community organizer.\u00a0<\/span>He said he recognizes that the Mayor\u2019s shift from Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) to changes in the Future Land Use Maps will reduce opportunities for community engagement. He also said he is not against single family zoning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Of more than 150 registered for the session, here in Dupont East, we saw a strong neighborhood contingent. A moving plea from Brookland activist Caroline Petti that the Mayor\u2019s Plan seemed determined to kill neighborhood culture seemed to strike a chord in the Chairman. Some of us speculated that it may be time to mount a campaign to contradict Smart Growth\u2019s drum beat to #BuildMore.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) was among neighbors in this community critical of the planning document and called for its rejection. \u201cThe Mayor\u2019s Comp Plan amendments do nothing to stop displacement<\/b>, provide affordable low-income housing<\/b>, or promote community-led <\/b>equitable development,\u201d said DECAA President Nick DelleDonne.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Join DECAA.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>www.KeepDupontGreen.org<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span>, <\/span><\/em>and sign the petition<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DECAA – Dedicated to community engagement and civic action<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Media release December 14, 2020 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 \u00a0 Mendelson Opens Up on Comp Plan at Empower Session \u00a0 \u201cMore density does not necessarily mean more affordable housing in DC,\u201d said DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson at a meeting of the citywide organizing group Empower DC on Dec. 12. \u00a0 The Empower session followed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,41,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-citywide","category-comprehensive-plan","category-dc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}