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Did You Hear That Union Market, DC's Only Wholesale Market Will Be Razed Almost Entirely and Replaced with a Brand New Downtown-Sized Luxury Residential and Commercial District?
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UMN is an unincorporated nonprofit citizen association that meets online and in person to discuss, evaluate, and act on basic planning science, agency reports, empirical socioeconomic data, municipal planning tenants and the law, taken all together to seek to preserve and protect the personal and property interests of participating members and to mitigate against displacement pressures, negative environmental impacts, and adverse affects on public services affects brought about by poorly planned profit driven corporate and institutional construction projects and real estate developments in our communities and throughout the city.
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UNION MARKET/FLA AVE. EXPLOSION OF DEVELOPMENT
City planners have eschewed a whole neighborhood approach with this massive explosion of development and the result is no honest talk of social needs with the community in focus, like parks, libraries, schools, police stations, fire stations, infrastructure, transit upgrades, or affordable commercial and housing for local entrepreneurs and working-class families. And there's little collaboration about mitigating construction and ongoing impacts to the surrounding communities, where our kids, seniors and families live and work.
Currently anyone can construct new buildings around Union Market at 3 to 5 stories, but The Mayor's Office of Planning and Zoning Commission are waiving these rules and allowing the developers to build 10 to 13 story buildings – yes – right across the street from 2 and 3 story row-houses and single family homes. The tremendous real estate and air rights value being given to developers must translate into an equitable sharing of the costs to upgrade the area's infrastructure, transit systems, and most importantly developers must bear some of the cost in mitigating and protecting the community from construction impacts and long term displacement impacts. And the city must step up to ensure these development burdens are shared equally.
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Union Market Neighbors Want Equity and Mitigation of Development Impacts!
Neighbors living around Union Market deserve better municipal planning that protects your personal quality of life and property interests.
Proposal 1
UMN Propose:
Implementing a neighborhood wide property tax freeze, so that as the surrounding property taxes rise, longtime residents and landlords can rely on a steady tax rate to stay in the community.
Proposal 2
UMN Propose:
Creating an affordable housing fund specific to the neighborhood to help with home repairs, rent arrears, financing for home ownership, and other emergency needs.
Proposal 3
UMN Propose:
Implement an omnibus agreement between
the city and developers to mitigate construction impacts and longterm quality of life impacts as the new development rises.
Protect the Community from Land Value Destabilization and Unwanted Displacement Pressures
Protect Families, Children and Elders of the Community from Increased Traffic and Noise and Other Quality of Life Impacts
Protect the Existing Levels of Public Services Like Access to Bus/Metro, Reliable Utilities Infrastructure, Emergency Response Time and Capacity, and Community Facility Services like Schools, Libraries, and Wellness Centers