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DC4RD 2015
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DC for Reasonable Development hosts a gathering this Thursday Night (2/12/15, 6:30PM, Shaw Library)
On this night, we will explore critical civic inquiries:
- What is “affordable” housing and to whom?
- What of Barry Farm; Congress Heights; Park Morton; the homeless count is soaring — why?
- Pop-up’s and pop-out’s — just the tip of the iceburg when it comes to the over development represented wholly within the DC Office of Planning’s (OP) 1,000+ pages of proposed zoning changes called the Zoning Regulations Rewrite (ZRR)! Come find out why.
- What City agencies are involved and are they doing good by the people?
Meet with people from around the City concerned about answers to these critical civic issues and set some action moving forward.
THIS THURSDAY — Feb. 12, 6:30 to 8:00pm
@ Watha T. Daniel / Shaw Public Library
FMI: Chris O. 202-810-2768; dc4reality@gmail.com
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Here are some recent reports from groups seeking civic feedback from DC residents:
- The Talking Transition team, with the help of DC Vote, recently published a summary report from their forum held at the Washington Convention Center in mid-January. The highest concern among attendees, “Rent is too high and a lack of affordable options.”
See the full Talking Transition summary here >> http://tinyurl.com/talking-transition-2015-report - This past weekend, the Housing for All team held a rally for diversity and affordability in our City. A great many guests witnessed the Mayor, Muriel Bowser push for at least $100 million dollars in annual public funding of the Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF). According to the DC regulations, the HPTF, “shall be to provide financial assistance to non-profit and for-profit developers for the planning and production of low, very low and extremely low income housing and related facilities.” For more info about the HPTF, visit >> http://tinyurl.com/dcmr-hptf-regs
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Menu:
1) DC4RD at C-100 Luncheon, Feb. 18
2) DC for Democracy :: EXELON UPDATE
3) Barry Farm Citywide Forum, Feb. 22
4) UDC BLSA at the National Championships
5) DC Education: “State”wide Planning
6) DC City Council Agency Oversight Calendar
DC4RD will be on the February 18th Committee of 100 discussion panel regarding development trends in the District.
A key question we have to ask ourselves: What guidance does the DC Comprehensive Plan offer in times when housing prices are increasingly unaffordable for most?
The DC Comprehensive Plan is one the City’s most progressive documents >> http://www.tinyurl.com/dc-comp-plan
Learn more about the C-100 here >>
http://www.committeeof100.net/who-we-are/
Keith Ivey of DC for Democracy recently shared a report showing, “Only 6 percent approv[ing] of it.” That is to say, only a handful of people want EXELON to takeover Pepco and control DC’s municipal electric supply.
Continue to fight it. Send a letter. Here’s an online form to help >> http://www.powerdc.org/take-action.html
DC for Democracy meets tomorrow,Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 7pm at Ben’s Chili Bowl (1213 U St, NW).
3) BARRY FARM CITYWIDE FORUM
* 400 DC families threatened by displacement!!
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2015, 2:00 to 5:00pm
Anacostia Public Library, 1800 Good Hope Road SE
(green line metro; 90 buses)
* dinner and childcare provided *
http://www.onedconline.org/barryfarmforum
Contact: Schyla@empowerdc.org // 202-234-9119
MORE BF NEWS: Residents Block Racist Developer Bus Tour through Barry Farms >> http://tinyurl.com/bus-stop-barry-farm-1-30-2015
4) UDC-BLSA at the Mock Trial Nationals
The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law Black Law Students Association Mock Trial Team has qualified for the National Championship.
For more info, visit >> http://www.law.udc.edu/news/215403/UDC-BLSA-Mock-Trial-Team-qualifies-for-Nationals.htm
Mary Lord, DC State Board of Education, At-Large member, recently shared upcoming hearings to discuss DC’s “State”wide Accountability Planning >> http://osse.dc.gov/service/elementary-secondary-education-act-esea
6) DC City Council Agency Oversight Calendar
Make sure to let the Council know how each agency is doing and ways they can be improved >> http://tinyurl.com/dc-council-2015-perfo-hrgs
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–LAST ITEMS–
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- REMINDER :: This Thursday Night, 6:30pm, Shaw Library :: Bundle up to tear down the mirage of DC’s bad planning Thursday evening!DC for Reasonable Development Gathering
@ Watha T. Daniel / Shaw Public Library
This THURSDAY, February 12, 6:30 to 8:00pm
FMI: https://www.facebook.com/dc4reality - For AMAZING ONLINE RESOURCES, visit >>
http://www.dc4reason.org/resources