Posts by Shelley Vinyard — Guest Contributor

Shelley Vinyard lives in Eckington and is a member of the Eckington Civic Association. During her day job, she works to save the forests of Canada for an environmental advocacy group, but at night she fights for things closer to home, including more affordable housing, better bike infrastructure, and fixing Dave Thomas Circle. She has an unbearably cute daughter and a bike that she loves almost as much (but not quite).

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  A vision for an affordable and accessible Eckington deferred

  HousingGGWash PolicyBy Alex Baca (DC Policy Director), Shelley Vinyard (Guest Contributor), Conor Shaw (Guest Contributor) May 5, 2021 14

  It has been four years since many of Eckington’s residents and its Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners came together to craft a vision for how we want growth to happen in our neighborhood in the next 10 years. But despite countless hours spent over these four years to define and advocate for an affordable future for Eckington through amendments we wrote to the 2006 Comprehensive Plan, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is pushing to override our neighborhood’s wishes in one stroke of his pen.  Keep reading…

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  An Eckington bikeshare debate goes off the trail(s)

  GovernmentBy Shelley Vinyard (Guest Contributor), Conor Shaw (Guest Contributor) June 21, 2019 7

  The ANC 5E meeting on June 18 was a lesson in how ANCs can put one commissioner’s personal preferences ahead of the concerns and safety of the community. After nearly three and a half hours of meeting to discuss an agenda that was supposed to last two hours, the ANC shut down debate and voted to write a letter of opposition to a new bikeshare station.  Keep reading…