Posts tagged Comprehensive Plan
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Mayor Bowser sent amendments to DC’s Comp Plan to the council. Here’s what you need to know.
On Thursday, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser sent the full set of her administration’s final Comprehensive Plan amendments to the council. Office of Planning officials had previously stated that they would have amendments to the Comp Plan ready by mid-April, so the city has met its own deadline. Keep reading…
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We support DC’s goal of 36,000 units and furthering fair housing
The DC Council holds performance oversight hearings yearly. Organizations and members of the public have the opportunity to testify in front of the council committees responsible for overseeing the work of the city’s administrative departments. The Committee of the Whole, held the oversight hearing for DC’s Office of Planning on February 25, 2020. Here’s my testimony. Keep reading…
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Will development at the Armed Forces Retirement Home mesh with the city, or be another planning disaster?
A whole new mixed-use neighborhood may soon arise on a portion of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, the large 272-acre estate off North Capitol Street. Will the new neighborhood become an isolated suburban island, or integrate into the urban fabric of the city? Keep reading…
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This DC neighborhood has a plan for more housing. So why isn’t the District on board with it?
Mid City (which includes Eckington) needs 4,210 new housing units, 1,010 of which should be affordable units, in the next five years to meet the Mayor’s goals. The good news is that Eckington offered map amendments to meet that housing challenge. No “shaming” necessary. So why were changes that would allow for more dense housing in Eckington rejected? Keep reading…
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How big and how fast should Reston grow? Leaders will soon debate this question.
Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn recently called for an amendment of the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan for Reston. The Comp Plan is a sort of master document for the planning, development, and priorities for the census-designated area. The plan hasn’t been amended in five years. So what do these changes mean for the development of Reston? Keep reading…
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Tell DC what you think of its Comp Plan
The DC Office of Planning is making proposed amendments to the District’s 2006 Comprehensive Plan, a robust document which is basically a long term road map for how we interact with the city, from housing to transportation, and land use. You, as residents of the District, now have until Friday, Jan.10, to provide public comment. Keep reading…
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Tysons is building housing that’s affordable to more workers
Rising rent, limited supply, flat incomes, and other factors have contributed to the affordable housing shortage across the Washington region. Tysons, Virginia—with its towering office buildings and a median household income of $101,587—is probably not first place you think of to find affordable housing, but it is making an effort to provide more options. Keep reading…
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Historic housing policies segregated DC and hurt black residents. How do we do better now?
The District has a history of inequitable land use and housing policies that have resulted patterns of segregation that persist to this day. As the District seeks to update its Comprehensive Plan, a planning document which lays out how the city will develop in the years to come, it seeks to address these wrongs. Keep reading…
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Updates to DC’s Comprehensive Plan fit together housing and preservation
When Mayor Muriel Bowser and Office of Planning (OP) Director Andrew Trueblood released citywide targets for affordable housing production by neighborhood planning area, they also made public amendments to the rest of the Comprehensive Plan—all 24 chapters of it. The Comp Plan guides how the city will grow in the years to come. Keep reading…
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The Comp Plan guides DC’s growth. Here’s what proposed updates say about housing.
When Mayor Muriel Bowser and Office of Planning (OP) Director Andrew Trueblood released citywide targets for affordable housing production by neighborhood planning area, they also made public amendments to the rest of the Comprehensive Plan—all 24 chapters of it. The Comp Plan guides how the city will grow in the years to come. Keep reading…