Posts tagged Office Of Planning
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DC’s Chevy Chase neighborhood looks to reverse its history of exclusion
Some members of DC’s Chevy Chase community are creating a more inclusive vision for the neighborhood alongside the launch of the Chevy Chase DC Small Area Plan by the DC Office of Planning. Keep reading…
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DC Council passes Comprehensive Plan update unanimously
DC Council has been working for years to update the Comprehensive Plan, DC’s enormous zoning and land-use document. On Tuesday, those years of work concluded in a unanimous vote on an update to the document, which dates back to 2006. Keep reading…
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Here’s what GGWash’s advocacy team asked the DC Council to pay attention to during its performance oversight hearings
Right before the District’s budget season, the DC Council holds performance oversight hearings, where councilmembers question the agencies they oversee, including the District Department of Transportation, the Office of Planning, and the Department of Housing and Community Development. GGWash’s Advocacy team provided testimony at several key hearings. Here’s what they had to say. Keep reading…
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Racial equity is central as DC builds out three neighborhood planning documents
DC’s Office of Planning is working on three Small Area Plans — supplements to the Comprehensive Plan that provide more detailed guidelines for development in a given area. The new SAPs in Congress Heights, Chevy Chase, and Pennsylvania Avenue East will focus on community participation and racial and economic equity. Keep reading…
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Why changes to DC’s Future Land Use Map do not eliminate community input
As Comp Plan limps to its conclusion, GGWash’s Alex Baca unpacks why increasing density in DC’s Future Land Use Map (FLUM), does not remove community input on development projects. Keep reading…
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The one program that’s been building affordable homes west of Rock Creek Park
DC’s Inclusionary Zoning program is the only one that’s built affordable housing in Rock Creek West in recent years. Here’s how it works. Keep reading…
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Barry Farm redevelopment illustrates how far DCHA still has to go
Although the DC Housing Authority’s (DCHA) redevelopment of Southwest’s Greenleaf Gardens community is starting off with some promising signs of transparency, the agency is still leaving a lot to be desired when it comes to the plans for some of the other public housing developments under its purview. One of the more obvious examples is just two miles, or two Metro stops, away, in Barry Farm, from which over a hundred households have already been scattered and left wanting for more input on what will happen next. Keep reading…
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Why the District should buy land in a downturn
DC should consider buying and maintaining land as one of the most reliable ways to guarantee more housing, and more affordable housing, as both part of a recovery strategy and into the future. Keep reading…
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Transportation mostly survives DC budget cuts, but planning takes a big hit
DC will continue most of its existing transportation efforts next year under a draft budget released by DC mayor Muriel Bowser. However, unless the DC Council changes the budget, the District will have somewhat less funding for affordable housing programs and won’t plan ahead to ensure well-coordinated development in areas slated for big growth and change. Keep reading…
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Can DC build a better Comp Plan process? An Office of Planning report hints at “yes.”
Within the Comp Plan package that DC Mayor Muriel Bowser recently sent to the DC council is a report from Office of Planning staff. It contains some interesting tidbits about what’s come out of OP’s outreach efforts over the past year, as well as some remarks on how our comprehensive planning process, and documents, could work better. Keep reading…