As someone who has been fighting for affordable housing in Rock Creek West for years, this resonates with me on so many levels, especially when we had a slew of candidates paddle up "No" at the recent WIN forum to adding affordable housing in Chevy Chase, a position @kenyanmcduffie has agreed with. The candidates on the right side of the room - You got it right! @GregoryJackson@candacetiana@LisaJRaymond@tweetelissa@DoniCrawford@DaOrganizer. We need candidates that get to yes -that prove that government can work to deliver affordable housing in EVERY Ward in this city. No exceptions. And we need government to listen. We've asked for more affordable units and DMPED increased those numbers from 30% to just recently - 45%. #SupporttheCore#AffordableHousing
In the closing days of the D.C. mayoral race, @kenyanmcduffie has published an op-ed in @ggwash (which has endorsed @Janeese4DC) on how he would fix D.C.'s housing crisis. "I pledge to you a policy agenda that will actually deliver new housing," he writes. ggwash.org/view/103817/washi…
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The full recording of our June 3rd virtual listening session on DCPL and DPR community preferences at the redeveloped Chevy Chase Civic Core is up: youtu.be/JqSFpgXhjrY?si=vj-n…
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Thank you to @dcyimbys for your thoughtful questionnaire! And for specifically including the #ChevyChaseCivicCore in your questionnaire. But let’s talk about the real cost of "scrapping the plan." When a "pro-housing" candidate promises to kill a housing project in a historically segregated neighborhood to design something "better," the timeline resets. Who pays for those years of delay? Vulnerable families who desperately need housing - now. I don’t think they give a xxxx about the devil in the details at this point and especially in this economic climate. #Supportthecore
I want her vocal support for building housing in Chevy Chase (civic core), a high opportunity neighborhood where a lot of her constituents- including me - want to see this project happen. #Supportthecore
We are not losing anything in developing the civic core!
✅ 177 units of housing
✅ “at least” 53 affordable units
✅ more USABLE library space
✅ more USABLE community center space
✅ modernized facilities
✅ retail floor space
✅ more green space
That right there ☝️is community pride! Not fighting tooth and nail to exclude new development and new neighbors and playing the lame blame game “developer giveaway” Anyone that says that about Chevy Chase Civic core should be ashamed. Let’s pay our fair share in this regard too! #ChevyChaseForward#Supportthecore! Housing now!
At @CMFrumin’s workday in #W3 at @CompassCoffeeDC, topic is ChevyCase Core development, w. architect Thierry Rosenheck saying
“we’ll lose a vital symbol of community pride when our stand-alone lib. & comm. cntr are replaced by what will be a mere amenity in an apt. bldg.” 1/2
Canada struggles to win Nobel Prizes in Medicine because successive federal governments have not only under-funded medical science, but undercut CIHR with an ever-proliferating set of one-off initiatives and stand-alone boutiques. #nomoreshinybaubles#supportthecore