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On April 27, 2021, Ward 3 Vision and the Coalition for Smarter Growth hosted a panel discussion, Building Inclusivity in Ward 3: What’s in the Affordable Housing Toolbox? You can review the materials and video of the presentation here.

Event: Building Inclusivity in Ward 3 –What’s in the Affordable Housing Toolbox?

A long and ugly history of housing and land use practices and regulations have segregated neighborhoods by race and class in the District, particularly in Ward 3. These ‘invisible walls’ impact us to this day.

The legacy of institutionalized practices of discrimination is our present lack of choices in housing types, limited range of home prices, lack of affordable housing, and limited diversity among the people who live in Ward 3 neighborhoods.

Ward3Vision invites you to join us for a  forum to discuss how we got here and what can be done to take down those invisible walls.  We will be looking back at that history and ahead to Comprehensive Plan updates, now pending before the DC Council. We’ll examine how updating the Comprehensive Plan  is an important  step in turning the tide against racism in the District.

Join us to learn about actions you can take to achieve a more livable, equitable and just city.

Participants in this discussion include

• Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh

• DC Office of Planning Director Andrew Trueblood and Anita Cozart, Deputy Director, Community Planning and Design
• Neil Flanagan, Architectural Designer and Researcher, author of “The Battle of Fort Reno”
• Dan Reed, urban planner, writer and contributor, to www.GreaterGreaterWashington.org
• moderated by Matthew Bell, FAIA, Professor of Architecture, University of Maryland and Principal, Perkins Eastman.

Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 7:30 PM

Via Zoom (link to be provided to those registered at least one hour prior to event)

Co-sponsored by Coalition for Smarter Growth

Ward3Vision is a group of residents who can imagine our neighborhoods as even better urban places – more walkable, sustainable, and vibrant.

Join the Coalition for Smarter Growth and Ward 3 Vision for a discussion about Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) on October 11th: http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/2041/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=96967

An Op-Ed penned by CSG Executive Director Stewart Schwartz

According to Richard Florida, a leading urban researcher and senior editor at The Atlantic, “new urban luddites,” his stronger term for NIMBYs, are damaging the sustainability and vitality of major cities. As noted in his recently published book, The New Urban Crisis, opposition to expanding residential housing in cities is hurting them. “By limiting density and clustering, NIMBYs hold back the urban innovation that powers growth.”

Letter to the editor related to PUD’s in the Comprehensive Plan.

By Haya El Nasser, USA Today, 10/29/06

By Nikita Stewart, Washington Post, 9/27/06

By Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 9/8/06

By Nikita Stewart, Washington Post, 6/14/06

By Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 5/25/06

By Elissa Silverman, Washington Post, 4/9/06