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April 2003Government of the District of Columbia Anthony A. Williams, Mayor

Neighborhood 10:

Ten Strategies for a Stronger Washington

April 17, 2003

Brookings Institute

Government of the District of Columbia Anthony A. Williams, Mayor


Inaugural Goal:100,000 New Residents

Retain and Attract New Residents to the District

Maintain Neighborhood Diversity

Preserve Affordable Housing

Strengthen Neighborhoods

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Opportunities for Growth: Region

Between 1960 and 2000, theregion’s population has almostdoubledMajority of growth is occurring inthe outer suburbsRegional population growthexpected to continue into 2025.The inner suburbs anticipate 39%growth in jobs by 2025The outer suburbs anticipate anastounding 80% growth in jobs by2025. The majority of this growth isanticipated to continue in northernVirginia.

1990 to 2000PopulationChange byCensus Tract


Completed

Under Construction

Predevelopment

RFP

Development Activity

Over the last severalyears, the Districthas gone through atremendousdevelopment cycle

Includes substantial rehabs, new construction &proposed redevelopment

Opportunities for Growth: DC

Development Activity Since 1999Housing Commercial

Completed 7,363 9,999,241Under Construction 8,497 12,985,271Predevelopment 14,036 12,642,162Request for Proposals 2,032 358,032 TOTAL 31,928 35,984,690

Development Activity Since 1999Housing Commercial

Completed 7,363 9,999,241Under Construction 8,497 12,985,271Predevelopment 14,036 12,642,162Request for Proposals 2,032 358,032 TOTAL 31,928 35,984,690

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Goals of the Neighborhood 10

Leverage our Strengths

Build on Momentum

Inspire Confidence


Guiding Principlesfor

Strong and Healthy Neighborhoods

Empower and engage citizens

Align government action with citizen priorities

Strategically invest scarce resources todemonstrate meaningful and visible impactsEnhance unity of purpose and democracy

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Ten Citywide Revitalization Strategies:Different Neighborhoods Require Different Strategies…….′ Building Strategic Neighborhood Action Plans (SNAP)

′ Delivering Quality Services and Public Realm (NSI)

′ Investing in Strategic Areas

′ Generating Quality Housing

′ Eliminating Blight (DCRA Code Enforcement; Home Again Initiative)

′ Modernizing and Re-envisioning Schools

′ Enhancing Neighborhood Commercial Centers (reStore DC)

′ Taking Advantage of Transit (TOD)

′ Creating New Neighborhoods

′ Partnering with Anchor Institutions


SNAPs are:Community-driven Action Plansthat articulate top neighborhoodpriorities

Serving as the foundation of ourCity’s budget; linkingneighborhood priorities withagency strategic planning

A living document that providescitizens with a record of how thisgovernment will directly respondto your priorities

Strategy One: Building Strategic Neighborhood Action Plans (SNAPs)

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Strategy Two: Delivering Quality Services and Public Realm

Neighborhood Services Initiative(NSI)Addresses reoccurring service deliveryproblems that require the coordinatedinvolvement of more than one agency

In partnership with residents and 13District agencies, identifies PersistentProblem Areas (PPAs)

Areas with recurring problems that need the cooperation and

coordination of many governmentagencies to ensure that they becomeclean, safe and healthyneighborhoods.


Strategy Three: Investing in Strategic Areas

Focus on Areas with Untapped Potential

Build on Strengths and/or Community Anchors

Focus on Readily Identifiable Opportunity Sites

Concentrate on a Small Geography

Coordinate Commercial, Housing and CapitalInvestments

The success of the Neighborhood Revitalization efforts willdepend on a concentrated effort including…..

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Different Neighborhoods Require DifferentStrategies

Transitional: Fast-developing neighborhoodssubject to rapid home sales, rising propertyvalues and displacement pressures.

Stable: Neighborhoods with ample market-driven, private investment and social indicatorsconsistent with or higher than the city average.

Distressed: Neighborhoods that face the mostextreme challenge of low social indicators andextreme private disinvestments.

Emerging: Neighborhoods that under-performbased on their market potential usually withmoderately positive indicators.

Strategy Three: Neighborhood Typologies


Strategic Neighborhood Investment Program (SNIP)

Columbia Heights

ShawHoward U./

Le Droit Park

Congress Heights

H Street NEIvy City/Trinidad

PennsylvaniaAve SE/Fairlawn

Takoma

Near Southeast

BellevueAnacostia

Focus on Areas whereVisible and SignificantOutcomes Can Be Achievedin 3-5 Years Minnesota/

Benning

Allows city to improve services.

Leads to better coordinated government agencies and therefore better accountability to citizens.

Georgia Petworth

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Strategy Four: Generating Quality Affordable Housing

The City’s Housing Agenda:

Protecting affordable housing andpreventing displacement

Promoting new housing for people ofall incomes

Converting underutilized assets intonew homes

Estimated Ten-Year Impact of Housing Act2002:

Generate $95.5M in new revenueBuild 2,596 units of affordable housingPreserve 2,695 units of existing affordablehousingAssist 3,530 low to moderate incomehousehold to homeownershipConstruct 3,536 units of new market ratehousing in the District

The City has : Secured new federal resources

Tax Credits Tax exempt bond authority

Created New District Policies and Resources Housing Act of 2002

Leveraged opportunities for growth Underutilized Land HOPE VI

Hope VI – Capper-Carrolsburg


Strategy Five: Eliminating Blight (Home Again Initiative)

Through this initiative, the city willgain site control of abandonedproperties and sell them todevelopers who will rehabilitatethem into new homes.

Home Again Target Areas 2003:Areas of high concentrationof blightCommunity input throughthe SNAP process

At least thirty percent of homes tolow-income families.

ColumbiaHeights

ShawHoward U.

Near NE – H St

Rosedale

Ivy CityTrinidad

1-34-78-1314-2526-50

Concentration of Vacant and Abandoned Properties per Block

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Strategy Six: Modernizing and Re-envisioning Schools

• ModernizingJoint Development/Public-PrivatePartnershipsCoordination with DCPS MasterFacilities Plan

McKinley Technology High School

Insert photo of modernizedOr new school

• Re-Envisioning:Transforming SchoolsInitiative

Restructuring of facilities,curriculum and staffing

Model of coordinated,neighborhood-based socialservices being implemented byDistrict agencies.

Jesse LaSalle Elementary School located at 501 Riggs Road,NE is a designated transformation school


Strategy Seven: Enhancing Neighborhood Commercial Centers (reStore DC)

reStore DC:Designed to:

Promote and market traditionalneighborhood businesscorridorsImprove appearance and healthof neighborhood businessdistrictsStrengthen organizationsengaged in revitalization

Four components:DC Main StreetsTechnical Assistance ProgramCommercial PropertyAcquisition and DevelopmentFundSmall Business DevelopmentProgram

The City has:Budgeted $7.5 million to fundprogram in FY 2002

Announced first round of DCMain Street Designees:

14th Street Uptown

14th and U Streets

North Capitol Street/Bloomingdale

H Street, NE

8th St. – Barracks Row

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Transit-Oriented Development(TOD) is development that…..

Occurs within 1/2 mile of atransit stopIs linked to a grid of walkableand bikeable streetsContains a rich mix of uses --retail, mixed-income residential,workplaces at dense sitesappropriate to its settingHas appropriate treatment ofparking -- at rear, away fromsidewalk, reduced requirements

Strategy Eight: Taking Advantage of Transit (TOD)Transit-Oriented Development is a land usestrategy to accommodate new growth,strengthen neighborhoods, and expandchoices and opportunities by capitalizing onbus and rail assets to stimulate and supportvibrant, compact, diverse and accessibleneighborhood centers within an easy walk oftransit.

DC’s First SmallArea Plan CompletedJuly 2002


Strategy Nine: Creating New Neighborhoods

• Several large sites existthroughout the city that offerexcellent opportunities to buildnew communities withoutdisplacement.

• Developable Acres:– St. Elizabeths Campus (300)– Poplar Point (80)– Reservation 13 (67)– Southeast Federal Center (55)– Soldiers and Airmens (49)– Mt. Vernon Triangle (30)– DC Village

• Community Planning effortshave begun in several of theseareas.

Soldier's & Airmen’s Home

Mt Vernon Triangle

Reservation 13

SE Federal Center

Poplar Point

St Elizabeths West

DC Village

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PublicReservation

13The Master Plan is comprised offour unique districts and each servesa different need:

Independence Avenue: City-wideuse & services, recreation, education,healthcare, and institutionalC Street: Residential, healthcare, andcommunity useMassachusetts Avenue: Civicbuildings, public health & sciencecenter, and officesWaterfront District: Park Drive, bike& pedestrian paths, “The Meadow”,and bridge to Kingman Island

The Master Plan is comprised offour unique districts and each servesa different need:

Independence Avenue: City-wideuse & services, recreation, education,healthcare, and institutionalC Street: Residential, healthcare, andcommunity useMassachusetts Avenue: Civicbuildings, public health & sciencecenter, and officesWaterfront District: Park Drive, bike& pedestrian paths, “The Meadow”,and bridge to Kingman Island


St ElizabethsCampus

Historic St. E’s Campus■ 300 Acres■ Joint District/Federal Effort■ ULI Expert Panel May 2002■ Final ULI Report Fall 2002■ Workshops & Site Tours

Spring & Summer 2003■ Final Framework Plan Fall

2003

Historic St. E’s Campus■ 300 Acres■ Joint District/Federal Effort■ ULI Expert Panel May 2002■ Final ULI Report Fall 2002■ Workshops & Site Tours

Spring & Summer 2003■ Final Framework Plan Fall

2003

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Strategy Ten: Partnering with Anchor Institutions

Community Anchors:organizations or institutionsthat contribute to the identity,stability and growth of specificneighborhoods or of theDistrict at large.

Federal GovernmentUniversities and HospitalsPrivate EmployersCBOs; Faith-Based Org’sCommunity as Partner


Neighborhood Impacts

Putting all 10 NeighborhoodStrategies Together

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Near SE/WaterfrontStrategies• Generating Quality Housing• Reinvest in Schools• New Neighborhoods• Partnering with Anchor• Enhance Civic/Retail Centers • Take Advantage of Transit

Strategies• Generating Quality Housing• Reinvest in Schools• New Neighborhoods• Partnering with Anchor• Enhance Civic/Retail Centers • Take Advantage of Transit

Capper/Carrollsburg HOPE VI &School Opportunity at Van Ness

New Neighborhood - SE FederalCenter

Institutions - Federal DOT &the Navy Yard

Civic/Retail Centers - 8th

St-Barracks Row & M St

Transit - Navy Yard Metro Station


Minnesota / BenningStrategies• Generating Quality Housing• Partnering with Anchor• Enhance Civic/Retail Centers • Take Advantage of Transit

Strategies• Generating Quality Housing• Partnering with Anchor• Enhance Civic/Retail Centers • Take Advantage of Transit

New Housing – Banneker Ridge

Institutions – New GovernmentCenter

Transit – Minnesota & BenningStations

Civic/Retail Centers – MinnesotaAvenue

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Columbia Heights

Strategies• Eliminate Blight• Take Advantage of Transit • Generate Quality Housing• Reinvest in Schools• Enhance Civic/Retail Centers

Strategies• Eliminate Blight• Take Advantage of Transit • Generate Quality Housing• Reinvest in Schools• Enhance Civic/Retail Centers

Columbia Heights Metro

NCRC Land Redevelopment

Bell/Lincoln School &HD Cooke ES


Shaw-Howard University

Strategies• Eliminate Blight• Enhance Civic/Retail Centers• Generate Quality Housing• Partner with Anchor Institutions• Take Advantage of Transit

Strategies• Eliminate Blight• Enhance Civic/Retail Centers• Generate Quality Housing• Partner with Anchor Institutions• Take Advantage of Transit

Destination District

Le Droit Park Housing

Howard University

U St-Cardozo, Shaw Howard U.& Mt Vernon Sq. Metro stations

Cleveland, Thomson, and Walker- Jones Elementary Schools and Terrell Junior High School

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