ONE Right to Land : Anacostia - Introduction
The northern end of Ward 8 has been anointed the "next big
thing" by many in the city's business community. A
multibillion dollar redevelopment of the St. Elizabeth's West campus by the
Department of Homeland Security and the "Poplar Point" development will bring thousands of new
housing units, retail spaces and potentially a soccer stadium. The promises being made about economic
opportunity for those left out of the District's development boom echo those
made a decade ago at the start of construction for the Convention Center in the
Shaw neighborhood.
Choosing between
rising property taxes and relocation is no choice at all for many homeowners,
and tenants, some of whom were displaced from parts of Northwest years ago.
ONE DC convened meetings for concerned Ward 8 residents in April
2007. Residents decided the
threat to their communities demanded immediate action to make sure any new
development, particularly that paid for with DC tax dollars and built on public
land, address current needs. Naming
themselves "ONE DC Anacostia," the group pledged to advocate for needs-based
development benefiting current, low-income residents.
Contact Andrew Willis at
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for information about how to get involved.
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ONE Right to Land : Anacostia - Latest News
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Photos of ONE DC Anacostia |
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Monday, 31 December 2007 01:00 |
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Photos of ONE DC Anacostia members at meetings and with the media : advocating for needs-based development benefiting current, low-income residents in the area.
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Last Updated on Friday, 22 January 2010 23:05 |
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Press Conference at Poplar Point |
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Wednesday, 12 September 2007 01:00 |
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Sep 12 - Today ONE DC Anacostia resident leaders announced
preliminary results of their door-to-door survey of households in Ward 8 on the
future of Poplar Point.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnsfvmvlhgc 320 263]
A few
highlights of the survey results, which may contradict conventional wisdom:
- 64% of the
residents surveyed heard about the proposed redevelopment from the
interviewer, at the moment of the survey (and the reason we also created
an informational flyer about Poplar Point, which I can provide)
- 87% were opposed
to building another stadium (no matter how it was financed, according
to our interviewers)
- 81% were opposed
to any kind of market-rate development at the point
- 72% were in
favor of restoring Poplar Point as a full part of Anacostia Park
- 79% thought any
new housing units should be affordable to people making less than $30,000
a year
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Last Updated on Friday, 26 October 2007 16:18 |
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ONEDC Anacostia Park Campaign |
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Tuesday, 04 September 2007 16:56 |
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Help preserve Anacostia Park from developers who want to build a soccer stadium for DC United. ONE DC is working with residents who do not want to be displaced or face economic disadvantages from a new soccer stadium. The owners of DC United want the City to contribute to infrastructure costs of the stadium to complement their $150,000 bid.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cipmgs1rH08 320 263]
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 September 2007 16:54 |
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Saturday, 28 July 2007 01:00 |
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Ward 8 Residents Celebrate, Say NO to Another Stadium
Over 160 residents of Ward 8 came out to a community cookout at Poplar Point to explore the area and say, emphatically, "NO" to another stadium on the Anacostia River. Sponsored with the Our Park Coalition (www.thepointisourpark.org), residents shared information on the proposed development, celebrated their recent victory -- when Mayor Fenty agreed to open up the project to public bids -- and took bus tours of the area given by environmental educators with the Earth Conservation Corps. Next steps: A door-to-door survey of residents' priorities for the site.
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Last Updated on Friday, 22 January 2010 23:03 |
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Early Victory for Equitable Development at Poplar Point! |
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Saturday, 21 July 2007 01:00 |
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 BIG NEWS!
On July 21, less than a month after members of ONE DC
Anacostia appeared before Councilmember Kwame Brown to call for an end to
closed-door negotiations with DC United, Mayor Fenty announced he was calling
of the discussions and opening the door for a public bidding process!
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 October 2007 11:20 |
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