By Melissa Silverman Community leaders, including ANC 6D Chair Edward Daniels and members of Southwest DC Action, raised concerns in March about development at 60 I Street SW and community access to Lansburgh Park. The location previously housed the Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle – Assemblies of God church. The church partnered with developer Foulger-Pratt to tear […]
Op-Ed: Advocating for Antiracist Development and Housing Justice
By SW DC Action SW Action, which primarily consists of residents of Southwest DC, came together organically in November 2019 as neighbors who wanted to learn about, and advocate for, antiracist development and policies in our surrounding community. We have been meeting monthly ever since. We are an all-volunteer group and have four working groups […]
SW DC Action Community Survey Results
By Miranda Chien-Hale, SW DC Action Thank you to the more than 300 neighbors, ~2% of the total SWDC population, who filled out Southwest Action’s Community Development survey either at Christ United Methodist Church (CUMC) or online via links shared on social media, or by following an article in the February Southwester from January – […]