By Southwester Staff
On June 26, the DC Council passed the Budget Support Act (BSA) with the second of two needed votes, completing its major budget work for the year.
The approved budget included important investments for Southwest DC, including:
- $85M for Amidon-Bowen Elementary School ($1.7M in FY26, $6.7M in FY27, $41.7M in FY28, and $34.1M in FY29)
- $1.5M for a new field at King-Greenleaf Recreation Center
- $17M in FY24-FY27 for Randall Recreation Center modernization
- Partial funding for Southwest Town Center Park project
- New opioid outreach team in Southwest
- Requires DDOT to regularly report on the Circulator winddown, including negotiations with WMATA to preserve route coverage.
- $620k for microtransit like the SW Circuit.