From: Bertha Holliday
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 1:56 PM
Subject: DC PLANS available for public comment and/or review
Dear Bloomingdale Neighbors
and Others--
As a Bloomingdale ANC
Commissioner, I would like to call to your attention the availability of to
three DC plans available for review and/or comment by residents.
Each of these plans has significant implications for Bloomingdale. So I
encourage you to review at least one of the plans and submit your comments
now or at forthcoming Council hearings. If comments are submitted, I
would greatly appreciate receiving a copy, so I might better understand
your priorities and concerns.
The Plans are:
The
Comprehensive Plan Framework - The current plan (adopted in 2006) provides a
20-year framework for DC's growth and development . Specifically, he Plan
guides DC's public services, infrastructure and capital investment. It
also guides land use and zoning (density and design) of DC
buildings. All Zoning Commission decisions should be consistent with the
Comp Plan. This Plan was amended in 2011 and is now being amended again.
Comments for use in amending this Plan were solicited in
2017. To date, only the "Framework" element of the Plan has been
released for review. The 'Framework"; a) describes factors
driving change in DC, b) provides data on current and future changes, c)
provides a vision for DC's growth and development along with related
"principles" , and d) describes the function and use
of the Plan's
Generalized Policy Map and Future Land Use Map, and DC's Capital Investment
Budget. Your comments on the Framework can be presented at future Council
hearings on the Plan.
The 2020 DC
Historic Preservation Plan
-- [READ THIS PLAN IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW HP WORKS!].
The first DC
historic district was established in 1950 (Georgetown). Subsequently
preservation advocates protested against such things as the replacement
of obsolete structures with parking lots, the destruction of neighborhoods by
freeways, and urban renewal strategies that resulted in razing 95% of the
structures in DC's SW quadrant and massive dislocation. HP advocates
believe the social fabric of neighborhoods were irreplaceable assets that
should be preserved and renewed. Finally, the DC HP office was
established in by 1978 Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection
Act. The 2020 Plan represents an update of the 2016 HP Plan.
The 2020 HP
Plan focuses on: a) Describing a vision for preservation and
reviewing the history and achievements of preservation in DC; b) assessing
strengths and challenges of HP; c) establishing an agenda for preservation
action in DC and stating associated updated goals and objectives; and d)
providing a list of resources and information.
Currently in
DC, there are 700 historic landmarks and 64 historic districts ( half of which
are local neighborhoods) with 27,000 'contributing' properties.
The 2020 HP
Plan is available at: https://planning.dc.gov/node/1184661
THE DC
CULTURAL PLAN
This Plan was authorized by
the Cultural Plan for the District Act of 2015, and serves to flesh out
the notion of 'cultural sustainability'. The Plan seeks to
"strengthen arts, humanities, and culture and heritage in
neighborhoods, by increasing cultural participation, supporting artists and
talent development, stimulating cultural production, and informing decision-making".
The Plan encourages public and private investment (and other innovative
funding strategies) in the people, places, communities and ideas that define
culture in DC. The Plan's proposed strategies include: a)
community/neighborhood engagement; b) youth engagement and education; c)
increased cultural public space ( e.g., affordable artists lofts) and
facilities; d) use of public space to promote community identity and
heritage; e) maximize public facilities for cultural presentations; f)
create a portfolio of cultural incubators and collective production
spaces; g) promotion of cultural entrepreneurship; h) marketing of cultural
events to regional residents and national visitors; i) establishing a permanent
oral history program; j) supporting an art in transit program; and k) promote
systemic convergence among cultural creators, space for cultural production and
presentation, and cultural presenters so that DC that will be more
inclusive, diverse, innovative and engaging.
Many of the Plan's goals and
strategies are highly compatible with those of BCA's Bloomingdale Village
Square Project, (funded largely by Humanities DC), which emphasize
increased community identity and sense of place through use of neighborhood
history &, heritage, design and civic engagement.
The Cultural Plan is
available at:
SPEAK UP AND GET
ENGAGED FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR BLOOMINGDALE!
Bertha Holliday, ANC
5E07
Bertha
G., Holliday, PhD & Associates, LLC
Independent
Consultant (Diversity Assessment, Planning, Implementation & Evaluation)
49
T Street, NW
Washington,
DC 20001
202-491-3996
Co-
Director
Bloomingdale
Village Square Project
"Building
Community Identity & Sense of Place"
www.bloomingdalecivicassociation.org
Commissioner,
ANC 5E07
Washington,
DC
www.berthaholliday.com
5E07@anc.dc.gov.
Fellow,
American Psychological Association
