Category: Event materials
Metro to Mosaic: A Fairfax transformation
walking tour – October 24, 2015
Campaign to Strengthen DC’s Inclusionary Zoning Affordable Housing Program Briefing
Event Materials:
- Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning Briefing Powerpoint
- Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning Fact Sheet and Testimony Invite
Supporting Materials:
- DC Office of Planning IZ Setdown Report, July 3, 2015
- Campaign for IZ General Comments on Office of Planning’s Setdown Report, October 27, 2015
- What You Need to Know about DC IZ, March 3, 2015
- DC Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning’s Letter to the Zoning Commission, January 7, 2015
- DC Office of Planning IZ Case File (Search for case 04-33G)
Event Description:
October 22, 2015 | held at DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI)
Speakers:
David Bowers, Enterprise Community Partners
Claire Zippel, DC Fiscal Policy Institute
Cheryl Cort, Coalition for Smarter Growth
DC Affordable Housing Alliance and the Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning convened a briefing for affordable housing and social justice advocates to learn how the city’s newer affordable housing programs, Inclusionary Zoning, can better serve the people it was intended to help.
The briefing covered how DC’s Inclusionary Zoning regulations are working, and how they can be improved to offer more affordable housing for lower income DC residents. The advocates briefing was in preparation for the January 28, 2016 public hearing by the DC Zoning Commission to consider changes to the IZ regulations to better serve low income people.
Public forum: Modern transit for Upcounty Montgomery
Event materials
Event description
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 | 7:00-9:00 PM
Neelsville Middle School | 11700 Neelsville Church Rd, Germantown
Interested in learning about transportation solutions for Upcounty?
Come out to Neelsville Middle School on Wednesday, October 21 to hear local advocacy organizations and elected officials discuss transportation options for the Upcounty area and the benefits of providing more transit.
Learn about:
- Transit alternatives to the M-83 highway
- Future of bus rapid transit (BRT) along Rt. 355
- Benefits of rapid transit
Residents of Germantown and Clarksburg face challenging commutes and there’s only so much money available for fixes. Officials have talked about various projects including I-270, M-83 Midcounty Highway, the Corridor Cities Transitway and another Bus Rapid Transit route along Route 355. Choices will have to be made, and they should include modern transit and good land use planning.
Clarksburg itself was envisioned as a walkable, transit oriented-community in the 1994 plan. But today high quality transit has still not arrived.
I-270 could include more lanes including toll lanes and carpool lanes with room for transit, but will expansion just add more commuters from Frederick and beyond? Meanwhile, the M-83 Midcounty Highway has been criticized for not helping residents get to where they need to go. Most county leaders are looking to go in a more sustainable direction, and in 2014, the County Council approved an 81-mile bus rapid transit network including the Corridor Cities Transitway and Route 355.