Here's your monthly dose of tools, resources, articles, trainings and more, courtesy of Susie Cambria.
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Mayor Muriel Bowser will present her proposed FY 2019 budget to the DC Council and the community Wednesday, March 21. Soon thereafter, the Council of the District of Columbia will hold public hearings at which the community and executive branch agencies testify about the proposed budget.
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There is a vacant property adjacent to the entrance to Anacostia Park from the Fairlawn neighborhood that is currently zoned for commercial use and is the potential location for a future Cube Storage facility. The residential neighborhood is fighting against a re-zoning request from Cube Storage to allow a commercial driveway that would make the project possible, instead arguing that the site should be zoned residential.
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The city's budget is our budget and we should have a say in it. That's why it's essential that residents and stakeholders participate in one or more of Mayor Bowser's budget engagement events this month.
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The National Park Service will be hosting a weekend of events at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site on February 17th and 18th to kick of the bicentennial year of honoring 200 years of the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass “The Lion of Anacostia."The Park Service is distributing a letter that invites neighbors to attend the celebrate and highlight that the weekend may bring additional traffic to the neighborhood.
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A group of residents is hoping to install a new mural to bring attention to, as well as honor, the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial and the Centennial of Anacostia Park (all part of the Year of the Anacostia).
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On January 5th, APACC hosted a session Susie Cambria of Bridges, Inc., who provided a free training on how the DC budget gets created and how residents and organizations can make sure their voices get heard. Here were some of our main takeaways from the event.
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Below are some great resources for building the capacity of your organization to do good work. Courtesy our friend Susie Cambria.
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If you are interested in the conversation about race and democracy, you may want to attend the University of the District of Columbia's event on Thursday, February 15 about the book Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital.
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DC's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has created an online database of resources for DC renters.
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The following are various resources intended to help you grow the capacity of your East of the River organization. These resources below are provided courtesy of our friend Susie Cambria.
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APACC is reinstating it's regular articles related to building the capacity of Ward 7 and 8 residents organizations! These resources below are provided courtesy of our friend Susie Cambria.
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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is planning to make an announcement this Friday, January 12th, at 11:00AM on Kingman Island. According to her official Twitter account, she will be making an announcement about significant conservation initiatives for Kingman & Heritage Islands.
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The DC Council is going to hold a hearing at 11:00am on January 11th to decide on whether to officially declare 2018 to be the Year of the Anacostia. Besides officially naming the year, you may wonder how this affects you. Well, the official resolution includes the language that says “The District of Columbia government should identify resources and policies that create opportunities for recreation within the Anacostia watershed, ensure sustainable development on and along the Anacostia River, and continue improvements to the water quality of the Anacostia River.” This could mean that groups in the Anacostia River corridor may be able to access more resources and funding to do good work in 2018.
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The District Department of Energy and Environment has put out a survey to hear how you currently use the Anacostia River for recreation and how you would like to use it in the future. It takes about 5-7 minutes to complete. Make sure your voice is included - take the survey now!
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DOEE's Community Stormwater Colutions Grant program provides start-up funding for community-oriented projects that improve the District’s waterways. Ideal projects should raise awareness and lead to behavior change around the impacts of stormwater runoff on the District’s water bodies.
A special focus of this year’s grants are projects that support the “Year of the Anacostia”, which commemorates the 100 year anniversary of Anacostia Park and the many events and milestones that will be celebrated along the river in 2018.
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