(Washington, DC) The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development in partnership with the Office of Planning has released the Northwest One Redevelopment Plan. The plan was introduced to the Committee on Economic Development, chaired by Council Member Sharon Ambrose (Ward 6). Northwest One is the first community to participate in the Mayor’s New Communities Initiative. Please select this link
to view the draft plan.
The plan calls for the creation of a new, vibrant, mixed-income community to replace troubled housing developments in the Northwest One neighborhood, including the Sursum Corda Cooperative. The plan, completed in conjunction with the Northwest One Council, will protect 520 units of deeply subsidized housing. It calls for the construction of almost 600 new affordable housing units as well as 600 new market rate units.
The plan also includes a Human Capital Plan that provides the tools to move families toward self-sufficiency, as their neighborhood changes. The Human Capital Plan complements the physical plan for the community by helping to rebuild the “human architecture.”
In addition, the plan calls for a new 600 student kindergarten to eighth grade public school, a new 20,000 square foot recreation center, new playing fields and parks, a new 10,000 square foot health clinic and new neighborhood library.
Council Member Ambrose and the Committee on Economic Development praised Mayor Anthony A. Williams and City Administrator Robert C. Bobb for the $558 million plan to rebuild the community and expressed excitement about the New Communities Initiative.
For additional information, please contact Michael Downie at (202) 442-7616 or
by email.
