Convention Center Area Strategic Development Plan
The study area for this plan includes the area bounded by New York Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue, 12th Street, Vermont Avenue, U Street, Florida Avenue, and New Jersey Avenue. This plan is being developed by the District of Columbia Office of Planning to realize several key objectives:
- Strengthening Neighborhood Businesses—Retaining existing businesses and attracting new businesses in Shaw through capital investment, meeting the needs of visitors and tourists, and creating job opportunities and tax revenues for local services
- Generating Quality Housing—Preserving historic housing and creating additional housing that will contribute to ensuring this community remains demographically diverse and will continue to offer a wide range of housing types, and
- Improving the Public Realm—Determining the best use of public assets in the community; balancing the need for pedestrian and vehicular movement; coordinating the activities of critical District agencies; and, creating a streetscape environment that draws from the corridor’s existing character and accommodates contemporary business requirements
Feedback received from over 200 participants including citizens, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies at four community workshops were the basis for this plan's recommendations. Below are the presentations and feedback received at each workshop, as well as a transcript from the Mayor's hearing to receive formal comments on the draft plan. The plan was completed in June 2005 and approved by the DC Council a year later.
