The DC Office of Planning, in partnership with the DC Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs, is undertaking a Cultural Development Strategy for DC’s Chinatown. The project will provide strategies to help reposition Chinatown as the region’s top destination for Chinese/Asian cultural businesses, programs, services, events and festivals.
Upcoming events: The DC Council Committee of the Whole will conduct a public hearing* on the “Chinatown Cultural Development Small Area Action Plan” on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at 3:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber, Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
For information on the Chinatown Cultural Development Strategy contact Thor Nelson, Project Manager, DC Office of Planning, 2000 14th Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20009, by phone at (202) 741-5241, or by email at thor.nelson@dc.gov.