Project Goals

Livability & Vitality

• Promote a welcoming, cohesive, and enduring public realm
• Reflect the neighborhood’s mixed-use character and history
• Protect and enhance open space
• Provide opportunities for experiencing nature within the neighborhood

Neighborhood Safety

• Enhance safety for users of all transportation modes
• Promote personal safety

Mobility & Accessibility

• Balance pedestrian, bicycle, transit, parking, automobile, and truck needs
• Improve neighborhood access through better pedestrian, transit, and vehicular connections to adjacent neighborhoods
• Preserve and enhance continuity and connectivity for all transportation modes

Sustainability

• Encourage community-based stewardship of open space
• Establish a green streetscape that promotes better air quality and stormwater management
• Utilize Low Impact Development technologies where possible and appropriate

The document is intended primarily for the following groups:

• Community members who live or work within the project area and maintain an interest in the development of the neighborhood
• Developers and property owners proposing work within the project area, undertaking construction projects, and commissioning design development and construction document
• Implementing public agencies, including the DC Office of Planning, the District Department of Transportation, and the Community Improvement District (CID) in order to inform budgetary decisions
• The Public Space Committee in reviewing requests for Public Space Permits
• The Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB)
• PEPCO (Power Utility)