(Washington, DC) - On December 20, 2009, the District of Columbia Office of Planning Director, Harriet Tregoning, accepted a 2009 Friendship Archway Award in honor of her agency's work on the Chinatown Cultural Development Strategy. Allies Building Community Incorporated, a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, presented the award to Director Tregoning.

The DC Office of Planning, in collaboration with the DC Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs and Chinatown residents, business owners and stakeholders, recently completed the Chinatown Cultural Development Strategy (CCDS). The CCDS provides strategies to help reposition Chinatown as the region's top destination for Chinese/Asian cultural businesses, programs, services, events and festivals. The DC Council approved the CCDS through the Chinatown Cultural Development Small Area Plan Approval Resolution of 2009 (PR18-571) on December 15, 2009.

More information about the Chinatown Cultural Development Strategy is available by calling (202) 442-7600.