Ward3Vision

Ward3Vision is an active group of residents working to ensure new development is positive and forward-thinking.

[Ward3Vision @Ward3Vision]

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[Daniel Trubman @dmtrubman]

Homeowners searching for the section of the zoning code that guarantees them the street parking space in front of their house:

[Cory in San Francisco @coryfromphilly]

At the local level, YIMBYs are probably losing on the margin. Most wins are at the state/federal level.

Despite the housing crisis becoming acutely worse the past couple years as YIMBYism has been ascendant, local politicians have doubled down on restricting housing supply.

[DC YIMBYs 🏗 @dcyimbys]

The mayor has proposed a bill to finally build housing and a new library/community center in Chevy Chase. DC YIMBYs and our partners at @betterDCregion, @Ward3Vision, and @WIN_DC support this bill. Tell your CM to support the Chevy Chase Disposition Approval Act (B26-0801).

[UrbanTurf @UrbanTurf_DC]

Bowser Pushes DC Council to Finalize Chevy Chase Civic Core, Reeves Center Redevelopments. https://t.co/aeHTYfWTov

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

It may happen: The years-long fight over rebuilding the Chevy Chase Library and Rec Center and putting housing on top is now with the D.C. Council. @MayorBowser has formally transferred her public-private development proposal with 177 units of housing, 90 of them affordable.

[Ward3Vision @Ward3Vision]

@TODNewsHub Better than what is there but way less dense than it should be.

[Lisa Gore for DC @GoreforDC]

I’m thrilled to see the mention of the Chevy Chase Civic Core. It’s been years of debate and discussion, and there is a lot of support in Chevy Chase for this project despite what the loudest voices want you to believe. Housing is an equity issue - people that need it - need it now, now 2 -5 years down the road. To delay or cancel this project is to deny someone without or insufficient housing - justice. We have to move faster on these housing projects!!! Can’t say that LOUD ENOUGH! Using public land makes the deal more affordable. And from what I hear this deal is structured with considerable affordability. Finally - it’s not a high rise. They knocked a floor off to balance community needs and concerns. Now, let’s move this over to Council and see the votes!

[DC YIMBYs 🏗 @dcyimbys]

If you're interested in running for one of these seats, let us know! It's probably too late to qualify for the ballot, but people win write-in campaigns for uncontested seats every year.

[Ward3Vision @Ward3Vision]

@wvistheduck @kennyrobinsonIV No opposition was overwhelmingly from Brookdale residents at the hearing but definitely was opposition from the high rises too.

[Goseg Train Thread @wvistheduck]

"You can't redevelop the empty Geico HQ bc it will destroy the trees!" claim the Friendship Heights NIMBYs whose homes destroyed almost all the trees 🤔

[Safe Sidewalks DC @SafeSidewalksDC]

Who says you cant move furniture on @wmata @wmataGM?

[DC YIMBYs 🏗 @dcyimbys]

If you or anyone you know are interested in running for these ANC seats (or others), DM us or email hello at dcyimbys dot org.

You need to collect 25 signatures by August 5. Still doable, but time is running out!

[Ward3Vision @Ward3Vision]

In Ward 3 no one has picked up yet from 3A02, 3A04, 3E07, 3E08, 3F02 & 3F06. The 3E seats are AU Campus seats but if anyone in W3 living in these districts is interested in running please do! @Ward3Bikes @dcyimbys @cpsmartgrowth

[Zach Israel @ZachBIsrael]

With less than 1 week to go until the Aug. 5 filing deadline, there are a total of *65 ANC single-member districts* where no one has filed to run yet, as of July 29! This means that 18.8% of the District’s 345 SMDs don’t have any candidate running yet… https://t.co/oxuxgEAM0j

[UrbanTurf @UrbanTurf_DC]

A look at the nearly 2,000 units in the works for Connecticut Avenue from the Maryland line to the edge of downtown. https://t.co/qiMXDFCSS7

[Ward3Vision @Ward3Vision]

@Commof100DC @OPinDC @Minimum So if this is about outcomes resulting from public participation the Committee of 100 is opposed to frivolous law suits that delay, derail, pervert & prevent public participation from counting & C100 leaders won't be involved in filing such suits?

[Graham Leggett @minfrin]

@HS2ltd Tunnelling through NIMBYs, hardest substance on earth.

[W3BA @Ward3Bikes]

Small bit of good news - paint for new protected bike lane in Friendship Heights on 44th between Harrison & Jenifer is down - this will be part of a cross jurisdictional network of lanes in FH that will almost reach the Capital Crescent Trail @CCT

[UrbanTurf @UrbanTurf_DC]

Court Ruling Clears Path for Chevy Chase Civic Core Redevelopment. https://t.co/a5l5Yb5ESi

[Goseg Train Thread @wvistheduck]

This dude is such a mensch. With him and our new mayor, we are going to build a bunch of apartments in Ward 3, hugely benefiting the people of DC, and there's nothing the NIMBYs can do about it.

[Ward3Vision @Ward3Vision]

These lawsuits always lose.

But they are extremely costly and a lot of developers won't even consider a discretionary zoning process for fear of the uncertainty which is something @Janeese4DC needs to fix when she is Mayor.

[AG Brian Schwalb @DCAttorneyGen]

NEW: We defeated a lawsuit seeking to block new housing on upper Connecticut Avenue NW.

The lawsuit challenged zoning changes to allow multifamily housing in the neighborhood with the fewest affordable units.

We’re fighting for more homes to drive down costs for everyone in DC.