Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social

Likes urbanism, land use, transportation, housing, racial justice, environment. Policy Director @betterDCregion.

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

We've got a date: Nov. 20. Support upzoning of 1617 U St. NW Police/Fire stations - for affordable/mixed income housing & new public facilities. Send a letter to DC Zoning Commission & follow up by signing up to testify (virtually). Do it here: https://t.co/BAVn1WZZFe

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

Sign up to win better streets for walking, biking & riding transit! Hearing for bill is in mid-Sept. Sign up here: https://t.co/kdRzdm6R5M
PGC has good policies & standards - now we need to ensure they are implemented. That's what CB 69, CR 67 & 68 do.

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

Want safer streets in Prince George's? Check out CB 69 & event w/ @CMEricOlson: https://t.co/j41zZC4FUG
Fast, wide roads & slip lanes don't belong in mixed-use, connected communities. Good news: slip lanes are easy to fix! So are wide roads w/ on-street parking.

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

Downtown Largo this Saturday -- it's a placemaking festival! Pop up festival that's fun for the day & helps us imagine the future of Downtown Largo.

[Prince George's County Planning Department @PGPlanningMD]

This Saturday, August 12, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., join your neighbors at the Placemaking Downtown Largo Festival to indulge in mouthwatering food, fantastic music, and a day full of fun activities. https://t.co/9sIxFVM055.
#Placemaking #Largo #Community #FreeFamilyEvent #LoveMyLargo

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

That's the final approval for 440-home Metro station redesign! Even if opponents appeal, unlikely to slow a big, complicated project like this -- Takoma station development approved by D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board https://t.co/GJ0C4MUCBA via @MoCo360Media

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

PGC: Get ready for Blue Line Corridor plan! Check out community mtgs & website. See all the yellow on the map? That's single family zoning - wrapped around Capitol Hts & Addison Rd Metros. Let's look at missing middle housing to invigorate the area.
https://t.co/sFUSi7Vt7m

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

PGC Council Member @CMEricOlson bill proposes safer urban street designs around Metro stations & mixed use centers @ggwash https://t.co/TY2vaoPtOD
Join RISE Prince George's & @CMEricOlson for a virtual briefing on the bill CB 69, 8/15, 7 pm https://t.co/xigiN0grpX

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

Where and how should Prince George’s County grow? - in case you missed our July 18 conversation with PGC Planning Board Chair @PeterShapiro, check out the video. https://t.co/B78QF4ipOK

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

Tonight: Where & how should Prince George's grow? A conversation with Peter Shapiro, Planning Board Chair. 6:30 pm via zoom, RSVP https://t.co/AmewveGbLr

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

@TheNimbee opponents could hang up moving forward for about 2 years in court. However project is on such solid ground, would be dismissed once a court looks at it.

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

@EFM99092502 No. These 70 units are inclusionary zoning units. But these are more affordable with 10 units at 30% median family income rather than all at 60% MFI. Housing choice vouchers can also be used by voucher holders.

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

DC Zoning Commission approves Takoma Metro redevelopment project! 400+ units, w/ 70 affordable.

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

@lobstergrl No taxes for what? There is an additional HANTA affordable housing tax relief program that the developer is applying for. But that would be in addition to the IZ units commitment of 70 units which stay affordable for the life of the development approved in the PUD.

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

@rayyyynell DC is not far ahead - only one so far in West End. Another one in SW has a hotel above, if you count that. Props to Alexandria for doing before.

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

@cmoney_htx @Janeese4DC 70 affordable units: 10 @30% MFI & 60 @60% MFI. Term: life of the development per all IZ units. Also all 6 3-bedroom units affordable @ 30% MFI. MFI means median family income.

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

DC is looking at ways to make better use of fire stations by adding housing. Not easy to build housing on top of fire station but can be done!
https://t.co/x1trH6stvd

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

Tomorrow: excited that we might finally decide to build a lot of housing around a much improved Takoma Metro station - after more than 20 years! 70 affordable homes, over 400 total homes, cafe-fronted plaza, usable greenspace, better bus waiting areas, walk & bike access.

[Greater Greater Washington @ggwash]

This Thursday, the DC zoning commission will vote on whether to approve the Takoma Station planned unit development proposal (ZC 22-36). Ethan Goffman unpacks what’s at stake: https://t.co/vbQYE6oOCk

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

@MDOTNews & @MDSHA design & manage these roads (NH Av. & Univ. Blvd). @MDSHA doesn't consider any part of PGC to have an "Urban Center," so priority stays with moving motor vehicles over safety & convenience for anyone else -- pedestrians, bus riders, bicyclists.

[Alaina @alaina_pitt]

Hey @PGCountyDPWT check out this feature on your engineering work!

[Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social @cherylcort]

WaPo shows resistance to build dedicated affordable housing in Chevy Chase DC at civic site. We've joined with allies @Ward3Vision & @WIN_DC to demand follow thru on inclusive community plans & promises. https://t.co/eWXtAZsYta

[Jenny Schuetz @jenny_schuetz]

“We support affordable housing, but…” Yeah, sure. The most telling line in this piece: “People aren’t feeling in control of the process.” Affluent white Chevy Chase homeowners expect to be in control, to be deferred to at all times. https://t.co/h6IQnBu5FC