{"id":1015,"date":"2024-03-10T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T00:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:46:12","slug":"1617-u-street-do-black-neighbors-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2024\/03\/10\/1617-u-street-do-black-neighbors-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"1617 U Street: Do Black Neighbors Matter?!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please listen to cross examination of the Office of Planning by Black Neighbors and hear the frustration and deep concerns by Black DC residents who spoke up at the zoning hearings.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These folks are being called &#8220;NIMBYs&#8221; &#8220;usual suspects&#8221; and &#8220;obstructionists&#8221; online by whiter pro-growth ignorance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_jLKYM-tanU?si=jBSIEo27gg2n_vcX\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black neighbors are asking the Zoning Commission to <a href=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2024\/02\/26\/the-mu-10-zoning-proposal-must-be-denied-as-harmful-to-black-dc-residents\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"888\">reject the Office of Planning\u2019s MU10 rezoning application in ZC Case No. 23-02<\/a> for failing to consider <a href=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2024\/01\/24\/zoning-commission-chair-anthony-hood-agrees-with-community-wants-more-public-outreach\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"824\">racial equity outreach expectations<\/a> and not considering the adverse impacts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2024\/02\/23\/black-neighbors-ask-mayors-office-of-racial-equity-for-assistance\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"883\">rezoning on Black neighbors living in some of the last nearby existing and naturally occurring affordable housing in the area<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Some excerpts of the 1617 U Street Black voices:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cJust say no and send this back to the drawing board\u201d <em>\u2013 Laura Richards, former BZA member<\/em><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m mulling whether this case should be postponed or thrown in the trash all together\u201d<em> \u2013 Adams Morgan ANC Commissioner, John Jones<\/em><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cOP has disregarded meaningful community engagement\u201d \u2013 <em>Andria Chatmon, Empower DC<\/em><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s disturbing to me personally to know that my story doesn\u2019t count\u201d <em>\u2013 William Jordan, Ward One<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please listen to cross examination of the Office of Planning by Black Neighbors and hear the frustration and deep concerns by Black DC residents who spoke up at the zoning hearings. These folks are being called &#8220;NIMBYs&#8221; &#8220;usual suspects&#8221; and &#8220;obstructionists&#8221; online by whiter pro-growth ignorance. Black neighbors are asking the Zoning Commission to reject [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13,10,6,8,9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1617u","category-ancs","category-mayor","category-publicland","category-brianne","category-brooke","category-zoning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pride-in-Black-Voices_Title-and-colors-01.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1020,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions\/1020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}