How can we make the District of Columbia truly “One City?”
Making genuine progress toward creating “One City” is the Mayor’s highest priority. Mayor Gray has said that One City “is the recognition that all District residents, no matter their differences, are bound together by a common destiny and a shared desire to make the city even better for the people who live here. Regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, ward or neighborhood, we all want a vibrant, sustainable city, where all residents have an opportunity to provide for themselves and their families, where every neighborhood is safe, where every student goes to a good school, where every tax dollar is spent wisely on a government that works, and where citizens’ voices really count.” Yet the District government cannot achieve this goal alone.
We’d like your thinking on some of the specific questions that we’ll be wresting with at the summit:
- How do we grow and diversify the economy?
- What do DC government, businesses, and non-profits need to do to help people who aren’t currently job-ready get the skills they need to find work, especially in growing sectors of the economy?
- In order to have healthy, thriving infants and toddlers, what District government services and resources will be most important for our families and communities?
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4 votes
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Our school system is deplorable. So many of our youth can not read and write at their age level. We need make make going to school safer
We need to city council more accountable for their actions. How are we ever to recieve statehood if Congress can not trust over leaders.
2 votes -
Care for the sick and disabled citizens of the District by making medical marijuana available ASAP, and ensure the DoH is transparent
The sick and disabled residents of the District who live with debilitating pain on an everyday basis should not have to wait another day to have safe and reliable access to the medicine that the citizens of the District voted in favor of by a 69% majority. The Medical Marijuana Program, as it is operated by the department of health, has been too slow, not transparent, and not responsive to patients or citizens needs. Stop the foot-dragging and get the program underway for the sake of the sick and disabled among us.
3 votes -
The Development of 12 Area Sports Club and the creation of leagues
These Clubs will introduce the youth to sport from the age of three years old and help them develop their skills to age 18 years old, and hopefully use these skill in college.The adult league will provide the City with a competitive and entertaining evening of family and community fun. The Clubs will be center around the One high school,Two middle school and six primary schools. Adult will coach the team with the main focus is to create a sharing and caring community. There will be fall and summer leagues with skill development camps during the summer. These camp will…
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My idea is that if more dc residents would come together, we can make the city a better place to live,
The residents of dc, if we could work together more, we could make the city a better place to live, also if you could put more officers on the streets, and put cililians in the stations, we all can have a job. thanks..
5 votes -
More money for Metro and bike lanes
expand and support public transportation, as essential infrastructure for healthy people to promote more exercise and give access to amenities & jobs, as well as conserve resources, reduce traffic load/impacts, improve air quality, allow public funds to be spent on more critical elements rather than dealing with streets because of too many cars
3 votes -
The Mayor informs us we have a partnership with Brazil. Let us have our own Carnival in the fall using Brazilian/New Orleans ideas
Pick a weekend in the fall that is not too busy for a major Carnival/October Fest type of event. Bring inn lots of tourists. In Brazil they have "Samba Schools". Each neighborhood prepare an elaborate dance routine and fancy floats for a big competitions. We could do the same using our schools and parks in summer. Bring together youth, the retired elderly, and others who can spare some time. Prepare dance and parade routines, costumes, fancy floats, etc. Lots of fun work for all during those long, slow, hot summer months when kids get in trouble the most.
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Make Washington DC safer for pedestrians and better for motorists. Enforce speed limits, fine red light runners, ticket motorists who blo
Make DC a more walkable city for residents and visitors
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Visitor Center in DC owned building
Establish a Visitors Center for tourists to DC on the first floor of the Wilson Building in partnership with DC Vote, Cultural Tourism DC, & the Historical Soceity of WDC. Currently the feds have no visitor center. The White House Visitor Center is closing soon. DC take the initiative to welcome visitors & give them a history lesson to this great city. Or open a visitor center in the new Trump Hotel in the Old Post Buidling. Job creation. Promote statehood.
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Replace Open Sky Parking Lots for Public Parks
Some areas of the city (such as Mt Vernon Triangle new residential area) are awfully plagued with low-occupancy parking lots.
This wasted city space could be transformed into beautiful city parks with a minimal investment, and make the District a more livable city.
3 votes -
Create an accessible and navigable database for youth programs
Create an accessible and navigable database for youth serving programs in the city that allows youth, parents, direct service providers, and organizations to access to existing age appropriate programs, asses resource distribution and better understand where youth are interacting with the city in out of school spaces. Use this as a platform to connect providers and build toward a more collaborative approach to service provision that shares information, reinforces common positive youth development themes, and supports youth and families through all of their daily, weekly, and yearly transitions. Eventually develop several user interfaces that interact with each stakeholder group, encouraging…
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MAKE METRO MORE USER FRIENDLY, including the buses
Because of the cost of housing, many people have to live 2 & 3 buses away. This gets very expensive. I pay $125/mo ! Not everyone gets job subsidy. We need to find another way to subsidize METRO besides raising the fare. People who are job hunting are rally having a hard time. And the SmartTrip card should be waaay simplified. I've lost a lot of $$ on that card, and so have se of my clients.
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Why aren't more parks east of the river properly utilized to allow more tables, more shelters so that many families can enjoy them?
Why aren't more parks east of the river properly utilized to allow more tables, more shelters so that many families can enjoy them?
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Improve public participation processes and outreach across the city through an integrated approach.
Instead of multiple outreach/public involvement processes (One City v. sustainable DC), start to create an enhanced public outreach and involvement process and forum that can cross different agencies and projects across the City. I don't have enough time to participate in this, my ANC, the previous outreach with the zoning update, specific public projects in my neighborhood and other visioning/public participation processes. Streamline it so they are combined/mutually supportive. See CrowdBrite for one integrated platform that could be used for this as part of an enhanced 511/public outreach/communication program.
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Promote and Facilitate Collaboration in Communities
Rather than placing the burden on the government to solve everyone's problems, invest resources into facilitating community gatherings where residents can collaborate and work together to leverage diverse individual strengths for community gains--especially with regard to breaking down social barriers and building neighborhoods that work together.
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Enhance DC.GOV to search for all available services to residents of the District of Columbia from the public, private and non-profit sectors
Many of the ideas listed thus far already exist in DC, but many folks are unaware. An enhancement to DC.GOV which would include a fully integrated and seachable database of services available to residents would increase resident's knowledge of the resources as well as increase the ulitization.
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More police at Metro station to prevent violence and theft
At certain Metro stations and bus stops there are a lot of jumpings and theft of shoes, money, or bags. If there were more police or security at these stations there would be a lot less violence and theft.
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An ongoing campaign to clean up our city.
A clean up campaign involving schools, residents, workers and commuters. Residents could pledge to clean up their neighborhood on a given day. Schools could have a beautify our city day with contests for best slogans, clean-up plans or campaigns. City Workers and commuters could pledge to contribute by throwing waste in a trash can or volunteering. It could be an on-going yearly event.
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Exempt election workers from jury duty
You'd get a lot more volunteers this way.
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Ensure the city provides equitable resources and support to citizens. This means improved public transportation in Washington Highlands area
The number of metro stations is far less in the Washington Highlands area than in other areas of the city. In addtion, buses run infrequently during non-rush hours during the week and less frequent than in other parts of the city on the weekend.
There is also a need for significant economic development projects in the Washington Highlands section of the city. One is hard pressed to find a place to meet for coffee and there are few to no restaurants in this section of the section.
Because this section of the city is near Prince George's County, the city…
2 votes