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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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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Have an annual Music Festival
Have an annual Music Festival. It would be three-five days long. It would hightlight various music genders. One day guitars, the next day rock and roll; another day gospel music and so forth and so on. Have the event all over the city.
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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…
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my name is elizabeth butler and thing church and the members in the city should be exsumpt from having to pay for parking st at night
parking event pass for church in the dc for there members and guess pass for church that fellowship with them
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Consensus-building as a pre-requisite to representation for DC
Because Washington DC is the Nation's Capital the diversity brought up by international institutions and worldwide agendas remain a consistent ground to exemplify the concept of a Global Village... Therefore educating residents over their roles and promoting civic engagement over local leadership and stewardships remain the only paths to a sense of comm-Unity, leading naturally to representation as we learn and gain consensus building over time through proper organizing starting from now... On.
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An All-Star cheerleadering, gymnastics and dance recreation program for youths in the District of Columbia
A multipurpose recreation sports and learning facility.
9 votes