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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Create legislation that makes government look to the private sector first to provide services for citizens
Too often the DC government does not rely on the services that are provided by DC's rich and diverse non profit community but rather will create a larger more bureaucratic, layered system that delays and often prevents services to those who need them. The city must look to the very rich and diverse and highly qualified professional private non profit community to streamline service delivery to citizens and cease creating more and more mini bureacrcies that do not serve the people for whom they were purportedly created. Look first to the private non-profit community who can reliable do the same…
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There should be more ways for youth to give ideas and feeling about the community and city (Youth Citizen Summits)
Youth Town Hall meetings are okay, but i think that there should be more summits where youth can meet different councilmen and chairmen of different departments such as the Department of Education or the Department of Transportation and in front of other citizens in D.C.
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Please make free parking space available for DC residents that are tired of spending their money in MD and Va.
Please make free parking space available for DC residents that are tired of spending their money in MD and Va.
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Persuade the Federal Govt to adopt policies less unfavorable to cities than current policies
Persuade the Federal Govt to adopt policies less unfavorable to cities than current policies. Scholars have identified several policy areas, , including transportation, that favor suburban sprawl or rural areas rather than more efficient urban life styles. The facts should be conveyed repeatedly and in a public manner to Federal officials and Congressional leaders. Any change here should benefit the District in retaining its population.
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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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Restructure taxes and fees for jobs, affordable housing & smart growth.
Without losing revenues, taxes & fees can be restructured to promote job creation, affordable housing, transportation efficiency and smart growth. Performance-based parking pricing is one approach. Transforming the property tax into a value-capture user fee is another approach.
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DC government should support the creation of a program to provide workforce-based customer service and soft skills training to unemployed DC
DC government should support the creation of a program to provide workforce-based customer service and soft skills training to unemployed DC residents. The city, community organizations should work with businesses to identify and isolate the skill sets of the city’s thousands of vacant jobs. Community organizations could develop them into a curriculum administered in an academic setting. This can be integrated into the development of the DC Retail Academy.
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If you work for DC you must live in DC
If you work for DC you must live in DC
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Promote economic, social, and environmental JUSTICE
We need a city with economic justice and equality, with social justice and an end to all forms of oppression, environmental justice and an end to our support of fossil fuels, and real democracy:
--promote cooperatives instead of big corporations that benefit the 1% (no Walmart!)
--promote sustainable livelihoods, including training and support for regional farming, renewable energy projects, and energy conservation; ensure a living wage for all
--ensure that all have good housing and access to healthy food
--ensure that all have access to good health care, establish public or cooperative neighborhood health clinics that charge by ability to…3 votes -
Stop letting Maryland parents use DCPS preschools as free childcare
Last year DCPS sent hundreds of tuition bills to Maryland commuters with kids enrolled in DC's public preschools, but not one parent paid. DCPS said that without a collection agency there's nothing they can do, but can't they turn the Maryland kids away? DC kids need those spots. If I left my daughter on the doorstep of Sidwell Friends School without paying, would they educate her for free? No! There's a long string of Maryland plates at my daughter's preschool every afternoon and none of those parents are active in the PTA. We need neighborhood schools to be neighborhood schools…
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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.
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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.
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Reduce fragmentation by Integrating Community Health organizations to the Health system
Community Organizations are a critical and integral part of the health system, yet not part of it. Referrals to organizations like such should help build capacity to serve people with no access through a very fragmented system. Clinics and hospitals should be able to refer patients directly to organizations that are the liaison to the community when the hospital or clinic can't give timely and appropriate care. Mental Health is one of those services that are critical for patients, not usually covered by insurance and dealt with by community organizations.
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Major Economic Development in Ward 7's East Capital/Nannie Helen Burroughs area.
I am ready to see diversification in Ward 7! Major Economic Development in Ward 7's East Capital/Nannie Helen Burroughs area. The old Strand theater should be revitalized and used for entertainment purposes such as the Atlas, Lincoln Theater, etc. We have lots of greenery such as the Marvin Gay Park and I would like to see more POSITIVE use with this park. Park side dinning & entertainment would be great!!! Maybe summer concerts like Ft. DuPont park. There are lots of abandon property that can be transformed for housing, restaurants & entertainment purposes. These are things that will help with…
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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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