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?
198 results found
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Co-create Asian American destination in Chinatown DC...
Help students, seniors, local residents, community builders, mentors and others plan the next steps for the fulfillment of the vision of Mayor Gray and the Chinese/Asian community for Chinatown DC as a unique Asian American destination. Make available funding to provide resources for this worthwhile project.
23 votes -
Protect the City's Renters
Creating parameters that protect renters from hidden charges. Creating a partnerhship with developers that allow moderate (not low income) income people to have an affordable unit to rent. Unless you are poor or make $100,000 property managers say you can not afford to live in their apartments but most of us do not qualify for rent subsidy.Market rate apartment are out of moderate income people's reach.
4 votes -
Promoting Citizen Engagement
Investing in communicating to the public (especially those most susceptible to being disenfranchised) the importance of participation in the District's decision-making process as well as in neighborhood/ward organizations is crucial to the "One City" concept. I think if the city took a poll (especially in the neighborhoods where citizens are most disenfranchised) about political/gov. services knowledge, the city would be surprised as to the lack of knowledge regarding how to engage. So many citizens in DC express their disappointment and frustration with DC's gentrification and I think some of this frustration stems from not being part of or participating in…
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We need more Permnament Housing for the District Residence!!!!!!!
HOUSING FOR ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8 votes -
Housing and Healthcare for Gay HIV+ seniors and long term survivors.
I am a founding member and Board Member of SAGE Metro - DC. Many times the issue of healthcare and long-term healthcare, housing and need for services from the DC Government is brought up. Help, understanding, TRUE compastion and assistance is needed and knowalge of where to go for Seniors. Many Elders are alone, afraid and many don't use a computer.
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The AIDS/HIV is a huge issue.
How about educating people that reside in Nursing Homes (as a great percentage of infected individuals are over the age of forty) and or Senior Housing. They may be infected and not know it. Also, have more PR surrounding the issue- specifically for DC (surrounding area) residents. Lastly,use people who are infected to teach others.
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Tasting DC
Chicago hosts it's annual "Taste of Chicago" on the lakefront in the summer...it is fantastic and enjoyed by many..I figure, DC can create an annual free (frfee to attend but you pay for what you want to eat) event on the Waterfront area...that areais up and ocming and this would surely bring revenue.
6 votes -
Improve language access so that all can better access local government services
if you improve language access so that low income individuals can better access government access then they will be able to access healthcare and open businesses that will improve the well being and economy of the city
4 votes -
Link community college and nonprofit programs to help more residents prepare for work
The community college has expertise in providing skills training for in-demand jobs. Nonprofits have expertise in helping individuals address personal barriers that make it difficult to succeed in school. Let's find ways to help the community college and effective nonprofits work together. This has been accomplished by the Training Futures/NOVA partnership just down the road...no reason we can't do it too!
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Human Rights City and Corps of DC: Economic, Human, Social Development
The Human Rights Cities & Corps concept is now underway in places like Alexandria, Egypt and Rosario, Argentina among other places around the world. A Human Rights City is when business, government and civil society come together as equals around the same table...with ALL being welcome and none being rejected. It is more democratic than the democracy we have and more inclusive. Every citizen and resident is welcome and the organizations and institutions nonprofits, unions, chambers, churches and the like are welcome to be part of the Human Rights City Assembly. This way the problems identified by the people can…
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Think exercise and community a Roller Rink and Bowling alley
Think exercise and community a Roller Rink and Bowling Alley!!!!!!
6 votes -
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.
4 votes -
Bring our incarcerated loved ones back from rural america BOP that are more than 50 miles away from their family!
DC needs to stop being the funding source for BOP prisons being built to stimulate "Rural America". Our loved ones deserve to be within close proximity to their homes as all other incarcerated persons who reside in USA major cities and states.
Our neighbors, loved ones and family members have too long been imprisoned and subject to BOP incarceration for LOCAL criminal offenses, most of which are non-violent in nature, simply because we are denied "Our Federal Tax Payer Voting Rights". They even send our most vulnerable Learning Disabled and Mentally Challenged loved ones that distance as well and families…
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DC Residents Concerned about Job Growth and Spurring Economic Development
DC Residents Concerned about Job Growth and Spurring Economic Development
Are you concerned about job growth, economic development, and improving access to retail services throughout the District of Columbia?
Here are recommendations for DC residents to consider to encourage the Mayor’s Office and DC Council to support the creation of good-paying jobs and to improve economic development and neighborhood revitalization planning within the District.
A Comprehensive Workforce Development Strategy for the Entire City. There are neighborhoods in Wards 5, 7 and 8 with the highest unemployment levels in the city, such as Ivy City and Brentwood in Ward 5. A…6 votes -
Police your HR Department.
For One City One hire police your HR dept. to follow the "residency" regulations in accordance to Chapters 3 and 38 of the DPM and stop hiring cronies, ala Fenty.
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From 3-6 pm weekdays reassign school guards or communi police to local libaries
I notice a lot of unruly teenagers (and middle school students) coming into Tenley and Georgetown the libraries when school lets out. I have heard that the local library is still the "babysitter" of choice of parents who don't monitor their children after school. It is not fair for the librarians to have to control them and perform their normal duties. Redirect a community police officer to libraries and other hangouts for the few hours after school lets out. The police officers should record student ids of students who cause problems and report the information back to the school principals…
6 votes -
Citywide Participatory Budgeting
Follow cities from Brazil to Canada, from Chicago to NYC, in giving residents a meaningful voice in how city funds are spent to improve neighborhoods. Participatory budgeting creates a process for involving neighborhoods where people come together and discuss local needs and then set priorities for how city funds should be allocated to benefit neighborhoods and the city as a whole. Neighborhood representatives from across the city then come together to agree on citywide priorities. This grassroots process ensures real economic democracy. No backroom deals.
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Organized senior programs with seniors as the overseeer of the programs
I feel that if you put an senior in charge of a senior program , they can inter act with seniors better than a twenty or thirty year old individual. Twenty or thirty year old person doesn't know how it feel to grow old and have some twenty year old person telling them how they should feel about coming back in a working environment ,making them feel worthless. Thank You
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Create tolls requiring indivduals to pay to enter the city.
A very significant portion of the workers come into the city every day from Montgomery, Fairfax, Prince Georges, Loudon counties and other points beyond. Other cities charge, which aids immeasurably to their bottom line with respect to revenue. This does a few positive things for the city. First and foremost it generates revnue. Secondly, individuals faced with the choice of paying tolls or ultilizing public transportaion would probably choose the latter as oppossed to the former. If that was the case then traffic and parking would significantly be affected in a positive way. Lastly, given the choice of the aforementioned,…
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Create a committee, independent of the IG's office, to provide oversight on all agencies which award contracts.
There have been too many instances, both past and present, when contracts have been awarded to unqulaifed contractors for myriad reasons. I propose creating an entity which is independent of any existing government agency (ie, Inspector General, Contracting) whose only purpose is to perform quality control of all contracts prior to them being awarded.
41 votes