D.C. Updating its Comprehensive Plan Framework

The D.C. Office of Planning has been updating its Comprehensive Plan since 2016. Next up is the very first chapter of the comp plan.

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July 8, 2019, 6:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell

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David Alpert and Alex Baca update the ongoing advocacy work and resulting revisions to the D.C. Comprehensive Plan Framework Element.

D.C. Council Chairperson Phil Mendelson recently released a set of proposed revisions, 15 months after the D.C. Office of Planning submitted proposed changes to the Framework Element, providing the occasion for the article.

Alpert and Baca are reading with an eye toward advocacy, paying special attention to the sections of the framework that address fair housing, inclusion, and affordable housing. In one key change from the Office of Planning's version of the framework, Councilmember Mendelson rejected a number of proposed changes to the city's Planned Unit Developments process.

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