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On Wednesday, January 11 Chairman Kwame Brown held a Public Oversight Roundtable on Ward 7 Economic Development Programs/Projects at the Dorothy I. Height Library. Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander was also in attendance. The room was at full capacity with Ward 7 residents, developers and business owners. Witnesses were given time to share their concerns and suggestions for the proposed and ongoing Ward 7 projects that will be completed in the future. Chairman Brown and Councilmember Alexander assured constituents that they would continue to push for approval and completion of the many economic development projects already in progress. Deputy Mayor of Planning and Economic Development Victor Hoskins provided detailed updates on Skyland, Park 7 (Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road), New Communities and many other Ward 7 projects that will begin or be completed within the next three years. Please click on the following link to view updates on the ongoing development projects in Ward 7, DMPED Ward 7 Roundtable Presentation.
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World Environment Day 2012 Coming to D.C.
On Wednesday, January 11 the District Department of the Environment along with representatives from the United Nations held a press conference at Anne Beers Elementary to announce that Washington, D.C. will be the host of World Environment Day on June 5, 2012. Mayor Vincent Gray, Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander and Councilmember Marion Barry spoke about the ongoing sustainability efforts in the District as well as allowing more people to join the movement via new activities. To read more about the environmental efforts that the Gray administration has planned, click here.
ANC 7A Town Hall Meeting
Councilmember Alexander and Mayor Gray with the Benning Stoddard Sharks basketball team.
On January 3, Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander attended the 2nd Annual ANC 7A Town Hall meeting at the Ophelia Egypt Program Center. During the meeting, Mayor Gray presented his end-of-year accomplishments for his first year in office. For a summary of his presentation, click here. Also, members of ANC 7A presented a check for $3,100 to the Benning Stoddard Sharks basketball team for their uniforms. The coach and team were in attendance to receive the donation.
Councilmember Alexander’s Turkey Give-A-Way
On November 23, Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander gave away 300 turkeys to Ward 7 constituents at the Deanwood Recreation Center. The turkeys were donated by the regional Safeway headquarters.
Fort Dupont Ice Arena Receives Donation
On November 28, the non-profit Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena held a press conference to announce that Neal Henderson will serve as the director of the arena’s youth hockey program. Under his leadership, Henderson’s team, the Cannons, made up primarily of youths from Wards 7 and 8, will unite with Kids on Ice to form a unified hockey program. Kids on Ice is a program conducted by the arena that provides free hockey and figure-skating classes to the public.
“I am so glad that the children of our community will be awarded such a wonderful opportunity,” said Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander. “This arena provides a number of great programs for our young hockey players and I’m glad to see it continues to prosper.”
The merger will offer players more practice time on the ice and give the nonprofit group, which has been running programs at the rink for 15 years, more leverage when applying for funding. In order to help fund the collaboration, the Washington Capitals donated $45,000 and the National Hockey League donated $7,500 to the program. Councilmember Alexander, Coach Neal Henderson, Washington Capitals forward Joel Ward and NHL Network analyst and NHL alumnus Kevin Weekes were in attendance along with the Cannons hockey team members.
