Submitted during the Public Comment Period, March 13-May 14, 2022
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Recording Available of April 7 Discussion of Draft Chevy Chase Small Area Plan
A recording of the April 7 Zoom program about the draft Chevy Chase Small Area Plan (CCSAP) titled “What’s In It? How Can We Improve It?” is now available. Sponsored by Historic Chevy Chase DC with Ward3Vision, the 60-minute talk brought together urban planning experts to help us add value to the plan during the …
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“Picture the Plan” Webinar Recording Now Available
A recording of the latest virtual webinar program sponsored by Historic Chevy Chase DC on development options and the Small Area Plan is now available. This 75-minute Zoom program, recorded on Oct. 6, features a technological peek at how Chevy Chase DC along Connecticut Avenue might look if density and affordable housing increase to meet …
Planning our Future series
The third and final Zoom discussion on HCCDC’s “Planning Our Future” series, held on June 9, is now available on YouTube. The discussion about the affordable housing crisis facing Washington DC — and in particular Ward 3 — featured experts on all sides of the issue examining proffered solutions to the affording housing needs in …
Oldest Farmhouse in Chevy Chase DC Goes On Market
Last month in Chevy Chase DC a quiet bidding war ensued. A house had gone on the market that represented a bygone era — the oldest standing farmhouse, circa 1862.
Three-Part Zoom Series Put Historical Framework on Small Area Planning
Third Program in “Planning Our Future” Series Airs June 9
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UDC Black Land Loss Program Gears Up for Summer
Oral histories of eight descendants of Chevy Chase DC’s Broad Branch Community of Black landowners evicted in the 1920s are now being conducted by college students as part of an academic-community partnership between HCCDC and the University of the District of Columbia. The histories, to be documented on this website, are the first phase of …
The Belmont Syndicate: The Lost Plan for a Black Chevy Chase
Historians Neil Flanagan and Kimberly Bender have shared a recording of their Feb. 24 Zoom presentation about how a Black housing development in what is now Friendship Heights was scuttled by white developers. The pre-recorded portion of the event followed by a live Q&A is now posted on YouTube here. The program, sponsored by DC …
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Zoom Talk: A Tour of DC’s Racialized Housing Landscape
Recording with Sarah Shoenfeld Now Available
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UDC Wins Humanities Grant for Pointer-Related Project
HCCDC to Partner on “Black Land Loss in Washington: Memories of the Past, Hopes for the Future”
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DC Council Votes to Rename Park in Honor of Black Landowners
The DC City Council on Dec. 1 approved a preliminary measure to rename our local park “Lafayette-Pointer Park and Recreation Center.” The addition of “Pointer” honors the Black community evicted from the 6-acre site in 1928 so a school and park could be built for whites only. Tim Hannapel of Historic Chevy Chase DC, who …
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Virtual History Walking Tour of Chevy Chase DC Now Available
If you missed our live Virtual “Walking” History Tour of Chevy Chase DC on Zoom on Nov. 17 you are in luck! We have now posted it for your enjoyment.
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