When Does “Zoning” Mean Exclusion?
Author Richard Kahlenberg on Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don’t See Like climate change, the affordable housing shortage is a solvable problem. To …
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Chevy Chase at 250: A Four-Part Webinar Series
A Century-by-Century Examination of History in Chevy Chase DC In recognition of the nation’s 250th year as a democracy, Historic Chevy Chase DC conducted a four-part webinar series in 2026 …
Zoom Webinar April 23: Windows 250
Join us this Wednesday, April 23, for a 7 p.m. Zoom webinar being hosted by the Chevy Chase Community Association about the “WINDOWS 250” project that helps frame conversations about future development of the civic core with an understanding of our community’s exclusionary history.
“Eighty, Meet 18” Presents at DC History Conference
The next best thing to sitting down for coffee with a fascinating person is to sit down with their oral history and let their stories and memories unfurl. A new …
New Oral Histories Program Announced
Eighty, Meet 18: Seniors Talk, Youth Listen, and a Valuable Collection is Born HCCDC is starting a new inter-generational oral history collection in Chevy Chase DC this fall involving residents …
Evelyn Wrin Left Her Mark on Our Houses, Community
You see them everywhere in Chevy Chase DC — oval brass historic markers that identify a house for the date it was built and the craftsmen who built it. But …
HCCDC Board of Directors Elects Not to Support Historic District Proposal
Historic Chevy Chase DC, an all-volunteer community organization, voted on March 27 against supporting a controversial Historic District application raised by a newly formed neighborhood group called the Chevy Chase …
Feb. 7 Webinar Recording Now Available
Tracing the Burial Sites of Early Blacks in Chevy Chase DC to Georgetown We invite you to take a deep dive into local history by watching a recording of a …
What Does Repair Look Like? Webinar Recording Now Posted
Linda Mann of the African American Redress Network shared an overview of what repair for past racists harms might look like in communities across America during a June 21 webinar …
DC Council Holds June 15 Hearing on Creating a Reparations Task Force
A recording of the day-long public hearing by the DC Council Committee on DC Business & Economic Development can be viewed here. Hosted by D.C. Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, the …
Recording Now Available: A Conversation with Descendants of a Displaced Black Community
HCCDC held a virtual webinar on June 7 to introduce some descendants of the African American families evicted nearly a century ago from Broad Branch Road in Chevy Chase DC …
“Pushed Out” Webinar Recording Now Available
A recording of the Jan. 18 webinar entitled, “Pushed Out: A Story of Race Relations in Chevy Chase DC,” is now available. Listen to the virtual discussion featuring authors Barbara …
Update on Newlands Fountain Signage
The U.S. Senate in the 1930s authorized a memorial on Chevy Chase Circle. Money was raised for the installation of Francis G. Newlands Memorial Fountain. Newlands’ white supremacist views led …
HCCDC’s Statement on the Draft CCSAP
Submitted during the Public Comment Period, March 13-May 14, 2022
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 …
“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 …
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 …