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    Sylvia Brown, an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, testified in support of the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and its leader Victor Hoskins. She highlighted public investments in her neighborhood through projects like the Deanwood Community Center and Library. Brown was impressed with Hoskins' interest in ensuring funds yield meaningful outcomes. However, she stressed the need to prioritize commercial development according to the Deanwood Small Area Plan to promote local economic growth and regional cooperation with Prince George's County.

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    Sylvia Brown, an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, testified in support of the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and its leader Victor Hoskins. She highlighted public investments in her neighborhood through projects like the Deanwood Community Center and Library. Brown was impressed with Hoskins' interest in ensuring funds yield meaningful outcomes. However, she stressed the need to prioritize commercial development according to the Deanwood Small Area Plan to promote local economic growth and regional cooperation with Prince George's County.

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    Sylvia Brown, an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, testified in support of the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and its leader Victor Hoskins. She highlighted public investments in her neighborhood through projects like the Deanwood Community Center and Library. Brown was impressed with Hoskins' interest in ensuring funds yield meaningful outcomes. However, she stressed the need to prioritize commercial development according to the Deanwood Small Area Plan to promote local economic growth and regional cooperation with Prince George's County.

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    A DVISORY N EIGHBORHOOD C OMMISSION 7C04 T OGETHER …B ETTER !

    Testimony of Sylvia C. Brown, ANC7C04


    Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic
    Development Oversight Hearing
    February 24, 2011
    Mr. Chairman, my name is Sylvia Brown. I am Advisory Neighborhood
    Commissioner 7C-04. I am testifying today regarding the Office of the Deputy
    Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED). There is a lot about
    which to be excited in the ANC 7C neighborhood. The public investment from
    the District has been tremendous. From the Deanwood Community Center and
    Library to the Marvin Gaye Trail to the Nannie Helen Burroughs Great Streets to
    the Watts Branch Restoration these investments are shoring up our civic
    infrastructure, which is an important part of community growth. Additionally,
    the investments demonstrate the promise and opportunity the city and Council
    see in the greater Deanwood neighborhood along with the commitment to
    working with residents and stakeholders.

    In the last week I have had the opportunity to hear from the Deputy Mayor-
    designate Victor Hoskins and I have been impressed with what I have seen and
    heard. I believe his interest in bringing business and a focus on is right where
    the developments in ANC7C need him and its agencies to be. As I mentioned in
    my Office of Planning testimony last week residents and neighbors in greater
    Deanwood completed the Deanwood Small Area Plan (DSAP) approximately two
    years ago. During the development of the DSAP, as with many plans for east of
    the river, a consistent message from community members was “we’ve been
    studied enough; let’s see some action and make sure these plans are not just put
    on a shelf.” Mr. Hoskins’ interest in not just providing financial resources and
    using innovative financing tools but more importantly ensuring it is clear those
    dollars are yielding meaningful and clear outcomes and results is refreshing and

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    Sylvia C. Brown, ANC 7C-04
    4651 N.H. Burroughs Avenue NE Suite 2 Washington, DC 20019
    P: 202-398-5100 E: [email protected]
    A DVISORY N EIGHBORHOOD C OMMISSION 7C04 T OGETHER …B ETTER !

    welcome. The Lincoln Heights-Richardson Dwellings New Communities


    Initiative is the “jump off,” if you will, for the area’s development—housing and
    commercial. New housing projects are well underway, a greater emphasis needs
    to be made on quality infill housing, but now the city and council must prioritize
    commercial development. I have been encouraged by Mayor Gray’s discussions
    with our neighbor Prince George’s County where there is an emphasis on shared
    opportunities. With recent reports on discussions regarding Walter Reed, I
    challenge the Mayor and DMPED to prioritize the regional economic approach to
    greater Deanwood and the cities of Seat Pleasant, Capitol Heights and Fairmount
    Heights in Maryland. We’ve heard the phrase “There’s gold in them hills!” and I
    contend there’s similar value in greater Deanwood when we get a holistic
    integration with the New Communities Initiative and clarity on the way forward
    to achieve the goals of the DSAP planning document. Consider this: when the
    developers of the various housing projects begin marketing the footprint of the
    Deanwood Small Area Plan how effective will the marketing plan be when they
    lead with “There’s a proposed retail center for the East Capitol corridor and for
    the Burroughs and Division intersection but we’re not for certain when those
    plans will come online.”

    Lastly, whenever I hear the arguments made for the Washington Redskins
    moving to the District this I cringe because FedEx Stadium is a direct shot
    through my neighborhood travelling Sheriff Road. The Washington Metropolitan
    Area Transit Authority is planning to develop New Carrolton Metro; DC’s
    Deanwood Metro is the station before it. Consider Sheriff Road as our “road to
    Damascus.” Imagine the benefit the District would receive if we have a
    comprehensive community economic development vision to build up the
    residential and commercial around the Deanwood Metro, Sheriff Road and
    Addison Roads leading to FedEx Stadium. There is limited political gain with

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    Sylvia C. Brown, ANC 7C-04
    4651 N.H. Burroughs Avenue NE Suite 2 Washington, DC 20019
    P: 202-398-5100 E: [email protected]
    A DVISORY N EIGHBORHOOD C OMMISSION 7C04 T OGETHER …B ETTER !

    the Redskins’ relocation to RFK Stadium. However, there is residual political


    and capital gains with developing the District and Prince George’s County
    leading to FedEx.

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    Sylvia C. Brown, ANC 7C-04
    4651 N.H. Burroughs Avenue NE Suite 2 Washington, DC 20019
    P: 202-398-5100 E: [email protected]

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