The development is the first of the city's projects under the New Communities Initiative to follow through on a promise to reserve space and welcome back residents who once lived at the property.
On Monday, Brown and city officials celebrated the official ribbon cutting of the new development at the site commonly known as Northwest One — the first
“Make no mistake, the journey wasn’t easy. We’ve seen time and time again how many communities in the District don’t have the opportunity to return,” Brown said at the groundbreaking. “This building is more than just a building, it is a memorial to those we lost in this neighborhood. It is a statement that native Washingtonians will not be displaced.”Launched by the city in 2005, the New Communities Initiative was designed to solve the problem of redeveloping areas without displacing residents.
So far, 61 of the original residents have already moved into the new development, four are slated to move in January, and others, like Brown, have moved on to other plans. At the Northwest One site, the city invested $13.8 million in funding for the redevelopment of the first phase of the project. Construction began in November 2020 and was completed in July this year. Once the
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