BROWN SEEKS TO ABOLISH NCRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS
March 13, 2007 by damianfagon@me.com
Filed under The People's Blog
WASHINGTON – During today’s Committee on Economic Development’s public hearing on the “National Capital Revitalization Corporation (NCRC) and Anacostia Waterfront Corporation (AWC) Reorganization Act of 2007,” Councilmember Kwame Brown questioned the existence of presidential appointees to the Board of Directors of the NCRC and the legality of the D.C. Council’s authority to repeal its current [...]
BROWN TO HOLD NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT SUMMITS HOSTED BY THE COMMUNITY
March 7, 2007 by damianfagon@me.com
Filed under Neighborhood Revitalization, The People's Blog
WASHINGTON – Councilmember Kwame R. Brown announces that the Council Committee on Economic Development will hold a series of neighborhood development summits to be held in communities where projects designed to enrich to the lives of District residents are lagging.
The spring meetings will serve as public roundtables of the Committee on Economic Development to evaluate [...]
BROWN CALLS FOR EXTENSIVE STUDY OF HOUSE OF BLUE’S FINANCIAL IMPACT ON LOCAL VENUES
March 7, 2007 by damianfagon@me.com
Filed under Economic Development Committee, Legislation, The People's Blog
WASHINGTON – As a result of the findings presented by multiple public witnesses during the Committee on Economic Development’s 2006/2007 public oversight hearing where owners of local venues such as 9:30 Club, LOVE and the Black Cat expressed concerns with a pending project to bring the House of Blues, owned by Clear Channel Communications to [...]
BROWN TO INTRODUCE EMERGENCY BILL TO REMOVE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS FROM DCPS
March 5, 2007 by damianfagon@me.com
Filed under Intensify Education, Legislation, The People's Blog
WASHINGTON – During today’s D.C. Council legislative meeting, D.C. Councilmember At-Large Kwame R. Brown will introduce emergency legislation that would take the responsibility and the budget for facility maintenance of the District’s public schools from the DCPS central administration and establish an independent authority. The emergency legislation is extracted from Title VII of the B17-001, [...]
