©Muriel Bowser- With girls from
the International Junior Miss Scholarship
Program.
©Muriel Bowser- Delivering the
Keynote Address to graduates at Cedar Tree Academy Public Charter School.
News from Muriel
June 25, 2014
Dear
Neighbors:
There
are a lot of great things happening this weekend. Please join me this Saturday,
June 28th for my annual Ward 4 Family Fun Day! Once again, we will
enjoy an afternoon of food, fun and activities at the Kingsbury Day School,
5000 14th Street, NW from 2PM-4PM.
Plenty of government agencies and community organizations will be
on-hand for activities.
I
will also be the Grand Marshall at the 2nd Annual DC Historically
Black College and University (HBCU) Alumni 5K Run/2K Walk beginning at 8AM. Please
join me as we help raise scholarship funds for students in the Washington, DC
area.
On June 24, the D.C. Council adopted the Fiscal
Year 2015 budget for the District. Councilmember Bowser supported a number of
items, including:
The approval of almost $100 million for
funding for affordable housing, including $80 million to the Housing Production
Trust Fund, $11.5 million for the Home Purchase Assistance Program, an
additional $7 million in rental vouchers for individuals and families,
individuals with mental illness, and low-income seniors, an extra $1.5 million
to continue a Rapid Re-Housing pilot for individuals, and $500,000 in
additional funding for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program to help
residents facing eviction,
Programs focused on seniors, including $4.8
million dedicated to produce affordable housing for seniors, $8 million for the
Single Family Residential Rehabilitation Program so that seniors and other
homeowners can fix building code violations and age-in-place; and a new program
that allows senior citizens who are 75 years or older, and who earn less than
$50,000 to defer payment of property taxes.
Critical Ward 4 priorities were funded
as a result of Councilmember Bowser’s work on the budget, including $7 million
to build a new Ward 4 Middle School, and $1.25 million for Kennedy Street to
make streetscape improvements and other beautification efforts that promote
economic development on this burgeoning corridor.
Councilmember Bowser’s work will also
spur job creation and promote productive economic development for District
residents and businesses:$105,000 to hire a Career Pathways Coordinator to
develop a cross-agency jobs plan; expansion of the retail priority grant fund
to benefit commercial revitalization in Wards 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; $800,000 to
improve and expand emerging business districts in Wards 7 and 8;
and a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed soccer stadium to ensure
that the District makes a sound investment of tax payer dollars.
On Saturday, June 28, 2014, the DC HBCU Alumni Alliance will host
the 2nd Annual 5K Run/2K Walk. The goal is to raise scholarship
funds for students in the Washington, DC metro area who are interested in
attending a Historically Black College or University. The HBCU Alumni Alliance
also aims to enhance the relevance of Historically Black Colleges and
Universities in the Washington, DC area, while highlighting the importance of
living a healthy lifestyle. The event will take place at RFK Stadium.
For more information, please visit www.dchbcu.org,
or contact Shayne Wells at 202-724-8052. To join Councilmember Bowser’s team,
please select Team Muriel during registration.
Ward 4 Family Fun Day is here!
Come out and enjoy the afternoon with Councilmember Bowser, your family
and friends on June 28th at the Kingsbury Day School, 5000 14th
Street, NW from 2PM-4PM. Burgers, Veggie
Burgers, Potato Salad and Watermelon will be served! We’ll have a moon bounce, the Washington
Humane Society, fire truck, the Metropolitan Police Department, and many other
city agencies and organizations in attendance.
We hope to see you there!
For further information, please contact Shayne Wells at 202
724-8052, or swells@dccouncil.us.
The National Council of Negro Women, The Congressional Black
Caucus, Inc., The Community Education Group and WHUR, 96.3 are sponsoring their
6th Annual HIV Testing Day on Friday, June 27th from
10AM-3PM at the Dorothy Height Building, 633 Pennsylvania Ave, NW. The event will offer free confidential HIV
testing, health information, live radio broadcast and more.
For more information, please contact Phronie Jackson at 202
383-9017, or pjackson@ncnw.org.
Representatives from the District Department of
Public Works (DPW) and the Department of Consumer and Department Regulatory
Affairs (DCRA) will address how the city is managing vacant lots and illegal
dumping during a live, online chat being held on Thursday, June 26, 2014, from
12PM-1PM. Participants can use this opportunity to discuss problem areas and
receive status updates on previous requests.
To participate in the session once it has begun,
place dpw.dc.gov/livechat into your search browser or visit www.dpw.dc.gov and select
“About DPW” and then “DPW Live Chat” at the top right of DPW’s homepage.
Transcripts of all chat sessions can be reviewed after the session by following
these same instructions.
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