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GNYAGG Stimulates Thinking with Powerhouse Roundtable Discussion:
Learns about Fresh Start, Pathways to Middle Class and Greater Opportunity Paradigms
Discusses a Family- and Eco-Friendly Creative Corridor, which includes Anacostia River (west bank)
Washington, DC – On April 25, 2015, Greater New York Avenue Gateway Group (GNYAGG) hosted a roundtable discussion/fireside chat at Mt. Horeb Annex at its Eagle Fest, so named in recognition of the eagles nesting at the National Arboretum—a first in over 70 years. Providing insight and contributing to the success of the event were:
| Courtney Snowden Deputy Mayor for Greater Economic Development | Polly Donaldson Director, Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) | Lisa Richards-Toney Interim Director Commission on Arts & Humanities (DCCAH) |
| Polina Bakhteiarov Great Streets Manager | Douglas Siglin Executive Director Anacostia River Initiative Federal City Council | Robert Looper Commissioner Advisory Neighborhood Commission) ANC 5C03—Ft. Lincoln Community |
| Hazel Thomas Chairperson Premier Community Development Corporation (PCDC) | Ronald Dixon, CMP Creative Director Studio202/Dixon Group | Christine Brooks-Cropper President, DC Fashion Foundation Chair, Commission on Fashion Arts & Events |
| Dorinda White Communications Expert | Rev. Dr. H.B. Sampson, III Pastor George Thomas Deacon Mt. Horeb Baptist Church & Annex | Susie Cambria Policy Consultant Susie's Budget and Policy Corner |
| | | Kathryn A. Pearson-West, PMP Chairperson, GNYAGG |
Gaining insight from so many committed leaders, it is clear that working together with stakeholders and other interested parties that it is truly possible to create pathways to greater opportunity to make hopes, dreams, aspirations, and wishes come true. Collaborating on a vision, it is possible to get some of the options to make the type of Corridor and City wanted, but it won't happen overnight and there may be competing interests and barriers to address. In the future there may be more Eagle roundtable discussions/fireside chats where audience participants can sit next to Subject Matter Experts/DC Leaders and exchange ideas and information with them in a comfortable, intimate setting.
For your information, visionary PowerPoint presentations were made by ANC Commissioner Robert Looper (http://gatewaytothecitydc.com/tag/robert-looper-iii/) and Ronald Dixon, Creative Director, Studio202 (https://vimeo.com/51705773, IdeaPlex, a proposed Campus for D.C. Creatives). Check them out and send your ideas. GNYAGG will post more as it prepares snippets from video recordings and pictures. In the meantime, begin to identify and protect your community's cultural assets and work toward making the Corridor greener. Share your ideas on making a great city greater to live, shop, dine, do business, work, raise families, visit, and enjoy via the Greater New York Avenue Gateway Corridor. Think of the art and housing you'd like to see in D.C. Our City, Our Future, A Shared Vision
See attachments for more information and to help shape a Collaborative vision.
Thank you for your interest. We are going to work on videotaping roundtable discussions/fireside chats and then sharing them.
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GNYAGG
The Greater New York Avenue Gateway Group, Inc.
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Enhance. Protect. Promote.
Working Together to Make a Great City Greater
To live, shop, work, do business, dine, raise families, and enjoy via the New York Avenue Gateway Corridor
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GNYAGG is dedicated to the improvement of the Greater New York Avenue Gateway Corridor and works to drive solutions, innovation, partnerships, intergovernmental dialogue, and stakeholder engagement.
Boundaries in relation to New York Avenue in Northeast Washington, D.C. are: From DC/MD border (includes Anacostia River and Eastern Avenue) to North Capitol Street, from Benning Road and H Street to Rhode Island Avenue.
