Description: Business Improvement Districts (BID). The dataset contains locations and attributes of the BID jurisdictions (Downtown, Golden Triangle, Mt. Vernon Triangle, Adams Morgan, Georgetown, and NoMa), first authorized under the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996. This layer also contains the Mt. Vernon Community Improvement District (CID). Jurisdictions were identified from public records (websites, legacy GIS data, real property records).
Copyright Text: Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
Description: DSLBD revitalization programs provide services and funding that strengthen neighborhood retail corridors and improve the quality of life for everyone living in the District. Small and local retailers are found in clusters along the traditional commercial corridors. DSLBD supports nonprofit organizations working to revitalize the District’s retail districts through our neighborhood renewal programs.The DSLBD Clean Teams help by providing services to:Removal of litter, graffiti, illegal posters and stickers, weeds, snow, and iceRecycling glass, aluminum and plastic items collected from sidewalks and guttersMaintenance of street trees through mulching, weeding and watering.Landscaping of planters, hanging baskets and tree boxes located in service areasTracking and reporting public space defects via 311
Copyright Text: Department of Small and Local Business Development
Description: The DC Main Streets commercial corridors were created for Department of Small and Local Business Development. The GIS layer represents the locations of neighborhood commercial districts comprised of specific streets designated by DSLBD as "Main Streets." DC Main Streets is a program through which the District government works with neighborhood organizations to revitalize the District's neighborhood business districts through a comprehensive and systemic strategy for business retention and attraction, commercial property improvements, and provision of coordinated corridor-wide services.
Copyright Text: Department of Small and Local Business Development
Description: In January 2002, Mayor Anthony A. Williams introduced his Home Again Initiative to transform vacant and abandoned residential properties into single-family homeownership opportunities for residents. By increasing homeownership and eliminating blight, Home Again helps to stabilize neighborhoods and contribute to local economic sustainability. Currently, Home Again focuses on neighborhoods with high concentrations of vacant and abandoned residential property: Columbia Heights, Ivy City/Trinidad, Near Northeast, Shaw/Ledroit Park, and Rosedale. The residents in these communities also identified rehabilitating vacant and abandoned properties as a high priority in their Strategic Neighborhood Action Plans (SNAPs).
Copyright Text: Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
Description: New Communities 2006 Selected Sites for the New Communities Program. All DC GIS data is stored and exported in Maryland State Plane coordinates NAD 83 meters. METADATA CONTENT IS IN PROCESS OF VALIDATION AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Description: This downtown boundary was informed by prior defined boundaries of the District’s downtown including DC’s Comeback Plan, Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Advisory Services Panel Report of the Central Business District Washington, D.C., Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), DC Department of Transportation’s (DDOT) Central Business District Boundary and central business activity. Geographically the area is 2 square miles, or approximately 3% of the District’s total land area. The Downtown boundary overlaps with Wards 2 and 6, and touches Advisory Neighborhood Commission boundaries 2A, 2B, 2C, 2F, 2G, 6C, and 6E.
Copyright Text: Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development