Initiatives
The Committee of 100 pursues advocacy across a wide range of topics, shown below.
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Initiatives
Zoning Regulation Revisions
The Zoning Act of March 1, 1920 established the Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia. With impetus from the...
Rental Housing Assistance
The District of Columbia provides several forms of rental assistance to low-income tenants to promote housing...
St. Elizabeth’s West Campus
The west campus of St. Elizabeths Hospital covers more than 176 acres on a high plateau in southeast Washington, overlooking the confluence of…
Racial Equity
The DC Council highlighted racial equity as a city-wide value and goal in the 2021 DC Comprehensive Plan. The Council specifically directed that land use decisions should include…
Historic Preservation Review Board
The functions of the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) are defined in the DC Historic Preservation Act of 1978...
Union Station
During the height of the “City Beautiful” movement, architects Daniel Burnham and Peirce Anderson drew on Roman...
Social Housing
The term social housing is commonly used to describe a range of housing ownership, subsidy, and regulation models in...
Commuter, Passenger and Freight Rail
Union Station Opened in 1907, the Beaux-Arts station was designed by Daniel Burnham and is the southern...
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sometimes described as the America’s Main Street, Pennsylvania Avenue experienced significant change under the...
Federal Reserve Buildings
In December 2019, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) presented to the National Capital Planning Commission its proposal...
McMillan Reservoir Park
On this 113-acre site near Howard University, the Army Corps of Engineers constructed a reservoir in 1901 and a sand...
Public Transportation
The Committee of 100 was an early and strong supporter of the Metro subway system to serve the DC metropolitan area. We continue to advocate for significant improvements and sound investments in mass transit to benefit the city and the region.
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