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[deleted] t1_j2djm9e wrote

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hmm138 t1_j2e0b3g wrote

I don’t understand why this is a problematic statement. The developer made promises about how they were going to invest and grow the development to draw more people to the area and in fact the reverse happened. (Mostly due to COVID, but I’ve noticed in lots of Douglas Development areas they seem to have just pulled the rug out and are letting them sink down to crap for some sort of re-build later instead of investing in keeping them vibrant.)

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foreverurgirl t1_j2f6n2b wrote

The developer did invest in the neighborhood. The government and a few private interest groups dropped the ball.

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WR1206 t1_j2e4tvf wrote

Bit he said she said, no? Douglas went big on Ivy City, they own almost everything there. It would be in their interest to invest in the neighborhood after/while delivering their projects.

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foreverurgirl t1_j2e622d wrote

So the crummel school redevelopment- or lack of- has really stalled the neighborhoods come-up. The protests over the land use (of a large abandoned space that Douglas does not own) have prevented anything from moving forward there.

Everyone wants nice things that fights about redevelopment. Empower DC completely blocked anything from happening in the land site that connects ivy city to union market and the surrounding neighborhoods from the back.

Blame empower dc and the men’s only (aka sex offender) shelter they won’t close in the neighborhood, not Douglas development.

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ashooner t1_j2ergp6 wrote

> men’s only (aka sex offender)

Mixed-gender shelters that aren't specifically for families with children are uncommon. Sometimes 'family' shelters won't let the man stay with the rest of the family.

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oxtailplanning t1_j2esfj7 wrote

Yeesh, should these men just be put on the street? The incredible cruelty we show to the most downtrodden is hard to hear sometimes.

Edit: directed at the person calling men's shelters just "sex offenders". Also even if there are sex offenders there, they shouldn't be left to wither in the streets.

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foreverurgirl t1_j2esih5 wrote

Do a sex offender search and see where most of the dc sex offenders are registered. This is dramatically the largest concentration of sex offenders in the city.

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damnatio_memoriae t1_j2ewwxd wrote

and what exactly is your solution for the human beings who would be displaced if you closed that shelter?

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foreverurgirl t1_j2f6frk wrote

I don’t need to have a solution for that to point out having so many Sex offenders concentrated in one place is problematic- esp in a “shelter” that kicks people out to wander during the day. Why don’t we create smaller men’s shelters and more transitional housing for them and spread them throughout the community… like Bloomingdale- oh wait you can’t bc of all the schools there. Work force training that prioritizes high risk Sex offenders because surely the most downtrodden would benefit from the leg up? Why don’t you offer space in your home to these poor lost souls?

Why does this neighborhood and the people that live there- including me at one point and not in the Douglas project in the real neighborhood- have to live in fear because of the transit and geographic isolation provides one of the only areas so many Sex offenders can actually live if they don’t have family here.

All of the development was welcome until it wasn’t exactly what empower dc wanted and now the area is losing business and resources because of neglect.

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jaypeg25 t1_j2esj1s wrote

Those investments likely would’ve improved the neighborhood.

As it is that area is kind of a shithole, and it’s definitely sketch especially at night.

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foreverurgirl t1_j2f5lqn wrote

The crummel school redevelopment would’ve improved the neighborhood.

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