Ward 3 has been unwell for a century. More housing is the cure (opens in new tab)

In January, Mayor Muriel Bowser selected a proposal for the redevelopment of the Chevy Chase civic core. It will include a new public library, retail space, community center, and 177 total units of income-restricted, subsidized, and market-rate homes, and took years of arduous public processes. Getting anything that’s not the mansionization of a single-family house built is, unfortunately, a remarkable achievement in Ward 3. The District’s leaders and some of upper Northwest’s most vocal resi...