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Posted by · February 01, 2018 2:40 PM

The historic Anacostia neighborhood is the oldest in the ward, having been founded as Uniontown, one of Washington’s first suburbs, in 1854. It has a variety of wood frame and brick houses and townhouses, as well as grander homes such as Cedar Hill, the Frederick Douglass House (pictured at right). Further south is the neighborhood of Congress Heights, which has the largest commercial area in the ward, which runs along Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X Avenues, as well as a number of garden apartments and single-family bungalows. Washington Highlands is located further south, and is home to many apartment complexes, as well as new single-family homes at Walter Washington Estates.

The neighborhood of Bellevue sits at the far southern end of the District, and has many garden apartments, one high-rise apartment building and some 1940's era detached homes with yards. Ward 8 also has several large federal and local institutions. Bolling Air Force Base, for example, is in many ways a small town of its own, stretching along the Anacostia riverfront. Saint Elizabeths Hospital is a large campus with sweeping views of the city. The Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant and DC Village both take up significant acreage at the southern tip of the city. The Ward has some of the district's largest green spaces, including Oxon Run Park, Fort Stanton, Anacostia Park, and Shepard Parkway.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8A

FIND YOUR ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION (ANC)

SMD 8A

Housing Resource Center, DHCD
1800 Martin Luther King, Jr Ave. SE
(Corner of MLK and Good Hope Road)

Meeting Date: 1st Tuesday, 7 pm

SMD	Name	Address	Phone	Email
8A01	Holly Muhammad	1936 Naylor Road SE #102 Washington, DC 20020	(202) 422-4957	8A01@anc.dc.gov
8A02	Barbara J. Clark	1620 Ridge Place SE Washington, DC 20020		8A02@anc.dc.gov
8A03	Brian K Thompson	2409 S St SE Washington, DC 20020		8A03@anc.dc.gov
8A04	Troy Donte Prestwood ^Chairperson	2317 16th Street SE Unit 101 Washington, DC 20020		8A04@anc.dc.gov
8A05	Dorcas Agyei	1926 15th Street, SE Washington, DC 20020	(202) 903-1261	8A05@anc.dc.gov
8A06	Tyón Jones	1262 Talbert St SE #7A Washington, DC 20020	(202) 815-1616	8A06@anc.dc.gov
8A07	Hanna Baker	1491 Howard Road SE Washington, DC 20020	(202) 780-5504	8A07@anc.dc.gov

SMD 8B

MPD 7th District Police Station
Community Center
Alabama and McGee Streets, SE

Meeting Date: 3rd Tuesday, 7 pm

SMD	Name	Address	Phone	Email
8B01	Leonard Lee Watson Jr.	2437 Wagner Street SE Washington, DC 20020		8B01@anc.dc.gov
8B02	Paul Trantham	2345 Skyland Place SE #826 Washington, DC 20030		8B02@anc.dc.gov
8B03	Charles H. Wilson	1808 Morris Road SE Washington, DC 20020	(702) 626-2593	8B03@anc.dc.gov
8B04	Darrell Danny Gaston	1618 Gainesville St SE Washington, DC 20020		8B04@anc.dc.gov
8B05	Betty Scippio	2740 Knox Terrace SE Washington, DC 20020	(202) 415-0660	8B05@anc.dc.gov
8B06	Humam Abdulmalik	3416 25th St SE #13 Washington, DC 20020	(202) 718-8435	8B06@anc.dc.gov
8B07	Keeon Johnson ^Chairperson	3574 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020		8B07@anc.dc.gov

SMD 8C

2730 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave
(R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center)

Meeting Date: 1st Wednesday, 6:30 pm

SMD	Name	Address	Phone	Email
8C01	Mike Austin ^Chairperson	c/o RISE, 2730 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave SE Washington, DC 20032	(202) 779-3904	8C01@anc.dc.gov
8C02	Chyla D. Evans	Washington, DC 20020		8C02@anc.dc.gov
8C03	Robinette Woodland	c/o RISE, 2730 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave SE Washington, DC 20032	(202) 854-9580	8C03@anc.dc.gov
8C04	Regina Sharlita Pixley	211 Savannah St SE Apt A Washington, DC 20032		8C04@anc.dc.gov
8C05	Mustafa Abdul-Salaam	3825 South Capitol St SW Washington, DC 20032	(240) 515-6447	8C05@anc.dc.gov
8C06	Rhonda L. Edwards-Hines	1142 Sumner Road SE Washington, DC 20020		8C06@anc.dc.gov
8C07	Salim Adofo	PO Box 30564 Washington, DC 20032		8C07@anc.dc.gov

SMD 8D

Specialty Hospital of Washington
(4601 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SW)

Meeting Date: 4th Thursday, 7 pm

SMD	Name	Address	Phone	Email
8D01	Patricia Carmon	816 Southern Avenue SE #204 Washington, DC 20032	(202) 431-1699	8D01@anc.dc.gov
8D02	Olivia L. Henderson ^Chairperson	4612 6th Street SE Washington, DC 20032	(202) 905-6818	8D02@anc.dc.gov
8D03	Absalom Jordan	4335 4th Street SE Washington, DC 20032		8D03@anc.dc.gov
8D04	Monique T. Diop	4660 MLK Avenue SW Washington DC 20032		8D04@anc.dc.gov
8D05	Ellen Armstead	34 Galveston Place SW #1 Washington, DC 20032		8D05@anc.dc.gov
8D06	LaVerne R. Glenn	4346 MLK Avenue SW Washington, DC 20032	(202) 290-6698	8D06@anc.dc.gov
8D07	Constance Mobley	19 Atlantic St SE Washington, DC 20032		8D07@anc.dc.gov

SMD 8E

3400 Wheeler Road, SE
(Eagle Academy)

Meeting Date: 1st Monday, 7 pm

SMD	Name	Address	Phone	Email
8E01	Adeoye Owolewa	1430 Tobias Drive SE Washington, DC 20020	(202) 860-0881	8E01@anc.dc.gov
8E02	Cheryl Moore	1882 Alabama Ave SE Washington, DC 20020	(202) 903-8733	8E02@anc.dc.gov
8E03	Monica Watts	3225 23rd Street SE Washington DC 20020	(202) 903-1440	8E03@anc.dc.gov
8E04	Kendall Simmons	1313 Congress Street SE Washington DC 20032	(202) 200-1340	8E04@anc.dc.gov
8E05	Christopher L. Hawthorne	1922 Valley Ave SE Washington DC 20032	(202) 425-0563	8E05@anc.dc.gov
8E06	Karlene Armstead	559 Foxhall Place SE Washington DC 20032		8E06@anc.dc.gov
8E07	Stephen A. Slaughter ^Chairperson	855 Barnaby Street SE Washington, DC 20032	(202) 427-3044	8E07@anc.dc.gov

ADDRESS LOOK-UP TOOLS

Find Your In-Boundary School - http://find.myschooldc.org/
DC Master Address Repository - http://dcatlas.dcgis.dc.gov/mar/
DC Office of Planning Property Quest Database - http://propertyquest.dc.gov/
DC Zoning Map - http://maps.dcoz.dc.gov/

DC GOVERNMENT

Office of the Mayor - http://mayor.dc.gov/
Council of the District of Columbia - http://dccouncil.us/
Watch Council Hearings LIVE -https://dccouncil.us/council-videos/

Metropolitan Police Department - http://mpdc.dc.gov
DC Register - http://www.dcregs.dc.gov/Gateway/IssueList.aspx

Neighborhood and corridor plans for Ward 8 include:

CHASE Action Agenda: a planning initiative focused on the Congress Heights, Anacostia, and Saint Elizabeths' areas, completed in 2014.
CHASE Pattern Book and Design Guidelines: a design reference guide of local housing typologies, and construction advice, completed in 2014
Greening America's Capitals The Anacostia Metro Station Area: a planning study with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency focused on the Anacostia Metro Station Area, completed in 2014
Saint Elizabeths Master Plan: a master plan to guide the redevelopment of the Saint Elizabeths campus, completed in 2012.
Saint Elizabeths Innovation Hub: a strategic plan for a new innovation hub on the Saint Elizabeths campus, completed in 2010.
Bellevue Small Area Plan: completed in 2010.
Congress Heights Neighborhood Investment Plan: a prioritized investment plan completed in 2008.
Anacostia Neighborhood Investment Plan: a prioritized investment plan completed in 2008
Anacostia-Transit Area Strategic Investment and Development Plan: A planning initiative focused on catalyzing new development around the Anacostia Metro rail Station and other transportation improvements, completed in 2006.
Barry Farm/Park Chester/Wade Road Redevelopment Plan: a planning initiative for Barry Farm under the New Communities program, completed in 2006.