Anthony A. Williams, Democratic Candidate for
Mayor in the 
September 10, 2002, Primary Election
Delivering for Wards Flyers
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WRITE IN ANTHONY WILLIAMS - SEPT. 10
OUR CITY'S FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS

"The District is much stronger today than it was four years ago."
Mayor Anthony Williams

DELIVERING FOR WARD 1

EXPANDING HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Helped almost 1,500 low- and moderate-income families to have safe and decent housing, investing more than $200 million in the Ward
• Preserved 1,000 units of affordable housing along the 14th St. corridor
• Bringing economic development to the heart of Columbia Heights through the development of all publicly owned spaces
• Prosecuting 20 cases of housing code crimes brought against slum lords in the Ward
• Named the Shaw Heritage Trust to receive financial and technical assistance over the next five years through the DC Main Streets Program

FIGHTING CRIME

• Shut down open-air drug markets and cleaned up the 500 & 600 blocks of Hobart Place
• Reduced larceny/theft rates 24% and burglary rates almost 4% in the Ward since 1998
• Establishing MPD Substation at 750 Park Road
• Working to hire as many as 90 Spanish-speaking police officers
• Increased police activity along the Columbia Road and 18th Street corridor

ENGAGING CITIZENS

• Conducted 15 Neighborhood Planning meetings in the Ward
• Enlisted 11 cities, 3 states and 5 national organizations to join the fight for full voting representation for District citizens
• Issued more than 111,000 license plates citywide with "Taxation Without Representation"

IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS

• Resurfaced 230 blocks of neighborhood streets in the Ward
• Investing $1.1 million to rebuild Park View Rec. Center
• Dedicated more than $3 million to renovate Banneker Rec. Center
• Worked with residents to renovate abandoned buildings at the corner of Clifton and University
• Reduced speeding 70% citywide since 1998

SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

• Provided DC Tuition Assistance Grants in Ward 1 towards a college education for 173 students in the 2000-2001 school year, and 272 students in the 2001-2002 school year
• Supported enrichment programs for children sponsored by 12 community-based organizations through the Children and Youth Investment Trust
• Increased capital investment for parks and recreation centers citywide from $6.9 million in 1999 to $47 million in 2002
• Providing primary and preventative healthcare citywide to more than 27,000 low-income and uninsured residents without regard to immigration status

DELIVERING FOR WARD 2

EXPANDING HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Bringing more than 4,100 homes to the Ward
• Attracted into downtown nearly 60 construction projects, totaling almost $5 billion
• Named the Shaw Heritage Trust to receive financial and technical assistance over the next five years through the DC Main Streets Program
• Helping to fund construction of Gallery Place, which will provide new housing, retail and entertainment space downtown
• Developing 500 units of housing, 100 affordable to low-income families, on the site of the former Wax Museum
• Developing 40 new homes and artists' spaces in the Mather Building
• Investing $218 million with local small and disadvantaged businesses during the construction of the new Convention Center, which will soon be completed
• Began planning for the redevelopment of the current Convention Center to provide housing and retail space
• Removed 2 vacant homes and reclaimed up to 6 abandoned properties on Rhode Island Ave.

ENGAGING CITIZENS

• Conducted 30 Neighborhood Planning meetings
• Enlisted 11 cities, 3 states and 5 national organizations to join the fight for full voting representation for District citizens
• Issued more than 111,000 license plates citywide with "Taxation Without Representation"

IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS

• Resurfaced 328 blocks of neighborhood streets in the Ward
• Improved enforcement of truck ban along Q St.
• Issued more than 500 citations in traffic calming efforts on 17th St.
• Installed 4-way stop sign and repainted crosswalks at corner of 17th St. & Corcoran
• Investing $4 million to build Kennedy Rec. Center complete with an indoor gym
• Reduced speeding 70% citywide since 1998

SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

• Providing primary and preventative healthcare to more than 27,000 low-income and uninsured residents citywide
• Provided DC Tuition Assistance Grants in Ward 2 towards a college education for 100 students in the 2000-2001 school year, and 171 students in the 2001-2002 school year
• Supported enrichment programs for children sponsored by 8 community-based organizations through the Children and Youth Investment Trust
• Increased capital investment for parks and recreation centers citywide from $6.9 million in 1999 to $47 million in 2002
• Published a City Services Guide for the Asian & Pacific Islanders community in Chinese and Vietnamese, and distributed safety brochures in Chinese and Vietnamese

FIGHTING CRIME

• Reduced larceny/theft rate about 18% and burglary almost 29% in the Ward since 1998
• Solved more than 200 code violations in housing unit at 1314 -14th St. in response to community driven efforts to address problems at this location
• Removed 2 prostitution houses along 14th Street Corridor

DELIVERING FOR WARD 3

SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

• Renovated Chevy Chase Community Center with an investment of $1.5 million
• Renovated the baseball fields and tennis courts at Lafayette Center
• Increased capital investment for parks and recreation centers citywide from $6-9 million in 1999 to $47 million in 2002
• Helped to rebuild and reopen the Oyster School Building an addition to Key Elementary School
• Increased funding to public schools by more than 40% since 1999
• Provided D.C. Tuition Assistance Grants in Ward 3 towards a college education for 175 students in the 20002001 school year, and 256 students in the 2001-2002 school year
• Provided more than 3,000 students citywide with D.C. Tuition Assistance Grants to date
• Providing primary and preventative healthcare to more than 27,000 low-income and uninsured residents citywide
• Supported enrichment programs for children in the District sponsored by 60 community-based organizations through the Children and Youth Investment Trust

ENGAGING CITIZENS

• Held Town Hall Meeting on Emergency Preparedness and 25 Neighborhood Planning meetings
• Working with Ward residents on planning for Klingle Road
• Testified before the House and Senate on behalf of full voting rights
• Enlisted 11 cities, 3 states and 5 national organizations to join the fight for full voting representation for District citizens
• Issued more than 111,000 license plates citywide with "Taxation Without Representation"

IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION

• Held Ward 3 Traffic Summit
• Reconstructed Porter Street between 34th St. and Connecticut Avenue and installed speed-activated traffic light
• Planning traffic study for Nebraska Avenue
• Committed to additional stop signs and 3 traffic signals in partnership with Ward 3 Traffic Policy Committee
• Resurfaced 335 blocks of neighborhood streets in the Ward and approximately 2,000 citywide
• Reduced speeding 70% citywide since 1998

BEAUTIFYING AND STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS

• Stopped construction of the Telecommunications Tower
• Working with the Casey Foundation to develop aggressive plan to revitalize the urban forest by replacing and planting trees in public spaces
• Improved bulk trash pick-up, meeting the service delivery schedule 97% of the time over the past year
• Invested more than $10 million in garbage and recycling trucks, street sweepers, snow removal equipment and other equipment
• Distributed more than 76,000 supercans and 44,000 clean city cans across the city
• Completed, constructing or planning almost $17 billion in residential, retail and office development activity across the District, totaling nearly 500 separate projects

FIGHTING CRIME

• Reduced burglary rates almost 29% and larceny/theft rates about 18% in the Ward since 1998
• Reduced juvenile homicide rates citywide 35% in 2000

DELIVERING FOR WARD 4

IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION

• Resurfaced more than 800 blocks of neighborhood streets, more than twice as many as in any other Ward
• Working with residents to envision a plan for commercial and living space at Takoma Central and Georgia Avenue-Petworth metro stations
• Conducting comprehensive traffic study for the Ward
• Completed 3 open-space beautification efforts along Georgia Avenue
• Reduced speeding 70% citywide since 1998

EXPANDING HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Committed $58 million for economic development throughout the Ward
• Enabled nearly 250 low- and moderate-income families to have safe and decent housing, investing more than $12 million
• Provided safe, decent and affordable homes for 100 families at Aspen Court on Georgia Avenue
• Committed to build 50 condominiums at Takoma Metro Condos at the corner of Blair Rd. and Cedar Streets and 58 apartments and retail on Cedar Street
• Designated local businesses in 14th Street Heights to receive financial and technical assistance over the next five years through the DC Main Streets Program
• Working to bring new development to the US Soldiers and Airmen's Home
• Increased housing inspectors serving the Ward
• Restored 16 storefronts in the 300 block of Georgia Avenue
• Invested more than $1 billion with local small and disadvantaged businesses

ENGAGING CITIZENS

• Conducted 15 Neighborhood Planning meetings
• Issued more than 111,000 license plates citywide with "Taxation Without Representation"

SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

• Constructing $6.8 million community center at Emery Playground with new tennis courts, basketball courts, and an indoor gym
• Building $14 million community center with Olympic-size pool at Takoma Recreation Center
• Renovated Lamond, Ft. Stevens, and Riggs-LaSalle Rec. Centers
• Increased capital investment for parks and recreation centers citywide from $6.9 million in 1999 to $47 million in 2002
• Supported enrichment programs for children sponsored by Mt. Hebron Baptist Church and Roots Activity Learning Center through the Children and Youth Investment Trust
• Developing a senior wellness center on Kennedy Street
• Providing access to 6 primary care clinics in the Ward through the Healthcare Alliance
• Providing primary and preventative healthcare to more than 27,000 low-income and uninsured residents citywide
• Provided DC Tuition Assistance Grants in Ward 4 towards a college education for 449 students in the 2000-2001 school year, and 627 students in the 2001-2002 school year
• Funded the construction of a new Barnard Elementary School, the first new school in the Ward in more than 30 years
• Supporting the transformation of Jesse LaSalle Elementary School

FIGHTING CRIME

• Heightened police visibility in the area around Georgia, Alaska and Kalmia Avenues
• Reduced homicide rate in the Ward almost 28% since 1998
• Reduced aggravated assault rate 27% and burglary rates 29% in the Ward since 1998

DELIVERING FOR WARD 5

EXPANDING HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Helped more than 1,200 low- and moderate-income families to afford safe and decent housing, investing more than $90 million in Ward 5
• Reclaiming abandoned houses in Ivy City to be converted into affordable homes for first time buyers
• Provided safe, decent and affordable housing for more than 650 families at Edgewood Terrace
• Developed Rhode Island Place Shopping Center - the first in Ward 5 in over 20 years - including a Home Depot and a soon-to-open Giant Foods
• Attracted the national headquarters of XM Satellite Radio to New York Ave.
• Opening a new metro station on New York Ave. as part of redeveloping the New York Ave. commercial corridor
• Named North Capitol Neighborhood Development to receive financial and technical assistance over the next five years through the DC Main Streets program
• Invested more than $1 billion with local small and disadvantaged businesses

ENGAGING CITIZENS

• Held a Town Hall meeting on Emergency Preparedness and conducted 20 Neighborhood Planning meetings
• Enlisted 11 cities, 3 states and 5 national organizations to join the fight for full voting representation for District citizens
• Issued more than 111,000 license plates citywide with "Taxation Without Representation"

IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS

• Resurfaced 341 blocks of neighborhood streets in the Ward
• Renovated North Michigan Park Rec. Center, investing $2.5 million
• Built a state of the art community center at Turkey Thicket, investing $8 million
• Built the new Harry Thomas, Sr. Community Center, investing $4.5 million
• Upgraded lighting and other amenities at Langdon Park
• Opened new DMV satellite office on Brentwood Road
• Reduced speeding 70% citywide since 1998

SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

• Supported enrichment programs for children sponsored by 11 community-based organizations through the Children and Youth Investment Trust
• Increased capital investment for parks and recreation centers citywide from $6.9 million in 1999 to $47 million in 2002
• Building a state-of-the-art technology school as McKinley Tech
• Provided DC Tuition Assistance Grants in Ward 5 towards a college education for 353 students in the 2000-2001 school year, and 479 students in the 2001-2002 school year
• Providing primary and preventative healthcare to more than 27,000 low-income and uninsured residents citywide

FIGHTING CRIME

• Reduced burglary rates almost 27% and aggravated assault rates 21% in the Ward since 1998
• Dedicated more police staff and resources to Trinidad area
• Committed to adding more police officers to the Ward

DELIVERING FOR WARD 6

FIGHTING CRIME

• Reduced the homicide rate 58% in the Ward since 1998
• Reduced aggravated assault rates 58% and larceny/theft rates 10% in the Ward since 1998
• Established a police footbeat along H street and Benning Road

EXPANDING HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Helped more than 500 low- and moderate-income families to afford safe and decent housing, investing more than $65 million in Ward 6
• Provided safe, decent and affordable housing for more than 300 families at Carter Terrace
• Worked with residents of Arthur Capper Senior Housing and the Carrolsburg Homes to win federal funding to convert more than 1,500 dilapidated houses and apartments into homes for very low- and low-income residents
• Named Barracks Row and H Street to receive financial and technical assistance over the next five years through the DC Main Streets program
• Working with area residents and businesses to develop a Strategic Development Plan for the H Street corridor
• Launched the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative to redevelop all neighborhoods bordering the Anacostia River
• Revitalizing Waterside Mall

ENGAGING CITIZENS

• Held 2 Citizen Summits, 1 Youth Summit and 20 planning meetings in the Ward
• Enlisted 11 cities, 3 states and 5 national organizations to join the fight for full voting representation for District citizens
• Issued snore than 111,000 license plates citywide with "Taxation Without Representation"

IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS

• Worked with residents to reopen blocked alley at 200 K St., NE, and remove vehicles that were being stored illegally
• Working with residents to improve conditions around H St., NE
• Resurfaced 321 blocks of neighborhood streets in the Ward
• Razed 5 vacant/ abandoned properties in Rosedale
• Constructing $4.4 million Sherwood Rec. Center to include an indoor gym
• Investing $3.2 million to renovate Capital East Natatorium Reduced speeding 70% citywide since 1998

SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

• Provided DC Tuition Assistance Grants in Ward 6 towards a college education for 180 students in the 2000-2001 school year, and 263 students in the 2001-2002 school year
• Reclaiming the old Hayes School to provide a variety of services, activities and a wellness center for seniors, as well as the new home of the District's Office on Aging
• Supported enrichment programs for children sponsored by 14 community-based organizations through the Children and Youth Investment Trust
• Increased capital investment for parks and recreation centers citywide from $6.9 million in 1999 to $47 million in 2002
• Providing access to 8 primary care clinics in the Ward through the Healthcare Alliance
• Providing primary and preventative healthcare to more than 27,000 low-income and uninsured residents citywide

DELIVERING FOR WARD 7

EXPANDING HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Helped more than 1,500 low- and moderate-income families afford safe and decent housing, investing $100 million in the Ward
• Provided safe, decent and affordable homes to more than 200 low- and moderate-income families at Huntwood Apartments
• Worked with residents of East Capitol Dwellings to win federal funding to rebuild more than 555 units of dilapidated apartments
• Supporting expansion of Skyland Shopping Center
• Invested more than $1 billion with local small and disadvantaged businesses citywide
• Began land-acquisition and planning to build a new Department of Employment Services at the Minnesota Ave. metro

FIGHTING CRIME

• Reduced homicide rates 24% and larceny/theft rates 30% in the Ward since 1998
• Reduced juvenile homicides citywide 35% in 2000
• Reduced speeding 70% citywide since 1998
• Stepped up abandoned vehicle removal
• Razed 44 abandoned properties in northern section of the ward in a single year
• Opened an MPD Regional Command Center at Penn. Branch
• Increasing police patrols around Smothers and Aiton Elementary Schools and in the Mayfair community

ENGAGING CITIZENS

• Enlisted 11 cities, 3 states and 5 national organizations to join the fight for full voting representation for District Citizens .
• Issued more than 111,000 license plates citywide with "Taxation Without Representation"

IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS

• Resurfaced 379 blocks of neighborhood streets in the Ward Restoring Watts Branch Park
• Dedicated $4.5 million to build a new recreation center in Hillcrest Investing $2 million to renovate Fort Davis Rec. Center
• Renovated the gyms at Kenilworth-Parkside and Therapeutic Rec. Centers
• Bringing a grocery store to East Capitol Dwellings
• Restored Kingman and Heritage Islands as wildlife refuges
• Working to restore Pennsylvania Avenue from Sousa Bridge to Southern Avenue
• Opened Penn. Branch Customer Service Center, providing an array of District Government services.

SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

• Funded construction of a new Kelly Miller Junior High School
• Rebuilt Randall Highlands Elementary School; historic portion of old school to be restored
• Funded $50.1 million to rebuild H. D. Woodson High School
• Supporting the transformation of Davis Elementary School
• Provided DC Tuition Assistance Grants in Ward 7 towards a college education for 343 students in the 2000-2001 school year, and 437 students in the 2001-2002 school year
• Supported enrichment programs for children sponsored by 15 community-based organizations through the Children and Youth Investment Trust
• Increased capital investment citywide for parks and recreation centers from $6.9 million in 1999 to $47 million in 2002
• Provides access to 5 primary care clinics in the Ward
• Provided primary and preventative healthcare to 27,000 low-income and uninsured residents citywide

DELIVERING FOR WARD 8

EXPANDING HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Helped more than 4,500 low- and moderate-income families afford safe and decent housing, investing almost $425 million
• Helped 180 low- and moderate-income families have safe, decent, and affordable homes at Douglass Knolls
• Worked with residents to win federal funding to rebuild more than 600 units of dilapidated housing at Henson Ridge
• Worked with residents to win federal funding to rebuild more than 314 homes at Wheeler Creek
• Helped to build Walter Washington Estates, providing 45 homes for seniors
• Working with citizens on the redevelopment of the Old Congress Heights School
• Building a 15,000 sq. foot communications facility, which will house 911, 311 and the Mayor's Citywide Call Center, on the East Campus of St. Elizabeth's
• Invested more than $1 billion with local small and disadvantaged businesses citywide

ENGAGING CITIZENS

• Held several Town Hall Meetings, a Community Meeting on Emergency Preparedness at Mathews Memorial Baptist Church and conducted 15 Neighborhood Planning meetings
• Enlisted 11 cities, 3 states and 5 national organizations to join the fight for full voting representation for District citizens
• Issued more than 111,000 license plates citywide with "Taxation Without Representation"

IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS

• Resurfaced 156 blocks of neighborhood streets in the Ward
• Worked with residents to create a community garden in Fort Stanton
• Worked with residents to clean up the alley in the 1200 block of Valley Avenue
• Opened the South East Tennis & Learning Center with an investment of $4.7 million
• Invested $3.2 million to build a new indoor gym and recreation center at Bald Eagle
• Opened Senior Wellness Center in Congress Heights
• Bringing a grocery store to the Camp Simms neighborhood
• Reduced speeding 70% citywide since 1998

SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

• Provided DC Tuition Assistance Grants in Ward 8 towards a college education for 226 students in the 20002001 school year, and 288 students in the 2001-2002 school year
• Supported enrichment programs for children sponsored by 18 community-based organizations through the Children and Youth Investment Trust
• Increased capital investment citywide for parks and recreation centers from $6.9 million in 1999 to $47 million in 2002 citywide
• Providing primary and preventative healthcare to more than 27,000 low-income and uninsured residents citywide

FIGHTING CRIME

• Worked with residents to combat drug and illegal activity in the Naylor Road Shopping Center
• Reduced aggravated assault rates 23% in the Ward since 1998
• Reduced burglary rates 18% and larceny/theft rates 27% in the Ward since 1998
• Reduced juvenile homicide rates citywide 35% in 2000

TO VOTE FOR MAYOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS
ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH
YOU MUST COMPLETE BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

STEP 1: WRITE IN "ANTHONY WILLIAMS"
STEP 2: CONNECT THE ARROW NEXT TO HIS NAME

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