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Frank Smith

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Ward One City Council

FRIENDS FOR FRANK SMITH

Frank Smith with Garnet Patterson Jr. High students. Smith equipped school with technology to ready students for Information Highway by 21st Century.

• Led the fight to save the Columbia Road Farmers Market
• Helped expand the Striver’s Row historic district.
• Created Nehemiah Housing at 14th and Belmont
• Helped restore the Lincoln Theatre
• Spurred development along U Street
• Supports the Columbia Heights Police Substation
• Saved the Lanier Place and U Street Fire Stations
• Wrote legislation to curtail vendor congestion along Columbia Road
• Sponsored legislation allowing citizens to adopt Public Parks
• Wrote Laws to stop aggressive panhandling
• Piloted mechanical street sweeping project
• Mixed use retail and Parking construction in Adams Morgan
• Provided computer technology for neighborhood Libraries and Schools
• Created the Homestead Act for First-Time Homeowners
• Fought to preserve Rent Control

Councilman Smith salutes Green Team that helped repair Walter Pierce Park in Adams Morgan.

“Frank Smith whipped the city into emergency form, assembling a task force to do everything from boarding up buildings to sweeping alleys.” — City Paper, February 27, 1998

Councilman Frank Smith, Jr. (left) and ANC Commissioner Lawrence T. Guyot, Jr. enjoy a laugh with Donna Morris, purchaser of the Houseraising house, at the closing ceremony of the Manna Houseraising ’97.

“I believe that my first job as Councilmember, is to serve the people of our communities. In my terms on the council, almost 10,000 individual people have sought my help — people who need a place to live, health care for an elderly parent, assistance with a talented child. Many people know me for my Chairmanship of the Finance and Revenue Committee and my work on budget and tax reform. But my greatest sense of accomplishment and service is that which directly touches people here in our neighborhoods.” — Councilman Frank Smith

Councilman Smith is Founder and Chairman of the Civil War Memorial Foundation that built the monument at 10th and U Streets, N.W.

“Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to Ward One Councilman Frank Smith for having the dream for this memorial for having the tenacity and just plain guts to fight hard for seven years to get it completed.” — Washington Afro-American, July 25, 1998

ENDORSED BY:

DC Teachers Union
Laborers Local 74
District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce
District of Columbia Board of Trade
President, Mt. Pleasant Business Association
President, Georgia Avenue Business Association
Coalition of Ward One Residents
U Street Business Association (UBAC)
Apartment and Office Building Association (AOBA)
Teamsters Local 639
AFSCME Council 20
AFSCME Local 2401
Coalition of Black Trade Unions
DC Nurses Association
Restaurant Association of Metro Washington
Hotel Association of Washington, DC
Road Heavy & Highway Construction
Laborers District Council
Ministers of Ward One Churches
Ward One ANCs

Paid for by Friends of Frank Smith, Jr., 924 U Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001; Ron Linton, Treasurer