A good Monday morning to everyone.

As you probably know by now, Rhizome will likely need to move from our current home due to a proposed redevelopment of the site we inhabit.

We expect to be in our current location at least until the beginning of next Summer.

We have every intention of securing a wonderful new space to move into by then.

TONIGHT, Monday October 26, the proposed redevelopment project is on the agenda of the ANC meeting. (For those who don't live in DC - the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are the smallest scale level of governance in DC. Rhizome is in district 4B, which covers Takoma and several surrounding neighborhoods....)

The virtual meeting starts at 7pm and is open to all. Based on the agenda, it looks like the redevelopment project will be discussed starting ~740pm. There is only a short amount of time allotted for discussion. At the end of the meeting (we're really not sure what time...), there is additional time for "Community Concerns" during which time we would love to see a strong showing of support from our community just attesting to the value that Rhizome brings to the community and to individual lives. This ought to help us in our ongoing negotiations with the future property owner as well as helping us to mobilize community resources in our search for affordable space to move into.

The Zoom link for the meeting is:
us02web.zoom.us/j/84214249196?pwd=c3E0bzJmMFpoQ1JwVWFtNmhsVkduUT09

All agenda details are at:
anc4b.com/2020/10/19/agenda-october-2020/

If you are able to attend the meeting and make a statement in support of Rhizome, we would be honored to see you there!

If you live in ANC 4B and can't make the meeting, you can email your ANC representative a statement.

If you don't live in ANC 4B, you can email Rhizome's ANC rep a statement. Rhizome's ANC rep is Geoff Bromaghim - email 4b07@anc.dc.gov

Please CC or BCC info@rhizomedc.org if you're comfortable doing so.

Here is a tool to find your ANC district:
dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/InformationLookup/index.html?appid=8b54d6b6dc1041f3a4c5de125d7c9580

Thank you for your support.

P.S. To be clear, for those who haven't been following the story up to this point - the proposal is to build 68 units of subsidized housing, which is sorely needed in our neighborhood and beyond. We want to support that, and we encourage everyone in your statements of support of Rhizome to also let ANC representatives know that you are paying attention to the promised affordability of the project and that the community will not stand for any shenanigans / false promises about the nature of the development....

P.P.S. Here is what is being proposed:
www.dropbox.com/s/dyuzd4mrpq4mpne/6928%20Maple_ANC%20Meeting_200903.pdf?dl=0