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The over concentration of embassies and diplomatic buildings in Sheridan-Kalorama continues to trouble the neighborhood. Efforts to improve the situation are beginning to pay off. A tremendous amount of effort has gone into revising the "diplomatic element" of the Comprehensive Plan encouraging residential uses such as ambassadors' residences while discouraging commercial uses such as missions. This change is intended to maintain and enhance the residential fabric of the neighborhood. Further, pressure has been brought to bear on the State Department as the representative of foreign countries to maintain and improve vacant diplomatic buildings. After years of lobbying, the Macedonian Embassy on Wyoming Avenue has finally been renovated and restored to active use. Also, the Libyan property on Massachusetts Avenue was secured and recently sold to a private developer. The $1.2 Million renovation of Mitchell Park has been completed although work is still needed. "It's exciting to see Mitchell Park complete although I'm sorry to say we continue to need to bird dog landscaping and maintenance concerns. I worked to see $450,000 was allocated in the Parks and Recreation Capital budget to address the soil erosion and drainage issues along the sloped area and the stair case on 23rd Street," Evans said.
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2D The Sheridan-Kalorama Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2D) consists of two commissioners, each elected from one of the two Single Member Districts (SMDs) making up the ANC area. With its two commissioners, the Sheridan-Kalorama ANC is the smallest of the city's ANCs in respect to both the number of residents its represents as well as in respect to the size of the commission functioning as its board. Consequently, the periodic ANC meetings serve primarily as a community forum wherein the residents of the neighborhood can communicate their concerns directly to the two commissioners. In the periods between ANC meetings, the two commissioners work in tandem at resolving specific problems and managing community projects which will benefit the neighborhood as a whole.
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For
a small neighborhood, Sheridan-Kalorama has some big matters that need
to be addressed: parking, embassies and Mitchell Park. "I've represented
Sheridan-Kalorama on the DC Council for nearly six years and I have
truly enjoyed meeting the residents and learning their issues,"
Councilmember Evans said. "However, some of it has been a baptism
by fire."
