Devington Communities Association (DCA)

This effort will take place over many meetings and forums and will be an opportunity to realign ourselves with our community’s health, infrastructure, development and future. In the interest of helping communities, architecture firm A2SO4 has contributed services to the RE-CONNECT DEVINGTON Initiative. This effort was done in conjunction with local and community leaders. With these resources, DCA is developing a robust plan of action that will be rolled out over the next several years. To further develop this plan, meetings will occur over the next year that will provide ALL residents an opportunity to have a voice in the proposed changes. There will be multiple levels of involvement from beautification (planting flowers) to pure neighborhood activism.

We understand this effort to begin in three primary areas and will be coordinated by various key partners with-in Devington. They are:

1. 56th and Emerson Retail Zone (Millersville Group)

2. Devington Farms (Devington Community Development Corporation)

3. 38th Street Infrastructure Redevelopment (between Arlington and Emerson)

This presentation is the result of many months of information and data gathering, urban design strategy and down to earth grassroots efforts between residents, church leaders, neighborhood groups, and Community Development Corporaations (CDC's). We understand these proposed infrastructure and urban planning changes to simply be guiding principles on how to begin re-connecting many dots, so please come with an open mind. To make our collective vision of a reality, we need to draw upon the spirit, skills, resources and ideas of our community members. We hope that you will join us in this exciting time!

 

- Wil Marquez, Vice-President, Devington Communities Association

 

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