We have offered to post brief statements from all of the ANC candidates running for seats on Capitol Hill and the outer edges that we cover here on The Hill is Home. These statements are not endorsements and have been posted exactly as submitted by the candidates.
Ivan Frishberg ANC 6B02
The Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) is our most local connection to District government and the decisions that shape our neighborhood. There are big changes coming to the Capitol Hill/Eastern Market neighborhood that call for an active and engaged ANC to protect and build on what we love about where we live.
From the development of the old Hine School site and Friendship House to the remodelling of the Library of Congress Annex and the proposals to upgrade the Eastern Market Metro Plaza, the changes underway certainly offer many opportunities to build on our special neighborhood, but they also need a highly engaged community to succeed and protect the best qualities of life on Capitol Hill.
What I Will Work For
- The development of the old Hine School and other large-scale projects in the neighborhood call for an active voice from the ANC to ensure that those changes build on the centerpieces of our community and protect its livability and walkability.
- The ANC should create a citizen-led committee to look at the long-term issue of parking and transportation on the Hill.
- The ANC should partner with local families who are working to find more space for schools and affordable childcare on the Hill.
- The ANC is often our human connection to the city when we need a little extra help. I will work to make sure that it is more transparent and participatory and that residents’ voices are heard when it seems like the city isn’t listening.
About Me
I have lived and worked in 6b since 1994. I work at a non-profit advocacy group on environmental issues and have been involved with a variety of local and national organizations that focus on sustainability, democracy and quality of life issues. I live on the 600 block of D St. SE with a wonderful family that is dominated by two small children, one of whom just started in the Brent Elementary pre-school program. I have been active in several issues locally and am a member of the Eastern Market Metro Community Association.
Over the last few years I started attending meetings around the development of the Hine School site, including meetings with the developers who had responded to the City’s RFP, as well as around the proposed re-routing of Pennsylvania Avenue that has been proposed by the Capitol Hill Town Square Task Force. After watching these processes it became clear to me that we needed a more active ANC around these issues and others, and that I could do a good job at just that. It will be an honor to serve the community interest in this way if elected.
The ANC will serve the community best when it is an active, transparent and engaged part of the important issues that affect our neighborhood – that will be my mission as your ANC commissioner.
Please visit my website and vote Ivan Frishberg for ANC6B02 this November.
