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A
New Voice For Cleveland
Park
We
are
Cleveland
Park residents who
have come together to transform the Cleveland Park Citizens Association
(CPCA) into a 21st century organization committed to complete
transparency, broad participation, and open decision making. We believe
that the CPCA’s leadership has failed to represent the
community,
or even its own membership, as evidenced most recently by its
opposition
to the Giant
redevelopment project and by its cancellation of the June elections in
violation
of its
own
constitution and of fundamental
democratic practices. With
your
support, we can lead CPCA into a new era of engagement and dialogue
among and between residents, the business community, and the District
government. To meet these goals we will:
- Work
to increase
CPCA membership
and participation. Since
we began recruiting
in May, more than 200 new
members have joined. We have also established the
CPCA
listserv
with over 100 members.
- Continue
to invite
guest speakers to the monthly meetings – but record
and podcast the events so that
those who cannot attend can
be involved.
- Sponsor
web polls, explore web
voting,
and encourage the
use of other
electronic communication
to
ensure the
leadership hears and understands all
members’ views.
- Organize committees
focused on issues
that members identify as critical to the vitality of our neighborhood,
including zoning, traffic, parking, schools, and neighborhood
retail businesses.
- Honor
CPCA’s constitution and bylaws,
but review and amend them to make the organization more relevant,
efficient, and
open to broad participation.
- Actively
engage business owners as
well
as residents to
develop a
more supportive and welcoming voice towards new businesses that want to
invest
in our community.
- Sponsor community-building
activities,
in partnership with other local organizations,
encouraging residents to work together to improve our
neighborhood
and
engage as neighbors and friends.
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