11/13/14 Residents of Park Morton hear about New Communities Initiative

From the office of Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED), Tia Gilbert speaks at a meeting in the community room of the Park Morton housing complex November 13^th.   Ms. Gilbert is the New Communities Initiative (NCI) project director for Park Morton.   Listening behind her (l-r) are resident Joseph Davis 23, Debra Hairston, project manager for Housing Opportunities Unlimited (HOU) at Park Morton, Family Commissioner of the DC Housing Authority Aquarius Van-Ghasri and HOU caseworker Aminah Muhammad.  /Photo by Nancy Shia  

   

 

DMPED’s Director of New Communities Initiative (NCI), Kimberly Black-King addresses a meeting in the Park Morton Community Room while DC Housing Authority Family Commissioner Aquarius Van-Ghasri listens for ways to help residents living in DCHA buildings November 13^th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

 Park Morton Tenants Association treasurer Minnie Clark takes notes at a meeting in the community room November 13^th.   Mrs. Clark has lived at Park Morton for over 30 years.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

Park Morton residents Joseph Davis 23 and Eric Wimbush, 20  express concerns about Housing Authority police at a meeting in the community room Thursday November 13^th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia