Capitol Hill EcoDistrict
An EcoDistrict is sustainability applied at the neighborhood scale. EcoDistricts provide a framework for realizing advanced sustainability — increasing efficiencies, reducing pollution, restoring ecosystems, and improving communities — through behavior change, building design, and infrastructure investments. EcoDistricts commit to achieving ambitious sustainability performance goals, guiding district investments and community action, and tracking the results over time.
In March 2011 the Bullitt Foundation awarded Capitol Hill Housing a grant to spearhead the creation of an EcoDistrict on Capitol Hill. Working with architecture firm GGLO, Capitol Hill Housing has researched the establishment of an EcoDistrict in our neighborhood. On May 29, 2012 we welcome the public to our Community Forum as an opportunity to present our findings and open a dialogue between local representatives, national EcoDistrict experts, and our friends and neighbors on Capitol Hill.
Download the EcoDistrict overview (PDF).
Capitol Hill Housing has been working to make Capitol Hill a sustainable community for 36 years. As a Public Development Authority and Capitol Hill’s Community Development Corporation, Capitol Hill Housing has been providing leadership in creating a vibrant and engaged community since 1976. A new EcoDistrict provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to work with the Capitol Hill community to improve the neighborhood’s environmental impacts, and thereby serve as a role model for other neighborhoods, encouraging city, state, and national governments to match Capitol Hill's commitment to sustainable development.
Download the full EcoDistrict report (PDF, 16Mb).