STATEMENT of QUALIFICATIONS

HSTREETCDC.ORG | 916 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, SE

HSCDC’S MISSION

HSCDC, in partnership with others, invests talent, capital, and resources

so that everyone in our community has access to safe and affordable

housing and meaningful economic development opportunities.

CITY FIRST BANK OF DC

Welcome to HSCDC

H Street Community Development Corporation is a Family of Companies. Our current family includes:

H Street Community Development Corporation (HSCDC)

–Non-Profit Developer and Community Advocacy Organization.

H Street Investment Corporation (HSIC) –For-Profit Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) by the D.C. Small and Local Business Department

Global Scholars Foundation(GSF)

–Philanthropic Education and Cultural Enhancement Organization

Business Certifications

HSCDC is a Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) designated by US Department of Housing and Community Development, which provides funding for this designation.

HSIC is a Certified Business Entity (CBE) designated by the DC Small and Local Business Department.

Prospective Roles and Responsibilities:

Developer

Co-Developer

Partner

Limited Partner

Special Development Participant

Equity Partner

Consultant

Neighborhood Development Coordinator

Fiscal Agent

HSTREETCDC.ORG | 916 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, SE 202-544-8353

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H Street Community Development Corporation (HSCDC) is a market-minded nonprofit that focuses on the community and economic development and sustainability of Washington, DC.

We thrive on our impressive history, yet we

are positioned as the District’s leader

in preserving affordable housing, increasing green

initiatives, improving public education, and ending

homelessness within District boundaries. Therefore,

I welcome opportunities to engage stakeholders

who share similar, as well as, emergent ideas, plans

and goals to partner in positively impacting the daily

lives of all Washingtonians.

HSCDC’s Core Values are the standards that

we hold ourselves to in our internal operations and

in the way we treat our community, stakeholders

and others with whom we do business.

HSCDC, in partnership with others, invests

talent, capital, and resources so that everyone in our

community has access to safe and affordable

housing and meaningful economic development

opportunities.

Over the past three decades, HSCDC has evolved

and played many roles in the communities we serve.

We are known to many as a Facilitator with “an

impressive history– influencing the future.” Our core

capacity is to revitalize, strengthen, and cultivate

neighborhoods. In our earlier years, HSCDC

pioneered the boom in revitalization of the H Street

Corridor; and now we mind our mission of retaining

affordable housing within District borders.

We have and will continue to accomplish great

impact in part with our Corporate Sponsors, District

Government, Neighborhood Commissions, and

volunteers.

HSCDC has an open-door policy. Come on by!

Let’s talk about how HSCDC can facilitate

partnerships and forge relationships to make

The District shine!

Regards,

Ken

CEO HSCDC

of Capital Deployed

Letter from the Chief Executive Officer

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H Street Community Development Corporation (HSCDC) is a

private, nonprofit organization, established in 1984 by residents,

business owners, financial institutions, and government, to restore

the riot-torn H Street corridor and residential neighborhood by

developing vacant land and attracting new business. As the

development vehicle, the Community Development Corporation—

is a non-profit corporation blending the energies of community

activists with the financial resources of government and private

lenders.

HSCDC created a unique model tailored to the needs of the

community. While most Community Development Corporations

concentrated on housing, HSCDC established a different approach.

Through commercial development, HSCDC worked to create jobs,

generate business prosperity, and achieve visible improvements at

blighted properties in the community. HSCDC quickly set out to

revitalize economically troubled neighborhoods by developing

housing and commercial projects.

HSCDC’s core capacity is the ability to revitalize, strengthen, and

cultivate neighborhoods. After the riots, HSCDC emerged as a leader

in the community by spearheading the revitalization of the H Street

corridor through adjacent neighborhoods and concentrated on

commercial and retail efforts that created jobs and initiated community

cohesiveness through a collaborative process that involved HSCDC

members, elected officials, corridor vendors and merchants, and

neighbors of HSCDC.

Inherent in its core, HSCDC is an experienced community development

corporation committed to neighborhood revitalization efforts that include

the creation and retention of affordable housing and developing

commercial retail opportunities.

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Marcia K. Brown, EdD

HSCDC STAFF

Anthony R. Agnew Asset Manager

Alyssa L. McCall

Eric P. Jones

Kenneth J. Brewer, Sr.

Eric P. Jones

Eric P. Jones

Eric P. Jones

Johann M. Lashley

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HSCDC Board

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Wallacetine Taliaferro-Curtis, Chairman of the Board

Venious Parker, Vice Chairman of the Board, Community Representative

Idus P. Holmes, Treasurer, Community Representative

Lincoln Jenkins, Secretary, Community Representative

GENERAL MEMBERS

Jane Brown, Executive Director, University Legal Services

Antonio Roberson, Community Representative/Owner/

Chef Langston Bar and Grille

Tiffany Rose, Community Representative

Anwar Saleem, President, H Street Merchants & Professional

Association/Executive Director H Street Main Street

Reiko Tate, Community Representative

C. Brian Williams, Community Representative/Founder StepAfrika

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

The cultural and financial landscape of the District is changing—rapidly. Revitalization inherently has that impact upon a city. Yet, with HSCDC pioneering the boom in revitalization, we are minding our mission to retain affordable housing within the District’s brick borders.

Preservation of Affordable Housing …within the District is largely attenuated in developer proposals, strategic planning, and business improvement initiatives. HSCDC seizes the opportunity to again pioneer this work of community building by presenting argument against displacing District residents for taller buildings and shinier glass.

It is this passive displacement of District residents who rely on affordable housing within the District to meet basic quality of life accommodations—employment, transportation, education, medical access, shopping, banking, safety, and most of all, communities in which they have grown and raised families—that fuels our passion to create strong policies and take broad strides to preserve affordable housing within the District. Acquisition of affordable housing is what we do and is what we will do more of.

whether acquiring vacant lots for development or assuming management of current properties, HSCDC works all angles to identify and acquire affordable housing properties. Our acquisition plan includes wide-net purchase of 12, 15, and 20 unit buildings in wards 5, 6, 7, and 8. We see that bundling these properties is a way to clean up and and manage them with a common ethos. HSCDC, acting as management of these bundled properties, would retrofit the structures and enhance the livability

residents would benefit from the landscape around them changing while retaining stability and receiving an improved quality of life. Preservation and acquisition of affordable housing counters market-forces driven revitalization that drives out residents with long-held roots and rights to enjoy living in the District. HSCDC is positioned and poised to pioneer advocating for choice living conditions for all District residents, regardless of income.

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1800 Shepherd Street, NE

2321 4th Street, NE

This two-story 13-unity 12, 920 sq. ft. multi-family unity is located in the middle of a private single-family community blocks from the Brookland-CUA Metro Station, the Building consists of two (2) efficiencies, nine (9) one-bedroom units and two(2) bedroom units.

HSCDC recently celebrated the opening of this 116-units of affordable housing complex named Barrow Residential after former Executive Director, Bill Barrow.

Ayers Place is a 7,588 sq. ft. multi-family, three-story, 12-unit building consisting of all one-bedroom apartments, located three blocks from Benning Road Metro Station in the Marshall Heights Community.

4915 Ayers Place, SE

Multi-Family Affordable Housing

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1805-1809 Maryland Avenue, NE (Ward 5) a 10,200 sq. ft. multi-family unit consists of two attached three-floor, six-unit (12 units total) buildings and is located in the Trinidad/Ivy City Neighborhood. This property is surrounded by several grocery stores, coffee shops, restaurants, and schools all within walking distance.

HSCDC proposes developing 25 condo units on this 26,000 gross sq. ft. site. The condos will be a combination of one and two bedroom units, priced moderately between $150,000 and $300,000 depending on size.

5403 D Street, SE

1805 & 1809

Maryland Avenue, SE

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES

HSCDC purchased the properties at 914-916 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, and relocated its headquarters there in 2015.

The Anacostia Gateway Development Project at 1800 Martin Luther King Ave., SE, is a three story, 63,000 sq. ft. office building with 14,000 sq. ft. of retail on the first floor and underground parking. The Anacostia Gateway now houses the District’s Department of Housing and Community Development.

Developed in 2002, this 6,500 sq. ft. commercial complex includes a local high-profile print shop, a dental office and 7 Eleven. This corner of 8th and H Streets, NE, has one of the highest traffic crossing for automobiles

and public bus transportation in the District of

Columbia.

Anacostia Gateway 721 H Street, NE

HSCDC Headquarters 99 H Street, NE

HSCDC participates in this mixed-use project, which features a Wal-mart and Starbucks, as a participating partner.

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

We realize our youth to be the District’s greatest

asset; and we invest in them through the John A.

Wilson Scholarship Program for studies in global

technology and through the Global Scholars

Foundation, a cultural competency program.

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The Honorable John A. Wilson devoted his

career to serving the public and championing

education and opportunities for youth. Raised

in poverty on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Mr.

Wilson became a courageous leader of the

Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee

(SNCC) in the 1960s Civil Rights movement.

He later moved to Washington and began a

distinguished political career. He led the

successful 1974 campaign for adoption of the

District’s Home Rule Charter, then served 18

years on the DC City Council. He served as

City Council Chairman from 1991 to 1993.

The H Street Community Development

Corporation (HSCDC) established the John A.

Wilson Scholarship Fund as a lasting

memorial to the late civil rights leader, 18-year

member of the DC City Council and Council

Chairman from 1991 to 1993. Mr. Wilson was

a founding member of the HSCDC. His

leadership facilitated the 1984 birth of the

organization, which has produced affordable

housing and commercial retail and office

space throughout the area.

More than 50 Wilson scholarships have been

awarded to worthy students since 2008.

Students who are DC residents and

graduates from a DC public or public charter

school are eligible to apply for the John A.

Wilson Scholarship.

John A. Wilson

Scholarship Scholarship Program

Scholarship Program

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JOHN A. WILSON SCHOLARSHIP Since 2008, the Inaugural Scholarship Year, HSCDC has awarded more than 50 $10,000 scholarships to deserving DC public and public charter school students. Recipients of the John A. Wilson Scholarship attend some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the country.

John A. Wilson Recipients 2008-2016

2016

Kabyria S. Booker, Tuskegee University Christian Ellis, George Washington University Jeremiah Garaland, Towson State University Lisa Le, University of Michigan Josca S. Moore, New York University Chima Osuagwu, Hampton University

2015

Betel Asfaha, New York University Carmen Carroll, Washington & Jefferson College Davonia Moore-Porter, Hampton University Miguel Portillo, Sewanee: The University of the South Chivaune Shorts, Virginia Union University

2014 Nabani Ashraf, American University Asia Brown, University of Tampa Alexis Galloway, Ithaca College Nia Massey, Spelman College Samantha Nelson, University of Wisconsin-Madison Brieana Perritt, Clark Atlanta University Malik Wilson, George Washington University

2013

Jhalin Anderson, York College of Pensylvania Myshea Bailey, Salisbury University Angel Gaston, Howard University Arnasha Jones, North Carolina State University Yue Ou, University of Maryland Mea Ward, University of Louisville

2012 Mariah A. Green, Temple University Crystal Harris, Pennsylvania State University Ternisha Knight, Delaware State University Taylor Middleton, Syracuse University Ebonie Scott, Lim College

2011 Tyler J. Atchison, Columbia College Chicago Jonnetta M. Bratcher, Howard University Ayana Teresa Jennings, N.C. A & T University Lauren F. Walker, SUNY Purchase Jeffrey A. Wood, George Mason University

2010 Martha S. Blackford, The Pennsylvania State University Dinh N. Duong, University of Maryland Ashley Mayo, University of Pittsburgh Nimatul-ain I. Muhammad, Morgan State University Brian Rucker, Haverford College Marissa Sims, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

2009 AiJewel Ballard, Howard University Jasmine Lashaw Gray, Trinity College Kristopher P. Kornegay-Gober, N.C. State University Kahill Liddell, University of Pittsburgh Jasmine McLaurin, New York University

2008 Karisa Ashton, Virginia State University Raahiyl Briscoe, Georgetown University Winsome Erienne-Paige Eustace, Grinnell College Vinh H. Nguyen, American University Kimberly Tam, Virginia Tech University

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GSF

Expose

and

Inspire

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The GSF Program is a year-long commitment from the students and is delivered in three phases. PHASE I is a six-week summer intensive leadership academy. During PHASE II fellows work with a language and cultural expert for nine months to learn a foreign language and culture of the country being studied and the travel destination. In PHASE III, the final phase, students travel internationally for two weeks to the country they have studied and prepared for in the year-long program. GSF focuses on three major programmatic components: college readiness, financial literacy and language and culture.

The College Readiness component of the GSF provides students with first-hand

information about every aspect of college life by focusing on six themes: 1) the

college experience; 2) financial aid; 3) standardized tests; 4) majors, careers and

passion; 5) life steps and planning; 6) the college application, resume and personal

essay. GSF fellows visit local colleges and universities and all eight Ivy League

schools—which provides a wide range of opportunities for the fellows to consider.

The GSF fellows receive financial literacy training in all areas of finances including

savings, debt, budgeting, and investing. GSF fellows are taught basic financial

literacy competencies by industry leaders and attend field trips to financial institutions

to gain hands-on knowledge of the industry.

Since its inception in 2006, The Global Scholars Foundation’s focus has been to

immerse DC teens in different cultures with a full understanding and appreciation for

a foreign country’s language, religion, education, government, mores, finances—

overall cultural. Students are taught the language and culture, of the designated

country, by a set of dedicated and knowledgeable educators. Students expand that

knowledge on the international travel educational tour.

COLLEGE READINESS

FINANCIAL LITERACY

LANGUAGE & CULTURAL IMMERSION

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Top Row: l. to r. April Amerson, Heaven Thomas, Julian Smith, and Joshua Mitchell. Bottom Row: l. to r. Lauryn Renford, Cristina Cherry, Germany Ray, Jordan Taylor, Brionna Tally, Malaysia Johnson, Lauren Hadley, India Mitchell.

Marcia K. Brown, EdD GSF Executive Director

Johann M. Lashley Comptroller

Alyssa L. McCall College Readiness Lead

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Anthony R. Agnew Deputy Director

GSF’s goal is to introduce urban teenagers to global experiences through studying languages and culture from other

countries. GSF aligns its programmatic components with the National Education Association (NEA) Cultural

competency skills: International Awareness; Appreciation of Cultural Diversity; Proficiency in Foreign Language; and

Competitive Skills.

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HSCDC Partnerships

DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

PROGRAM SUPPORTERS

E & G GROUP E & G Property Services, Inc.

BALTIMORE / WASHINGTON / PHILADELPHIA

Attorney Phillip Hampton

Cooper Crickman Law Firm

H Street Investment Corp.

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