Building Equity and Community Capacity

District residents should benefit from improvements to the Anacostia River and its parks.

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Clean Water Action is Helping to Build Equity and Community Capacity

The Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative is a network of organizations committed to maximizing the value of public spaces along the Anacostia River to residents of Ward 7 and 8 in the District of Columbia

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Creating thriving communities and a waterfront for all to enjoy

In a changing city with a renewed focus on restoring the Anacostia River, Clean Water Action and our APACC partners are working to realize a vision of improved parklands, with increased community access, for the benefit of long-term and current residents.

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Chesapeake Currents -- Fall 2019

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From We All Live Downstream

A view of the Anacostia River with Anacostia Park on the left and Seafarer's Yacht Club on the right
The Anacostia Park Community Collaborative
District of Columbia
March 24, 2017

Clean Water Action is proud to be a member of the Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative (APACC), a community-based coalition to improve Anacostia River parklands, increase access to parklands for local communities, and create a healthy river adjacent to thriving neighborhoods. The National Park Service is updating their management plan for Anacostia Park, an important step forward for realizing APACC's goal of creating a world class urban park in time for the 2018 Anacostia Park centennial.

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