August 2003

Cover story
Our Dynamic and Determined City
Ernest Drew Jarvis
CB Richard Ellis

DHCD Financing
$35 Million Available for Targeted Affordable Housing Development In The District
Stanley Jackson, Director
DC Department of Housing and Community Development

Taxes
2003 Tax Act Means Immediate Tax Savings for Many
Joe Ciardiello and Pete McKenna
Beers & Cutler
CPAs and Business Advisors
(Pete McKenna co-chairs DCBIA's Taxes and Impositions Committee)

Neighborhood Development
Columbia Heights – In Transition To Better Times

Groundbreaking
Tivoli Square Ignites Passion and Economic Vitality in Columbia Heights
Catherine J. Timko, Principal
The Riddle Company

DC Legislation
Legislative Highlights
David W. Briggs, Esq.
Holland & Knight LLP
Co-Chair, DCBIA Legislative/Government Affairs Committee

Community Service
Community Improvement Day 2003
Mark Baughman
SKB ArchitureArchitecture & Design
Co-Chair, DCBIA Community Services Committee

Jobs/Training Programs
First Source Employment Agreement
Roderick L. Woodson, Esq.
Holland & Knight LLP

DC Enterprise Zone Bond Program
Facilities Financing with EZ Bonds
Olivia-Shay Byrne, Esq.
Reed Smith, LLP
(Philip J. Fick and Jennifer Livingston contributed to the article)

Special Events
DCBIA Members Honor Mayor Anthony Williams and Development/Construction Team of New Washington Convention Center
Christopher H. Collins, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP
Ernest Drew Jarvis, CB Richard Ellis
Co-Chairs 2003 DCBIA Awards Dinner