rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/for-artists-and-members-of-dance-loft?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-for-artists-and-members-of-dance-loft' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Dance Loft on 14 https://actionnetwork.org/groups/dance-loft-on-14 https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/212/909/normal/danceloft-outdoor_rendering.jpeg Since 2015 Dance Loft has made our home in a former 1920’s art-deco movie theater in uptown 14th Street NW. This building has been a place for the arts for nearly 100 years, and its unique beauty has been part of why we knew this was the place to put down roots. After nearly a century of deferred maintenance, however, our building’s structural needs are escalating fast — faster than we could ever address or afford. At the same time, DC faces a crisis of affordable housing, particularly for multigenerational families. So we are undertaking something extraordinary. Dance Loft on 14 has started the process of creating a new home for our work and many of our neighbors. Over the course of the last year, we were able to purchase our building, and are now working to create a new mixed-use building with world-class arts and dance spaces on the ground floor and deeply affordable housing, including much-needed 3-bedroom apartments, above. See more details about the project. [link] We need your help to make this vision a reality. This spring the DC Zoning Commission will consider our project, and comments from the public make a big difference in whether we move forward. If you support community-based arts and affordable housing, use the form below to send a letter to the Zoning Commission today. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/for-artists-and-members-of-dance-loft