The five candidates are vying for an open Ward 5 seat on the D.C. Council in what’s expected to be the most competitive race of the 2022 election cycle.

The fallout from Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans’ ethics scandal continues.

“It’d just be a huge benefit for the residents of Carver Langston, Trinidad, Kingman Park, and the larger Capitol Hill area to be able to access such an amazing green space on foot or by bike.”

Residents say the neighborhood is being used as a dumping ground.

“The mayor says we’re ‘living in fear.’ All that we fear is for the health and safety of the families,” says one Ward 5 resident.

“We’re here to insist that the most vulnerable in our society, particularly these children, have better housing than an industrial site,” one woman said.

Some neighbors say their fears aren’t reactionary NIMBYism so much as concern for the specific locations of the plan—and the way the mayor rolled it out.

And the overall unemployment rate in D.C. is the lowest its been since 2008.

This includes basic improvements, like adding trees and fixing sidewalks, to long-term plans for more transit, job creation and better air quality.

“For a lot of our artists, their artwork is the easiest, most direct way … for them to communicate,” executive director Mary Liniger said. “When you see what someone’s able to create, you look at them in a different way.”