Wusa9, January 2, 2023, ‘Now is the time to be bold’ | Muriel Bowser sworn in for historic 3rd term as DC Mayor
“Our population crested 700,000, we created an 800,000-job economy, we had a record number of visitors coming to DC each and every year, we drove down unemployment in 7 and 8, we closed DC General, and now we see Cedar Hill Medical Center taking shape in Ward 8.”
In 2019, a study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition found the District of Columbia had the highest intensity of gentrification of any U.S. city with more than 20,000 Black residents displaced. She said D.C. will be home for everybody.
