D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a growth agenda she said will transform the District’s economy in the coming years, and turn the potential for tens of thousands of job losses into a 15,000 increase in jobs — if the D.C. Council gets on board.
The approach from the mayor, which will be included in the budget she’s releasing this week, calls for big investments in the downtown area, as well as a bigger economic focus on sports, entertainment and the arts, as well as doing more to lure more technology-focused jobs to the city.
“Our CFO estimates that up to 40,000 federal jobs could be impacted by (Department of Government Efficiency) DOGE cuts. And on a personal level, we all know people whose lives could be upended or changed, or certainly a lot of anxiety caused by these changes,” Bowser said.
“With the right interventions, we can actually grow. So we can go from this prospect of losing 43,000 jobs … to the prospect of gaining 15,000 jobs.”
The city has its eyes on the federal buildings that line the streets of Southwest from the waterfront to the National Mall, and is intent on a revitalization of that area if the government off-loads those buildings. Investments around Capital One Arena and the prospect of the Commanders coming back to D.C. also fit in this broader plan.
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