Dionne Yvette Brown
Candidate for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, ANC 8D, SMD 8D01
Background
Chair of ANC 8D; she previously represented the district from 2010 to 2012. A lifelong Washingtonian, she has lived in Bellevue for more than two decades.
Documented positions
Housing
Supports density along the South Capitol Street corridor
From her 2024 GGWash questionnaire; she did not answer the 2026 questionnaire.
ReportGreater Greater Washington 2024 ANC candidate questionnaire: Dionne Yvette Brown (8D01)Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · ggwash.org
“Density is most appropriate around major traffic, commercial, and transit corridors, which in ANC 8D would be along South Capitol Street.”
Economy & jobs
Opposed business improvement district expansion into BellevueIn office
A proposed business improvement district by Soul for the City that extended into ANC 8D (March 26, 2026 minutes).
ReportANC 8D meeting minutes, March 26, 2026Government record · Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8D · oanc.dc.gov
“Chair Brown sent a letter opposing the encroachment, not the bid itself. The primary issue was that the applicant had conducted no community engagement.”
Roads & infrastructure
Pledges sidewalks on all main and side streets
From her 2024 GGWash questionnaire; she did not answer the 2026 questionnaire.
ReportGreater Greater Washington 2024 ANC candidate questionnaire: Dionne Yvette Brown (8D01)Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · ggwash.org
“Ensure sidewalks are installed on all main and side streets to separate pedestrian from vehicular traffic.”
Environment & parks
Supports keeping 199 Chesapeake St SW lot public for recreationIn office
She testified in June 2025 against DHCD's plan to dispose of the lot to a private developer; ANC 8D's resolution asks that it stay public and become a community or recreation center, and in 2026 she asked DHCD to transfer it to the Department of Parks and Recreation.
ReportANC 8D Resolutions & LettersGovernment record · Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8D · anc8d.dc.gov
“Resolution to Retain 199 Chesapeake Street SW in the Public Domain”
Testimony of Commissioner Dionne Yvette Brown to DHCD on disposal and development of 199 Chesapeake Street SWGovernment record · Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8D · Jun 23, 2025 · anc8d.dc.gov
“The lot shall remain in the public domain and shall not be disposed for private development without exploration of alternative uses.”
ANC 8D meeting minutes, March 26, 2026Government record · Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8D · oanc.dc.gov
“Chair Brown sent a letter to the President of DHCD requesting the property transfer”
All sources (7)
- Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) Candidates in Ballot Order, November 3, 2026 General Election
Election filing · District of Columbia Board of Elections · dcboe.org
- 2026 General Election: certified sample ballots and candidate lists (all wards and ANCs)
Election filing · District of Columbia Board of Elections · dcboe.org
- ANC 8D Commissioner Directory
Government record · Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8D · anc8d.dc.gov
- Greater Greater Washington 2024 ANC candidate questionnaire: Dionne Yvette Brown (8D01)
Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · ggwash.org
- ANC 8D Resolutions & Letters
Government record · Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8D · anc8d.dc.gov
- Testimony of Commissioner Dionne Yvette Brown to DHCD on disposal and development of 199 Chesapeake Street SW
Government record · Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8D · Jun 23, 2025 · anc8d.dc.gov
- ANC 8D meeting minutes, March 26, 2026
Government record · Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8D · oanc.dc.gov
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