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LATEST WARD 5 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
July 31, 2026
Dear Ward 5 neighbors,
The District’s waterways, forests, and native gardens are precious commodities that drive our well-being. They are nature’s air conditioning, filters, and ecosystem regulators that set the tone for how our communities feel and function.
So when entities profiting off of District residents and business directly harm those natural resources, they are harming us. Today, Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced a significant resolution in a lawsuit against Fort Myer—one of the city’s most prominent construction companies—for polluting DC waterways via their storage and maintenance facility in Ward 5 at 2237 33rd St NE. I am deeply grateful for Attorney General Schwalb’s partnership in securing environmental justice for Ward 5 neighbors.
LATEST WARD 5 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
Pollution, Rec Centers, Buildings Tour, and More...
July 31, 2026
Dear Ward 5 neighbors,
The District’s waterways, forests, and native gardens are precious commodities that drive our well-being. They are nature’s air conditioning, filters, and ecosystem regulators that set the tone for how our communities feel and function.
So when entities profiting off of District residents and business directly harm those natural resources, they are harming us. Today, Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced a significant resolution in a lawsuit against Fort Myer—one of the city’s most prominent construction companies—for polluting DC waterways via their storage and maintenance facility in Ward 5 at 2237 33rd St NE. I am deeply grateful for Attorney General Schwalb’s partnership in securing environmental justice for Ward 5 neighbors.
2026 Progress Report
Entering the fourth year of his first term, Councilmember Parker shared a Progress Report looking over all we’ve accomplished together since 2023. These years have been marked by resilience and results. Councilmember Parker has been focused on Standing Up for DC, Serving the Community, Advancing Bold Policy, and Fighting for DC Youth. View the full report and see more of what we achieved together here.
COUNCILMEMBER ZACHARY PARKER
Since taking office in January of 2023, Zachary has delivered for Ward 5 residents through responsive constituent services and significant budget wins. He has introduced dozens of transformative pieces of legislation, including bills to establish the District’s State Superintendent of Education’s School Support Office to improve low-performing schools, and the District Child Tax Credit which provides low-income and middle-class families fully refundable tax credits for children 17 years of age and younger.
LEGISLATION
Since taking office, Councilmember Parker has introduced more than 30 pieces of legislation, and co-introduced more than 150 additional bills. Learn about Councilmember Parker’s legislation, co-introductions, and committee assignments on the Legislation page.
COUNCILMEMBER ZACHARY PARKER
Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker is an educator and a public servant. He taught 7th-grade math in New Orleans, post-Katrina, with Teach For America, and spent nearly a decade supporting DC school administrators at Ward 5 schools like Dunbar High School and Mundo Verde PCS.
Zachary sees firsthand the human impact of a system that leaves our most vulnerable behind. He grew up watching his oldest brother struggle with a one-size-fits-all school system that did not have the resources to support him, and now sees the challenges he faces in life because of it.
And Zachary suffered alongside his middle brother through a long and exhaustive battle with a healthcare system that treated him more like a problem than a patient before he ultimately passed away at 36 from kidney failure. These shouldn’t be the experiences families have when interacting with our public institutions. Zachary has dedicated his life’s work to transforming the systems that failed his brothers and so many like them.
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