01 · Overview
Ward 4 is a geographic, residential, civic, commercial, institutional, and natural-resource community within Washington, DC. This Teamification treats Ward 4 itself as the container - not the Ward 4 Council office, District government, or the Rock Creek East Planning Area alone.
Chapter 22 of the DC Comprehensive Plan describes Rock Creek East as a 7.4-square-mile planning area and states that most of it has historically been in Ward 4, although portions have been in Ward 5. Because ward and planning-area boundaries are not identical, this page uses Chapter 22 as detailed planning context while treating the current Ward 4 boundary as the governing geographic container.
The source recognizes communities including Petworth, Brightwood, Brightwood Park, Takoma, Shepherd Park, Manor Park, Lamond and Lamond-Riggs, Crestwood, 16th Street Heights, Colonial Village, North Portal, Kennedy Street, Upper Georgia Avenue, Central 14th Street, Walter Reed, and areas connected to Fort Totten.
02 · Required Teamwork
Ward 4's teamwork connects neighborhood identity, housing, mobility, public resources, community organizations, businesses, institutions, public agencies, major developments, services, and long-term community continuity across one shared place.
What Ward 4's communities communicate about everyday life, change, and local priorities.
Residents and other participants communicate housing and affordability conditions, neighborhood character, transportation and safety concerns, business conditions, demographic change, environmental conditions, public-facility needs, development impacts, cultural history, and local priorities across Ward 4's communities.
What Ward 4 prepares and develops so its communities can remain healthy and livable.
Housing choices, transportation improvements, parks and recreation, schools and public facilities, infrastructure, neighborhood-serving commerce, employment, environmental resources, historic preservation, redevelopment, and other capabilities are planned so Ward 4 communities can accommodate residents and change.
The relationships through which Ward 4 communities participate, travel, serve one another, and develop.
Residents, ANCs, civic and neighborhood associations, businesses, faith communities, schools, healthcare institutions, developers, District and federal agencies, transportation partners, parks, corridors, trails, and neighboring jurisdictions are organized around the relationships through which Ward 4 communities act.
The responsibilities and infrastructure that help Ward 4 continue over time.
Implementation responsibilities, public services, land-use and development processes, infrastructure, transportation operations, capital investments, historic and environmental stewardship, public facilities, safety, records, regulations, agency responsibilities, cross-jurisdictional cooperation, and follow-through are administered across the ward.
07 · Natural Order
Ward 4 becomes easier to recognize as one connected place when its Conditions, Capacity, Connections, and Coordination are understood together.
Residents, neighborhoods, businesses, institutions, community organizations, ANCs, agencies, and other participants communicate housing, transportation, affordability, safety, environmental, economic, cultural, development, and public-service conditions.
Housing, transportation, infrastructure, parks, businesses, public facilities, services, historic resources, institutional sites, funding, plans, and community capabilities are prepared and developed.
Residents, civic organizations, ANCs, businesses, institutions, agencies, transportation systems, parks, corridors, trails, neighboring communities, and development partners are organized into working relationships.
Plans, projects, investments, development processes, regulations, public services, facilities, infrastructure, stewardship responsibilities, agency assignments, and cross-government relationships are administered.
Players → Practice → Offense → Defense
08 · Participation
People familiar with Ward 4 can help confirm, correct, or add useful context. Feedback is reviewed before any public change is made.
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Ward 4, Washington, DC
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August 2026
This Teamification has not been reviewed or confirmed by Ward 4 residents, a Ward 4 representative body, the Ward 4 Council office, or another identified Team.
Ward 4 is presented as a Topic and geographic community. This page does not treat the Ward 4 Council office, District government, an ANC, or the Rock Creek East Planning Area as the representative Team for the ward.