Mayor Williams Reschedules Citizen Summit III

November 1st Date Conflicts with Services for Mayor Walter E. Washington

Mayor Anthony A. Williams announced today that he has rescheduled this year’s Citizen Summit for Saturday, November 15th. The summit had been scheduled for Saturday, November 1st, 2003. The time, location and other details of the summit remain the same.

The decision to change the date of the summit was made in recognition that citizens will want to attend funeral services for the late Mayor Walter E. Washington at the Washington National Cathedral that have been scheduled for Saturday, November 1st.

"I know that many people throughout the city had planned to attend the summit this year. Hopefully, they can attend on the 15th. I did not want anything to interfere with the services for Mayor Washington so we have pushed back the summit two weeks," said Mayor Williams.

This year's summit will be held at the new Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, NW from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The summit will give citizens an opportunity to help shape the policies of the District government on health care, crime, education, housing, economic priorities and neighborhood enhancement. More than 4,000 individuals have registered for Citizen Summit III. They will be contacted individually about the change in date. The Citizen Summit III Website and telephone information numbers will be updated to reflect the November 15th date.

For more information call 202-727-0882 or visit www.citizensummit.dc.gov