The mission of Marshall Heights Community Development Organization, Inc. (MHCDO) is to help grow Ward 7 into the District of Columbia's most welcoming, prospering, livable community for everyone. To advance our mission, MHCDO operates according to the following core values: • Welcoming and Prospering: We want Ward 7 to be a community where everyone feels comfortable and at home; where there is ample economic opportunity and where every voice counts and makes a difference in shaping local public policy. • Livable: We also want Ward 7 to look and feel fresh, inviting and safe. We want to celebrate our schools and our natural resources, have the right mix of goods and services that support good and healthy quality of life, and we want to be pollution free. • Growing: Community development and community building is a journey, a process that takes consistent care and feeding and evolves overtime in partnership with residents, business and property owners, and public sector, private sector and other nonprofit organization partners.