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data-file-height="2513" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Civic Betterment within the District of Columbia</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">District</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ward</th><td class="infobox-data">Ward 7</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Councilmember</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vincent_C._Gray" title="Vincent C. Gray">Vincent C. Gray</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Civic Betterment</b> is a small neighborhood in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C._(southeast)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, D.C. (southeast)">Southeast</a> <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the border of <a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince George's County">Prince George's County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridian_Hill" title="Meridian Hill">Meridian Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Mount Pleasant (Washington, D.C.)">Mount Pleasant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_View_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Park View (Washington, D.C.)">Park View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Plains_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Pleasant Plains (Washington, D.C.)">Pleasant Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_Street_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="U Street (Washington, D.C.)">U Street Corridor (Cardozo/Shaw)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodley_Park_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Woodley Park (Washington, D.C.)">Woodley Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ward 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burleith" title="Burleith">Burleith</a></li> <li><a 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Woods">Barnaby Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brightwood_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Brightwood (Washington, D.C.)">Brightwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brightwood_Park" title="Brightwood Park">Brightwood Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Chevy Chase (Washington, D.C.)">Chevy Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Village" title="Colonial Village">Colonial Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crestwood_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Crestwood (Washington, D.C.)">Crestwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Stevens_Ridge" title="Fort Stevens Ridge">Fort Stevens Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Totten_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Fort Totten (Washington, D.C.)">Fort Totten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorne_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Hawthorne (Washington, D.C.)">Hawthorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manor_Park_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Manor Park (Washington, D.C.)">Manor Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Portal_Estates" title="North Portal Estates">North Portal Estates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petworth_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Petworth (Washington, D.C.)">Petworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens_Chapel" title="Queens Chapel">Queens Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riggs_Park" title="Riggs Park">Riggs Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherd_Park" title="Shepherd Park">Shepherd Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Street_Heights" title="Sixteenth Street Heights">Sixteenth Street Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takoma_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Takoma (Washington, D.C.)">Takoma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ward 5</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arboretum_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Arboretum (Washington, D.C.)">Arboretum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomingdale_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Bloomingdale (Washington, D.C.)">Bloomingdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentwood_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Brentwood (Washington, D.C.)">Brentwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookland_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Brookland (Washington, D.C.)">Brookland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carver_Langston" title="Carver Langston">Carver Langston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eckington_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Eckington (Washington, D.C.)">Eckington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgewood_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Edgewood (Washington, D.C.)">Edgewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lincoln_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Fort Lincoln (Washington, D.C.)">Fort Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Totten_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Fort Totten (Washington, D.C.)">Fort Totten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateway_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Gateway (Washington, D.C.)">Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivy_City" title="Ivy City">Ivy City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langdon_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Langdon (Washington, D.C.)">Langdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Park_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Michigan Park (Washington, D.C.)">Michigan Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Michigan_Park" title="North Michigan Park">North Michigan Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Hill_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Pleasant Hill (Washington, D.C.)">Pleasant Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens_Chapel" title="Queens Chapel">Queens Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stronghold_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Stronghold (Washington, D.C.)">Stronghold-Metropolis View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Trinidad (Washington, D.C.)">Trinidad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truxton_Circle" title="Truxton Circle">Truxton Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodridge_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Woodridge (Washington, D.C.)">Woodridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ward 6</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Circle" title="Barney Circle">Barney Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Hill" title="Capitol Hill">Capitol Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_Square" title="Judiciary Square">Judiciary Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon_Triangle" title="Mount Vernon Triangle">Mount Vernon Triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Near_Northeast_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Near Northeast (Washington, D.C.)">Near Northeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NoMa" title="NoMa">NoMa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Waterfront" title="Southwest Waterfront">Southwest Waterfront</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sursum_Corda_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Sursum Corda (Washington, D.C.)">Sursum Corda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swampoodle_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Swampoodle (Washington, D.C.)">Swampoodle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ward 7</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benning_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Benning (Washington, D.C.)">Benning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benning_Heights" title="Benning Heights">Benning Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benning_Ridge" title="Benning Ridge">Benning Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrville_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Burrville (Washington, D.C.)">Burrville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_View_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Capitol View (Washington, D.C.)">Capitol View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Northeast" title="Central Northeast">Central Northeast</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Civic Betterment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deanwood" title="Deanwood">Deanwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dupont_Park" title="Dupont Park">Dupont Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_River_Heights_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="East River Heights 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