Our mission can is best summarized by the policies that the CHNNA was created to pursue:

1. To act as a forum for the discussion of neighborhood problems and concerns;
2. To sponsor activities and events productive of social interaction and a closer community;
3. To interact and cooperate with other neighborhood agencies;
4. To campaign and work for cleaner streets, sidewalks and alleys;
5. To promote better maintenance and utilization of public parks and private properties within the neighborhood;
6. To seek the establishment and enforcement of parking and traffic regulations appropriate to a primarily residential neighborhood;
7. To work to increase citizen safety and reduce neighborhood crime in cooperation with local police jurisdictions and other municipalities;
8. To discuss and influence the use of land in the neighborhood to promote the interests and welfare of residents of the neighborhood;
9. To represent the neighborhood before the Zoning Adjustment Board and other appropriate agencies of the D.C. government;
10. To work with and within the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, the North Capitol Hill/Near Northeast area, NOMA BID, and other applicable governmental, quasi-governmental agencies and ventures for the promotion of neighborhood interests;
11. To promote harmony among all cultural, racial and economic groups in the neighborhood; and
12. To help promote and steer residential, commercial and industrial development in a direction that is consistent with the interests of the Capitol Hill North citizenry.

The following map identifies the current boundaries of the Caiptol North Neighborhood Association:

Our boundaries run from G Street NE on the south to Florida Avenue on the north and from the train tracks leading out of Union Station on the west to 8th Street NE on the east.

The organization has established various committees to help promote the goals of CHNNA. The following is a list of current committees along with the current chairperson (where applicable) and a brief description of its activities:

1. 501c3 Application (Tim Armstrong) — Identify and file all of the required paperwork so that CHNNA achieves 501(c)(3) (non-profit) status.
2. Block Captains (Vacant) — Help develop a neighborhood infrastructure by building relationships with key members throughout the area in the form of "block captains" so as to better disseminate information regarding neighborhood events, projects, and issues.
3. Community Outreach (Tanetta Isler) — Find ways to integrate with other activist groups in the area and to uncover means by which the organization can help promote the welfare of the neighborhood.
4. Community Welfare & Public Safety (Jeffrey King) — Find ways to help make the neighborhood a safer, more livable environment. Through meetings and electronic means, this committee will serve as liaison with the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
5. Environmental (Vacant) — Works on issues related to public trees and plants, graffiti abatement, rats and trash, visual clutter, and such other issues related to the living environment.
6. Grants & Development (Trista Etzig) — Raise funds for the organization by writing grants and/or conducting revenue-gnerating events.
7. Humanities & Arts (Vacant) — Work with local schools and the DC Board of Education to assist with mini-grants, fund raisers, etc. Also provide recommendations to the members on education issues in general
8. Marketing & Communications (Tim Armstrong) — Develop various means of communications through which the organization can help promote its mission (examples include public relations material, online communications and website, newsletters, etc.).
9. Membership (Vacant) — Work to recruit and retain both individual and business members.
10. Overbeck Oral History (Cheryl Grant) — Working through the Ruth Ann Overbeck Project, help uncover the history of Capitol Hill through interviews with longtime residents.
11. Special Activities (Vacant) — Provide social activities
12. Spring Clean-up Project (Tim Armstrong) — Organize clean-up activiities to help make the neighborhood a cleaner place to live.
13. Vacant Properties (Tom Madison) — Wotk with DCRA and other applicable agencies to identify and monitor vacant properties within our boundaries. The committee will then work towards making these and to ensure that these properties are are either in the process of being made inhabitable and then rented / sold or they are taxed at the vacant property rate.
14. Zoning and Land-Use (Vacant) — Monitor public, residential, and retail space and try to find ways to make the area as livable as possible for all of our residents. This includes making sure there is enough park land and green space for residents and to make sure the welfare of neighborhood residents is not overlooked as development proceeds.