Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon yesterday at the grand opening of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) newest location for youth programming and support, the Martin Luther King (MLK) Achievement Center in Ward 8. The MLK Achievement Center reinforces the agency’s dedication to public safety by providing its committed youth in Wards 7 and 8 – a demographic that accounts for more than 50 percent of the agency’s population - with services that foster education and career development, life skills and healthy living in a space close to home.