Sometimes I think these issues are discussed too much in stark terms of 'development' versus 'green space'. I would love to see some nice park space carved out...
Other neighborhoods may have their "perks" Adams Morgan and its color, Columbia Heights and all of its retail development but I think that the true value to...
Hi Reyn, Councilmember Fenty was present for the entire community meeting last night. He volunteered to host a meeting early next week (before the June 22...
Councilmember Fenty attended the citizen meeting last evening. He stayed for the whole meeting and participated in the discussion. It seemed to me that he will...
Hi all - I spoke with Fenty about the Soldiers' Home at the Ward 4 picnic earlier this month. His response, essentially, was that "of course I'll take this ...
Agreed! We have enough blight on Georgia: enough empty, crumbling buildings. There is so little (useable) parkland/greenspace in Petworth/CH. Why can't we have...
At last Saturday's tour of the Lincoln Cottage, The National Trust project manager said that they are projecting 20,000 visitors a year. While that is a great...
Mike and Mark have both made some very good points. And Mark's point about future tourist traffic for the Lincoln site is KEY. To my knowledge, the draft EIS...
Executive Summary, pg iv very clearly states "Under alt #A, Zone 5 would contain residential development, while zone 6 would contain residential and...
After briefly reviewing the proposals, it appears to me that the research and development/institutional plans are all located on the North Capitol side of the...
Thanks Mike for this good message. I am working on a response letter to the EIS so have to fully synthesized my thoughts but... I believe our position should...
The Environmental Impact Statement says that the State Department is not interested in putting Embassies at the sight, so why is it even listed as an...
The complete Soldiers Home development draft Environmental Impact Statement is downloadable via: http://www.afrhdevelopment.com/pdf/Draft_EIS_May_2005.pdf ...
Several concerned citizens have set up a meeting to discuss 1) the upcoming June 22 public hearing on the Soldiers Home development draft Enviromental Impact ...
I have a couple of questions/comments regarding the meeting on the 22nd and the steps we as neighbors should take as this issue progresses. 1. What is the main...
washingtonpost.com 125 Acres to Be Offered in NW Armed Forces Home Plans to Lease, Sell to Private Developers By Debbi Wilgoren Washington Post Staff Writer ...
... Washington Business Journal Armed Forces to develop 125 acres in Northeast D.C. Tim Lemke Staff Reporter The Armed Forces Retirement Home plans to lease...
I'm so sorry, I won't be able to make this meeting. Could someone post notes at this meeting. As I walk or ride my bike daily along the edge of this property...
Hi, I just joined this list. There is a public meeting on Wednesday, June 22 from 7 - 9 PM at the Scott Building on the Soldier's Home Property (AFRH). Please,...
I would like to see in the plans something concerning pedestrian saftey along Irving street. Walking home west from the CUA/Trinity campuses down Michigan and...
Thank you. unc20010 <unc20010@...> wrote:It's right on the main UNC page, below the introductory paragraph. If you still can't find it, I've uploaded an...
It's right on the main UNC page, below the introductory paragraph. If you still can't find it, I've uploaded an image file called "Screen Capture" into the...
The first sections of the draft Environmental Impact Statement for possible development of portions of the Soldiers Home property are now on the web. (Our ...
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I'd also like to know what "foreign mission" means. This doesn't look bad from the perspective of maintaining green space. One fear I had was that we'd just...
In response to Ed's question, the just-released AFRH environmental impact statement explains that there are five options for that parcel, one of which has the...
So the area on the Western edge of the property marked "residential/ cultural/ foreign missions" is to imply what exactly? Possibility of a foreign embassy...