“Planning” in DC
For Release: Monday, March 27, 2017 Contact: Vaughn Bennett, 202-557-9516, Vaughn_Bennett@yahoo.com The Coalition for DCRA Accountability, a new group of DC residents, is protesting the multiple failures of Melinda Bolling as director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and demanding her immediate removal for failing to serve and protect the people of the […]
DC for Reasonable Development, Chris Otten, 202 810 2768 [updated March 23; see bottom] McMillan Supporters Face Avalanche of Developer Submissions Days Before Hearing; Zoning Commission Meets Tonight To Decide on Request for Deferment and “Due Process” Tonight, Monday, March 20, the Zoning Commission intends to decide on the request of Friends of McMillan Park […]
PRESS ALERT: Save McMillan Action Coalition, smac.dc@gmail.com Administrative “Railroading” of McMillan Park Court Reversal Paid For by DC TaxPayers; Mayor and DC Planning Officials Submit 17 Exhibits with 300 Pages 10 Days Before March 23 Hearing Washington, DC — On March 13, 2017, more than fifteen exhibits consisting of more than three hundred pages of […]
Press Release: DC for Reasonable Development, 202 810 2768 March 15, 2017 OFFICE OF PLANNING TO THROW OPEN DOORS TO AMENDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; Public Protections Expected to be Gutted by Developers Washington, DC – On March 6, 2017, Eric Shaw, Director of the DC Office of Planning told the DC City Council that the Mayor […]
Press Alert: District Library Dynamos For Immediate Release: Chris Otten 202 810 2768 MLK Interim Plan for Homeless Services Released Day Before Library Closure: Shows Limited Services and Hours in Far Flung Locations; Library users will demonstrate at the time MLK closes Washington, DC – The Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services (MOCRS) today […]
Press Alert: District Library Dynamos via DC4RD For Immediate Release: Chris Otten 202 810 2768 “Systematic Failure” to Protect the Homeless by Council and DC Public Library Leadership; Testimony at Recent Council Hearing Requests Postponement of MLK Library Closure Washington, DC — On Wednesday, February 22, 2017, the DC Council Committee on Education held a […]
<< Press Release >> Adams Morgan for Reasonable Development Contact, 202 670 2366 PN Hoffman Development in Adams Morgan Faces Major Public Opposition Developer PN Hoffman seeks to purchase the Suntrust property at 18th Street and Columbia Road NW to build a 70+ foot tall mixed use apartment and retail complex at the heart of […]
Press Release, DC for Reasonable Development, Chris O., 202-810-2768 November 1, 2014 AG Contenders Face Questions on Barry Farm, McMillan & Other Development Disputes Washington, DC – Candidates in the first election for attorney general offered answers about development issues in a recent forum organized by the citywide coalition, DC for Reasonable Development (DC4RD). For […]
Barry Farm Tenants & Allies Association (BFTAA) 1312 Stevens Road SE, WDC 20032 PRESS CONTACT — Detrice Belt, 202-286-8584, bfwrtaa@gmail.com Zoning Commissioners Poised to “Rubber Stamp” the Displacement of 400+ Barry Farm Families . Monday October 20, 2014, Washington, DC – Tonight, the DC Zoning Commission may give initial approval to the controversial Barry Farm […]
RELEASE: October 10, 2014 Bowser and Todman Booed Out of Barry Farm On Tuesday night, October 7, 2014, Mayoral candidate Muriel Bowser appeared with Adrianne Todman, Director of the DC Housing Authority (DCHA), for a walk through of the historic Ward 8 public housing enclave named Barry Farm Dwellings, with representatives of the developers seeking […]