Washingtoniana Update II –MLK Closed; Washingtoniana moving to 3 interim spaces; No service until May 8th –CM Mary Cheh asks for more access at Historical Society –Education Comm. Hearing; CM Grosso OK with restricted access MLK Closed for Three Years The MLK Library is now closed for a three-year, $208 million renovation. Washingtoniana is […]
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 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 […]
FOR RELEASE: June 14, 2016 CONTACT: Don Padou, 202-664-4395, Linwood Norman, 804-837-0737 Court of Appeals Orders Council to Produce Records Related to Development of McMillan Park WASHINGTON, DC — In a decision that will have far reaching effects for transparency in the District of Columbia, the Court of Appeals, on June 9, 2016, handed […]
For Immediate Release, DC for Reasonable Development Contact: Chris Otten 202 810 2768 Prominent Water Features to be Concrete in McMillan Development Change Called “Bait & Switch” Key water features that were promised to the public and the DC Council by the developers of the 25-acre McMillan Park will now be concrete, according to plans […]
McMillan Press Update May 22, 2016 :: SAVE MCMILLAN ACTION COALITION :: 202 344 5385 :: savemcmillan.org –> as posted on bloomingdale blog McMillan Park Legal Cases Reveal Startling Facts Not Considered by City Council or Planners During Park Giveaway Proceedings Legal filings demonstrate overwhelming traffic conditions, millions of gallons of wasteful sewage and water use, […]
Save McMillan Action Coalition (SMAC) For Release: April 7, 2016 Contact: Chris Otten, 1-202-810-2768, smac.dc@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/SAVEMcMillan Chairman Mendelson Shocks with Request for Emergency Legislation for McMillan — Opponents React Swiftly and Strongly This past Monday, April 4th, DC Council Chairman, Phil Mendelson introduced emergency legislation, without a clear reason [UPDATE: Mendelson explains action […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Amal Mimish, Save McMillan Action Coalition, 202-706-9408, savemcmillan@activist.one City’s Over-Development of McMillan Park Challenged in Court Plain Language of Development Rules at Question Washington, D.C. — The battle over the McMillan development project is now in the DC Court of Appeals, DC’s highest judicial body. In a bold move, McMillan […]