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 […]
Save McMillan Action Coalition Press Release, December 18, 2015 Contact: Chris Otten, DC for Reasonable Development MCMILLAN WARS! DC Zoning Commission Denies Party Status to Affected Residents and Ignores the Power of True Affordability Washington, DC — On Thursday evening, the DC Zoning Commission held yet another hearing on McMillan Park (and there are […]
——————————————————- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Eric Gold, egold@dc4reality.org ——————————————————- Council Hearing on Advisory Neighborhood Commission “Great Weight” Highlights Consistent Dissent to Zoning Regulations Rewrite (ZRR); DC Office of Planning Chided by ANC’s Washington, DC — On Wednesday, December 16, 2015, more than fifteen current and former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners from around the City testified before […]
DC’s Office of Planning and Zoning Commission Resist Explanation for Massive Zoning Overhaul Record Shows Startling Lack of Participation by DC Civic/Citizen Groups; ANC’s Mocked by OP Responses FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Albert Gomez, dcplanningaccess@gmail.com, (443) 821-7526 As the Zoning Regulations Review (ZRR) process unfolds, Zoning Commissioners have thanked the Office of Planning for […]
Friends of McMillan Park For Release: November 5, 2015 Contact: Erin Fairbanks, erinwhite@yahoo.com, @czarinamaude Silverman, Mendelson Clash over McMillan Freshman Councilmember Elissa Silverman on Tuesday sharply disagreed with Chairman Phil Mendelson and her colleagues over the absence of competition in the selection of the developer for McMillan Sand Filtration Plant and Park. The exchange took […]
Friends of McMillan Park For Release: Monday, October 26, 2015 Contact: Erin Fairbanks, erinwhite@yahoo.com, @czarinamaude DC Auditor Calls for New Competition for McMillan Developer In an October 19 letter to Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, District of Columbia Auditor Kathy Patterson discussed the expanding role the master developer, Vision McMillan Partners (VMP) has had in […]
Press Contact: Albert Gomez, dcplanningaccess@gmail.com, (443) 821-7526 Planners’ Convenience Trumps Public Inclusion; District Officials Say Translating ZRR Too Costly and “Not Legally Required” On Monday September 21, 2015, the DC Zoning Commission denied requests by several ANC Commissioners, citizens’ groups, as well as many individuals, to have the Office of Planning translate the Zoning Regulation […]
PRESS RELEASE –Friends of McMillan Park FOR RELEASE: August 5, 2015 CONTACT: Erin Fairbanks, erinwhite@yahoo.com, 240-506-6777, @czarinamaude District Pays Developer Lawyers to Oppose Residents DC Court of Appeals to Hear McMillan Appeal: What’s Holland & Knight Afraid of? District taxpayers are apparently paying the city’s premier developer law firm to oppose a group of four […]
For Release: June 29, 2015 Contact: Robin Diener 202 431-9254 DC Auditor Looking into McMillan Deal DC Auditor Kathy Patterson is looking into financial and ethical questions that have engulfed the city’s plans for the development of the 25-acre McMillan Sand Filtration and Park site along North Capitol Street. Patterson confirmed that an inquiry was underway Friday, […]
Press Release :: Citywide Friends of McMillan Park Contact: Eric Gold, smac.dc@gmail.com Mayor’s Agent Shows City’s Determination to Demolish McMillan at All Costs, Including Fair and Impartial Review The 25-acre public McMillan Park site along North Capitol Street is both a local and national historic landmark. The District Government must therefore, in effect, nullify these […]