The National Leadership Campus was dropped as a Hine site bidder by the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, NLC member Paul Yandura confirmed. “We received the call yesterday. We knew we were up against professional for-profit developers and Hine was a longshot, but we decided to give it a shot […]
We have received this urgent call to action from CHAMPS that we wanted to pass along. Many of the local organizations that add tremendous value to our community are in jeopardy of losing funding due to proposed budget cuts. CHAMPS asks community members to consider writing a letter to the DC Council in support of your favorite […]
Councilman Tommy Wells tweeted today to expect a 30-45 day time frame for a selection for the Hine site developer once best and final offers from the bidding developers are processed. Wells’s estimates are based on his conversation with the Deputy Mayor’s staff, who ultimately control the clock and the timing of the final decision. […]
The three alternative design plans for Eastern Market Metro Plaza Design Study are now available online. The comment period, which began July 1, ends Aug. 17th. The goal of this project, according to the project’s website, is to transform the Eastern Market Metro Plaza into a town square and community park. The project hopes to […]
Even when on vacation I can’t seem to go all that long without checking for breaking news on Google Reader, Facebook and Twitter. Very sad, I know, but with an iPhone it’s hard to disconnect. So this afternoon, while resting my feet from a long day of exploring some small towns in the Shenandoah, I […]