Before the big game, check out the games being played with future of DC’s development. We need a people’s SAFETY!
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MENU:
* DC4RD Gathering, Thurs, Feb 12
* The Empire is Collapsing || DC’s Infrastructure
* Q & A with Zoning Chairman
* Barry Farm Bus Tour Stopped
* McMillan Park at HPRB Again
* MLK Library Update
* Changes in Planning: DMPED || OP
* Zoning Regulations Rewrite (ZRR) is Wrong
Please put DC4RD’s 1st Public Meeting of 2015 on your calendars:
DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Thursday, February 12, 2015
6:30pm to 8:00pm
LOCATION: Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library :: Main Public Meeting Room
* Discussion on definition of “affordable” housing
* Update on major civic projects: Barry Farm; McMillan Park; MLK Library; ZRR; and more…
* Explore National / International planning & development protocols & trends
* Action Brainstorm / Implementation
* Calendar of Events & Direction Review
[ feel free to bring your literature ]
PLEASE RSVP:
Chris O. 202-810-2768,
dc4reality@gmail.com
www.dc4reason.org
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On January 27, 2015, Ms. Anne Renshaw, President of the DC Federation of Citizens Association, hosted Mr. Anthony Hood, Chair of the DC Zoning Commission (past 17 years), and Ms. Sara Bardin, Director of the DC Office of Zoning for a public panel.
DC FEDERATION OF CITIZENS ASSOCIATIONS :: video series :: ZONING CHAIRMAN, ANTHONY HOOD, Public Q & A >> http://tinyurl.com/fca-hood-bardin-panel-jan-2015
NPR’S TAKE ON GENTRIFICATION :: MetroConnection series on Displacement >> http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection
BARRY FARM :: Activists fighting to protect this historic Land Trust of the Freedman’s Bureau :: Adrian Todman still aiming to demolish and displace 400+ families living at the Farms >> http://tinyurl.com/wapo-bf-nov-2014
SPECULATORS GET STOPPED :: A busload of “investors” came to observe development “spaces” in Ward 7 & 8, including Barry Farm, so they got on a fancy bus with the publisher of the WBJ. These depressant colonizers got stopped and shamed by our Peeps on the ground >> https://twitter.com/WBJonline/status/561179681421279232?s=04
BF CONTACT :: Schyla Pondexter-Moore >> schyla@empowerdc.org, 234-9119 :: http://empowerdc.org/
—-[Must see::MCMILLAN PARK]—-
“In their own words…” column by Andrea Rosen >>
http://www.dc4reality.org/updates/24
SEE MCMILLAN PARK >>
http://friendsofmcmillan.org/gallery/
DC’S CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY UPDATE >>
http://dclibrary.org/print/46975
—->Consider Becoming a FRIEND OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR MEMORIAL LIBRARY
* Contact: Robin Diener, 202-431-9254, info@mlklibraryfriends.org
http://www.mlklibraryfriends.org/
62 of the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries >> http://mentalfloss.com/article/51788/62-worlds-most-beautiful-libraries
DMPED REUNITED and it doesn’t feel so good — Kenner is back >> http://mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-bowser-names-brian-kenner-deputy-mayor-planning-and-economic-development
* Unfortunately, privatization of public assets for the lowest price is Kenner’s forte, see >> http://www.thewestendheist.org
MORE BUREAUCRATIC NEWS: Ellen McCarthy has been jettisoned; There’s a new Office of Planning Director >> http://tinyurl.com/wcp-shaw-new-op-dir-jan-2015
->Check out Ellen McCarthy’s performance at NCPC about MCMILLAN PARK >> http://www.tinyurl.com/mcmillan-playlist
SCHOOLING AROUND
The great charter school rip-off: Finally, the truth catches up to education “reform” phonies >> http://tinyurl.com/salon-charter-schools-oct-2014
MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE: Fail
Yes, it is true, the underside of DC is collapsing under its own isht. Literally >> http://www.dc4reality.org/updates/4#overdevelopment
SEA RISE FOR REAL?
http://mashable.com/2014/12/20/washington-dc-sea-level-rise/
ZONING REGULATIONS REWRITE >> DC Office of Planning’s everlasting underlings Jennifer Steingasser and Joel Lawson are plowing forward with utter disregard for basic planning protocols >> http://tinyurl.com/zrr-op-text-dec-18-2014
Q: What kind of local government reorganization could happen regarding local planning if the District of Columbia were to become a State?
http://dc.gov/page/statehood
===CALENDAR===
Please put DC4RD’s 1st Public Meeting of 2015 on your calendars
Thursday, February 12, 2015
6:30pm to 8:00pm
LOCATION: Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library :: Main Public Meeting Room
* Discussion on definition of “affordable” housing
* Update on major civic projects: Barry Farm; McMillan Park; MLK Library; ZRR; and more…
* Explore National / International planning & development protocols & trends
* Action Brainstorm / Implementation
* Calendar of Events & Direction Review
[ feel free to bring your literature ]
PLEASE RSVP:
Chris O. 202-810-2768,
dc4reality@gmail.com
www.dc4reason.org