The capital future begins now
Community meeting on McMillan Park development
Event Details
Time: September 9, 2009 from 7pm to 9:30pm
Location: St. George's Episcopal Church
Street: 2nd & U Streets NW
City/Town: Washington DC
Website or Map: http://www.mymcmillan.com/
Phone: 202 986 2592
Event Type: community_meeting
Organized By: John T. Salatti
Latest Activity: Sep 7, 2009
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Event Description
On behalf of the host committee consisting of several ANC commissioners, community associations, and residents, I invite you to the attend the first of these meetings to discuss the future of the Sand Filtration Site. This meeting is set for Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at St. George's Episcopal Church, at 2nd & U Streets, NW, starting at 7:00 p.m.
This first meeting will cover some history, the results of a previous community input process in 2000, a slide show of the site, the current development plan that has been discussed over the last year, and other options for developing such a site. While this meeting will mainly present broad information, it will lay the foundation for succeeding ones, which will cover more technical issues and offer ways for participants to develop a consensus for what they would like to see happen at the site.
Because the future of the Sand Filtration Site is complex issue and sometimes contentious, we will have a professional facilitator who will run the meetings.
Also, come early. St.George's only seats about 100 people!
If you have any questions, please let me know.
John T. Salatti
Commissioner, ANC 5C04
(202) 986- 2592
John.Salatti @ gmail.com
"Together, Building a Better Bloomingdale"
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Comment by Larry Chang on September 7, 2009 at 2:03pm -
This is a unique site and extreme care and judiciousness should be applied in developing it. Due to the fragile infrastructure and historic significance, development should be low-impact with an emphasis on preservation, carbon sequestration and storm-water harvesting. The answer is not always more paving, parking and buildings. These should be kept to a minimum and restricted to the periphery if retail and housing are deemed necessary.
A possibly ideal use would be an urban farm, incorporating the towers for water storage, movable green-houses and natural refrigeration below ground for produce. The underground cells are about 10 degrees cooler than the surface and would make great wine cellars as well, if vineyards were put in.
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