Category: Citywide

Masonic Temple/Developer Seek to Rush Approvals – DECAA to Challenge Construction Permit

For Release: Monday, August 2, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,   delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656   Masonic Temple/Developer Seek to Rush Approvals – DECAA to Challenge Construction Permit   In a brazen move to circumvent ongoing court and regulatory approval, the Masonic Temple, acting through its developer Perseus TDC, has applied for a building permit (application B1907507) to […]

Southwest Voice July 2021 Issue

Lead Story: Redistricting: Will Southwest Be Better Off in Ward 8? Issue: Southwest Community Awards | Project SW: Community Survey Results | Capitol Park Plaza and Twins Tenants Organize | From the Archives: Historical Significance of Greenleaf Gardens | Poetic Voice | A Quiet Place Having trouble viewing? Click here SW Changing Wards? | Community […]

DDOT Director Lott Calls 17th St. Bike Speedway a ‘Critical Connector’ for Through Traffic ? Why Won’t CM Pinto Give Community a Public Presentation?

DDOT Director Lott Calls 17th St. Bike Speedway a ‘Critical Connector’ for Through Traffic  ? Why Won’t CM Pinto Give Community a Public Presentation?   In a TV news report on the Heated Debate on Bike Lanes on July 13, NBC NEWS4 reporter Mark Segraves quoted Director Everett Lott of the District Department of Transportation […]

PRESS ALERT:: DCRA’s Disregard of Safety, Asbestos, Around McMillan Park

Press Alert — DC FOR REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT (202) 656-5874, dc4reality@gmail.com Next Round of McMillan Briefs Are Into DC Court of Appeals Central Issue: DCRA's Disregard of Safety, Including Exposure of DC Residents and Water Supply to Asbestos Washington, D.C. – Advocates seeking a new design competition and re-working of redevelopment plans for McMillan Park have […]

Walking Tour of DDOT 17th St. Bike Plan – Today, 17th & Q Sts., 11 am

Media Advisory For Release: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne,  delledonne.n@comcast.net , 703 929 6656   NBC4 Reports 'Confusing' Traffic on 17th St. DDOT Continues to Stonewall    Rally and Walking Tour of 17th St. by Neighborhood Coalition   Where: 17th & Q Sts., NW, When: Wed., July 14, 11 am Guest: Reverend Graylan Scott Hagler, Plymouth Congregational Music by Lorenz A. […]

News Release — Southwest Community Awards Ceremony

News Release — Southwest Community Awards Ceremony FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 12, 2021 Southwest showed appreciation to individuals and organizations that helped community through COVID pandemic during awards ceremony on July 10. SOUTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D.C. – An ad hoc group of residents formed to recognize nine individuals and organizations that helped the community through the COVID […]

Mayor Bowser Hears Our DDOT Complaint for Bike Plan Presentation

For Release: Thursday, July 8, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,   delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656   Mayor Bowser Hears Our DDOT Complaint for Bike Plan Presentation   Mayor Bowser heard the community call for a public presentation of the controversial and confusing 17th St Bilke Plan proposed by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). “I will look into […]

BREAKING – CM Pinto Says: No, to 17th St Bike Plan Presentation

Media Alert and Release : Saturday, July 3, 2021  Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,    delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656     BREAKING – CM Pinto Says: No, to 17th St Bike Plan Presentation   Friday, July 2, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto refused to provide a public presentation for the benefit of her constituents in Ward 2 regarding DDOT’s confusing 17 th St. Bike Plan. But, oddly, she […]

Press Update :: DC Residents Flood NCPC Meeting About DC Comp Plan; Not One Govt Official Refutes Fact that No Planning Studies Accompanied Mayor’s Plan Amendments

Press Update — DC for Reasonable Development, (202) 656-5874   DC Residents Flood NCPC Meeting About DC Comp Plan; Not One Govt Official Refutes Fact that No Planning Studies Accompanied Mayor’s Plan Amendments   Yesterday, 16 DC residents from across the city asked the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) to send the DC Comp Plan […]