Category: Ward 5

At Large Council Candidates Expressing Opposition to the Current McMillan Redevelopment Plan Mounting Up

PRESS ALERT – Save McMillan Action Coalition, 202-656-3012 Tuesday, September 8, 2020, Washington, DC — With the At Large Council Race heating up and an election less than 60 days away, candidates are taking positions on key issues around the city, including about one of the most controversial projects in DC history: McMillan Park. Already […]

PRESS ALERT: Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie Pressed on Shifting Funding to Demolish McMillan Park

PRESS ALERT AUGUST 11, 2020Contact: Linwood Norman, smac.dc@gmail.com, 202-656-3012   Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie Pressed on Shifting Funding to Demolish McMillan Park to the Urgent Needs of Residents Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic; McDuffie Not Replying to His Constituents AgainWashington, DC — A group of Ward 5 DC constituents has opened a dialogue with Councilmember Kenyan […]

Wilcox Asks Other At-Large Council Candidates to Support #DeFund McMillan

For Immediate Release:  July 17, 2020 Contact: Ann Wilcox: 202-441-3265, Ann1Wilcox@gmail.com Wilcox Asks Other At-Large Council Candidates to Support#DeFund McMillanUse $ for Public Housing, Health, Education Ann Wilcox, the Statehood/Green Party candidate for an at-large DC City Council seat, today asked all other candidates in the At-Large race, to join her call to the DC City […]

Ward 5 Residents Ask CM McDuffie to Defund McMillan

Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie

PRESS ALERT JULY 14, 2020Contact: Linwood Norman, smac.dc@gmail.com, 202-656-3012 Ward 5 Residents Ask CM McDuffie to Defund McMillanUse Money for Public Health, Education and Housing Needs Facing Constituents Hardest Hit by COVID-19 Health Pandemic Washington, DC – Ward 5 Residents including those living around McMillan Park are asking Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie to Defund the controversial […]

Black Residents to DC Council: DEFUND McMILLAN

Ben Franklin at McMillan Park

SaveMcMillan.org/defund Media advisory, Monday, July 6, 2020Contact: Linwood Norman, smac.dc@gmail.com, 202-656-3012 The DC City Council is being asked by Black residents in the District to use the Council’s newly adopted “racial equity lens” to analyze and then defund the McMillan Park redevelopment plan, because it will intensify displacement in a city that is one of […]

[PRESS ALERT] DC Court of Appeals Stops McMillan Demolition Citing “Irreparable Harm” from Premature DCRA Permit

PRESS ALERT — Contact: Linwood Norman, smac.dc@gmail.com, 202-656-3012 DC Court of Appeals Stops McMillan Demolition Citing “Irreparable Harm” from Premature DCRA Permit On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, DC’s highest court, the DC Court of Appeals, stopped work at McMillan Park and Sand Filtration Plant (1st Street NW and Michigan Avenue NW) by granting an injunction […]

PRESS ALERT — Ward 2 Candidates Asked to Oppose McMillan Park Giveaway

———- Forwarded message ———From: SaveMcMillan ActionCoalition <smac.dc@gmail.com>Date: Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 1:43 PMSubject: PRESS ALERT — Ward 2 Candidates Asked to Oppose McMillan Park Giveaway >> PRESS ALERT <<CONTACT LINWOOD NORMAN, SAVE MCMILLAN ACTION COALITION, SMAC.DC@GMAIL.COM, 202-656-3012 Ward 2 Candidates Asked to Oppose More Taxpayer Money for McMillan Redevelopment Project Feb. 6, 2020 — […]

Press Alert: MCMILLAN PARK DEMOLITION STOPPED BY COURT

>> PRESS ALERT << Save McMillan Action Coalition / DC for Reasonable DevelopmentContact Linwood Norman, 202-656-3012 McMillan Park Supporters Stop Demolition; Hearing to Revoke Permits Tomorrow at OAH; DCRA Intransigence Providing Information Today, January 16, 2020, the DC Court of Appeals granted an injunction to Friends of McMillan Park stopping Mayor Bowser from demolishing McMillan […]

MCMILLAN PARK ILLEGAL DEMOLITION IN COURT DEC 20TH FRIDAY MORNING 9:00AM

Demolition at McMillan Park

PRESS ALERT & INVITE [Contact: Chris Otten ‪(202) 656-3012‬ ] WHAT: Press Conference & Demonstration to Stop Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Illegal Demolition of the Historically Registered McMillan Park & Sand Filtration Plant; Court Hearing Scheduled for Restraining Order WHEN: Friday, December 20, 2019, 9:00AM WHERE: DC Superior Court, 500 Indiana Avenue, NW, in front of […]