[from Reyn A.]
Have you wanted to get involved in Washington Central Parks’ quest to get parts of the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) re-opened as public park and wondered how? Now’s your chance! Please come out THIS MONDAY, April 14, 6:30-8pm to a public meeting sponsored by the National Capital Planning Commission (at Bruce-Monroe Elementary School, 3102 Georgia Avenue).
You can download the AFRH’s development plans here or view a hardcopy at the Petworth Library. The AFRH’s plans still include:
- over 6 million square feet of development – that’s the size of the Pentagon, or ten times the DC USA development in Columbia Heights
- almost 9,000 parking spaces – that’s almost double the number of cars going out to a Nationals’ game at the new stadium, coming to our neighborhoods EVERY DAY
Come support the alternative: development along the public transportation corridors of North Capitol and Irving Streets, supported by Emancipation Park at the Old Soldiers’ Home! Emancipation Park will:
- preserve the setting of Lincoln’s Cottage, where he worked on the Emancipation Proclamation, for generations to come
- provide a green backbone to support the neighborhoods east of Georgia Avenue, which currently have access to five times less parks and open space than neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park!
You can view Washington Central Parks’ overall vision at www.thecentralparks.org. See you on Monday!
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