Sat Mar 2, 2013 8:40 am (PST) . Posted by:
merowse
Historic Mount Pleasant will hold its annual membership meeting from 10 a.m. until 12 noon on Saturday, March 9, 2013, at the Rosemount Center, 2000 Rosemount Avenue. A light breakfast will be served. We invite neighbors interested in joining for the first time to do so at the Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting provides an opportunity to review the organization`s
activities during the prior year and discuss plans and elect directors for 2013. Design awards will also be presented for the restoration of the exteriors of 3324 18th Street and 1740 Kenyon Street. Come meet the people responsible for these projects and make suggestions for other activities to bring neighbors together to enjoy our community.
The keynote presentation this year will be on the proposed redevelopment of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site, a decommissioned water treatment plant and historic landmark occupying 25 acres of green space immediately south of the Washington Hospital Center. The landscape was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., as part of the so-called "emerald necklace" of parks in the city laid out in 1902 by the McMillan Commission. The city is now proposing two separate projects that would demolish most of the historic infrastructure and redevelop the parcel for commercial and residential use, leaving only a small portion as open space. The Friends of McMillan, with help from the Catholic University architecture department, have countered with a plan that would provide a community recreation center and preserve 50% of the site as contiguous parkland. Tony Norman of the Friends of McMillan and Professor Miriam Gusevich will provide an overview of the history of the site and the issues currently under discussion. Come learn what is at stake in the redevelopment of the McMillan site and join the discussion about its future.
Historic Mount Pleasant
The annual meeting provides an opportunity to review the organization`s
activities during the prior year and discuss plans and elect directors for 2013. Design awards will also be presented for the restoration of the exteriors of 3324 18th Street and 1740 Kenyon Street. Come meet the people responsible for these projects and make suggestions for other activities to bring neighbors together to enjoy our community.
The keynote presentation this year will be on the proposed redevelopment of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site, a decommissioned water treatment plant and historic landmark occupying 25 acres of green space immediately south of the Washington Hospital Center. The landscape was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., as part of the so-called "emerald necklace" of parks in the city laid out in 1902 by the McMillan Commission. The city is now proposing two separate projects that would demolish most of the historic infrastructure and redevelop the parcel for commercial and residential use, leaving only a small portion as open space. The Friends of McMillan, with help from the Catholic University architecture department, have countered with a plan that would provide a community recreation center and preserve 50% of the site as contiguous parkland. Tony Norman of the Friends of McMillan and Professor Miriam Gusevich will provide an overview of the history of the site and the issues currently under discussion. Come learn what is at stake in the redevelopment of the McMillan site and join the discussion about its future.
Historic Mount Pleasant
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