Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 1:09 AM
Subject: Town Hall Meeting and tour of Mcmillan Park
Tonite's program at the Brooks Mansion on the Community defeat of The Washington Freeway with Angelina Rooney and our neighbors from Ivy City was excellent. Provokes one to think how our area would have been destroyed bisected by a 6 lane freeway, and running right through all of DC. The struggle to save the Crummel School in Ivy City was presented by community Activists Narosa Parisa with Empower DC and Andrea Swanson. Where the DC govt. is fighting to impose bus parking lot against community opposition and has not re-developed the Crummel School for over 30 years.
The fight for preserving the Brookland Green and keeping our communal green-space as part of the future development of the Metro Station was on my mind, and right out the window of the Brooks Mansion. As we see the wave of mega-development in all the adjacent areas to the metro, the preservation of the only Brookland Commons is more and more clearly appropriate and healthy DC planning. Let's see how our concerns for controlling ouor own environment progress with the onslaught of construction surroounding the open space and mature trees in the Brookland Green. Please support the effort in Bloomingdale to keep a 25 acre park, our GlenEcho at historic McMillan, only 6 blocks away,, a "great place" for you and your kids.
Friends of McMillan Park <http://friendsofmcmillan.org/> cordially invites all supporters, neighbors, District residents, and citizens of planet Earth curious or concerned about the past and future of historic McMillan Park to attend a Town Hall Meeting this Saturday, September 14th, from
< http://friendsofmcmillan.org/all-hands-on-deck-september-town-hall-meeting/>3-5
pm<http://friendsofmcmillan.org/all-hands-on-deck-september-town-hall-meeting/>,
in Saint Martin's Pioneer Room, 1908 North Capitol St. NW (North Capitol and T NW, enter on T St.) Speakers will address McMillan Park's rich history <http://friendsofmcmillan.org/park-history/> and explain both the Gray Administration's proposal for the site and creative alternatives.
The event will also include a focused discussion of community concerns and provide a list of ways that you can help. Our generous local sponsors are providing pizza, pasta, beer, and soft drinks for your enjoyment. We will also have some fun McMillan Park t-shirts, bumper stickers, and buttons for sale to support the cause.
See you there!
http://friendsofmcmillan.org/all-hands-on-deck-september-town-hall-meeting/
http://on.fb.me/15KFhCS
Please note that the next public tour of McMillan Park, originally planned for this Saturday, has been postponed until later this fall. We are continuing our close collaboration with the Army Corps of Engineers to host the upcoming tour of the Reservoir side of the Park, including some of its well-maintained underground filtration cells. We will keep everyone posted about this rare opportunity to experience one of our city's finest hidden treasures.
http://bit.ly/1eBgCFG
Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns, or direct inquiries to Kirby Vining at 202.234.0427, friendsofmcmillanpark@gmail.com, or @McMillanPark <https://twitter.com/McMillanPark>.
Thank you
< http://friendsofmcmillan.org/all-hands-on-deck-september-town-hall-meeting/>3-5
pm<http://friendsofmcmillan.org/all-hands-on-deck-september-town-hall-meeting/>,
in Saint Martin's Pioneer Room, 1908 North Capitol St. NW (North Capitol and T NW, enter on T St.) Speakers will address McMillan Park's rich history <http://friendsofmcmillan.org/park-history/> and explain both the Gray Administration's proposal for the site and creative alternatives.
The event will also include a focused discussion of community concerns and provide a list of ways that you can help. Our generous local sponsors are providing pizza, pasta, beer, and soft drinks for your enjoyment. We will also have some fun McMillan Park t-shirts, bumper stickers, and buttons for sale to support the cause.
See you there!
http://friendsofmcmillan.org/all-hands-on-deck-september-town-hall-meeting/
http://on.fb.me/15KFhCS
Please note that the next public tour of McMillan Park, originally planned for this Saturday, has been postponed until later this fall. We are continuing our close collaboration with the Army Corps of Engineers to host the upcoming tour of the Reservoir side of the Park, including some of its well-maintained underground filtration cells. We will keep everyone posted about this rare opportunity to experience one of our city's finest hidden treasures.
http://bit.ly/1eBgCFG
Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns, or direct inquiries to Kirby Vining at 202.234.0427, friendsofmcmillanpark@gmail.com, or @McMillanPark <https://twitter.com/McMillanPark>.
Thank you
Daniel Goldon Wolkoff
Adams Morgan Stained Glass
1231 Randolph Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017
Tel: 202-232-8391
www.adamsmorganstainedglass.com
Adams Morgan Stained Glass
1231 Randolph Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017
Tel: 202-232-8391
www.adamsmorganstainedglass.com
1 comment:
Public tour? That's the first I've heard about that.
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