PRESS
RELEASE
Friends
of McMillan ParkFor Release: 1 October 2012
Contact: Kirby Vining, (202) 213–2690, restoremcmillan @ gmail.com
Sierra Club Opposes City`s McMillan Development Plan
The
DC Chapter of the Sierra Club has come out against the current development plan
proposed for the McMillan Park Reservoir site. In its letter to the Historic
Preservation Review Board, the Club asks the HPRB to ``reject the
currently-proposed master plan`` because it contains far too little contiguous
public park space.
``The
present design plans do too little to preserve the parklike characteristics
that dominate the present space,`` Jim Dougherty, the Club`s Conservation
Chair, tells the HPRB. ``A more balanced plan for the McMillan Park site would
devote half or more of the surface to contiguous park and park-like use.``
The
local Sierra Club thus joins Howard University, Council Chairman Phil
Mendelson, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1B, and community groups
representing Bloomingdale, Pleasant Plains, and Stronghold in opposition to the
current plan.
To
share your thoughts on the future of McMillan Park, please contact Ward 5
Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie at (202) 724-8028 or kmcduffie@dccouncil.us and
Mayor Vincent Gray at (202) 727-6300 or vincent.gray@dc.gov .
To
join our efforts at the Friends of McMillan Park, please contact Kirby Vining
at (202) 213-2690, Restoremcmillan@gmail.com , @McMillanPark on twitter, or http://friendsofmcmillan.org . To view
our creative alternative master plan for McMillan Park, please visit
http://bit.ly/SxTWHB and http://youtu.be/EwJwGr2qFrY .
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Full
Text of the Sierra Club Letter: http://bit.ly/NT36lF
Press Release_DC Chapter of the Sierra Club Opposes City`s McMillan Development Plan_1Oct2012
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