Hearst Playground story in Current

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can't they put the homeless shelter at Hearst if the feds will permit it, which they probably would? I'll bet the folks in Cathedral Heights would be delighted to have a pool there if it's a trade.

It would have been relatively cheap to convert the portable classroom building to a Hearst homeless shelter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:During the summer all of both sides of 37th Street has tumbleweeds. Plenty of room for parking, though I would maintain that almost all of the usage of a pool at Hearst would be people walking and biking.

I've seen 37th St parked up from various Sidwell summer programs.

too bad for sidwell then. Didn't they promise to use public transportation?

No. And not for camps and programs.

[Anonymous]

This meeting should be interesting. Too bad the DC budget surplus will be long gone by the time this pool gets past the planning stage.

[Anonymous]

The money has already been allocated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can't they put the homeless shelter at Hearst if the feds will permit it, which they probably would? I'll bet the folks in Cathedral Heights would be delighted to have a pool there if it's a trade.

It would have been relatively cheap to convert the portable classroom building to a Hearst homeless shelter.

Except, that the portable classrooms are no longer there. So there's that. Are you sure you visit the park as frequently as you say?

[Anonymous]

I do agree that this meeting should be at Hearst School. Then the PTA can sell popcorn...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can't they put the homeless shelter at Hearst if the feds will permit it, which they probably would? I'll bet the folks in Cathedral Heights would be delighted to have a pool there if it's a trade.

It would have been relatively cheap to convert the portable classroom building to a Hearst homeless shelter.

Except, that the portable classrooms are no longer there. So there's that. Are you sure you visit the park as frequently as you say?

Note the tense. Are you sure you read as closely as you think you do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The money has already been allocated.

What's the budget allocation? For what size pool?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am pretty sure if there was a way to put one at the Chevy Chase Center or one were proposed for Lafayette, people would support it.

Lafayette isn't in Ward 3 anymore, so that's a non-starter.

Right, because this project isn't about serving residents, it's about awarding contracts and imaginary boundaries.

That comment neatly wraps up everything wrong with the process.

[Anonymous]

The money has been allocated for planning, not construction. DPR has been very, very clear about that.

[Anonymous]

We need our Ward 3 pool and we want it now. Hearst belongs to all of us, not just the privileged few. Fortunately, Council Member Cheh has nothing but contempt for NIMBYs and discounts anything they have to say.

[Anonymous]

I'll be happy with an upper NW pool west of Rock Creek Park. I don't care if it is in Ward 3 or 4, but as long as I can bike to it with my kids, I am happy.

Go Mary Cheh!

[Anonymous]

I like the idea of co-locating the new ward 3 pool with the ward 3 homeless shelter at the police station. It would be a great statement of inclusion, and a much used amenity for the shelter residents (and perhaps for police officers and their families). This is the sort of progressive win-win that Mary Cheh could get behind, especially because the shelter site is her idea, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like the idea of co-locating the new ward 3 pool with the ward 3 homeless shelter at the police station. It would be a great statement of inclusion, and a much used amenity for the shelter residents (and perhaps for police officers and their families). This is the sort of progressive win-win that Mary Cheh could get behind, especially because the shelter site is her idea, too.

This idea would likely cost some support for the pool.

[Anonymous]

Survey crews out on Hearst today, making measurements for the new pool.