Big GDS news

[Anonymous]

Thank you 21:18 above. I hope you will inform the Northwest Current of the dishonesty of the writer and the rather pathetic Revive 3E. GDS is a now completely despicable and deceitful operation. Greedy liars. Really shocking. What a miserable outfit!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And the people who are opposed aren't working in their self-interests?

What's the big deal?

GDS' overreach and deceit would be almost comical if they weren't so serious about it. Kind of like Ted Cruz, the Greedy Developer School Aces somehow manage to be arrogant and pathetic at the same time.

[Anonymous]

GDS's PUD was withdrawn after the Zoning Administrator agreed that the school's calculations are bogus. GDS plans to refile its application after the recently adopted (and very ineptly drafted) new zoning regs take effect. The school hopes for a set down hearing on the project early next Fall.

[Anonymous]

Were the new zoning regs written specifically with GDS in mind?

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS's PUD was withdrawn after the Zoning Administrator agreed that the school's calculations are bogus. GDS plans to refile its application after the recently adopted (and very ineptly drafted) new zoning regs take effect. The school hopes for a set down hearing on the project early next Fall.

A delay of a few weeks with now even less community input than before.

[Anonymous]

Why less community input? It's still a PUD under the new rules. This is a restart for the whole project (school consolidation and mixed-use building).

[Anonymous]

I don't understand all the NIMBY whining. You would think that the community would be grateful that the school cared enough to propose and pay for quality development to bring desired vibrancy and renewal to Tenleytown and needed tax revenue and housing to DC.

[Anonymous]

Because they are NIMBYs and have been fighting things in that part of town for decades. I actually love it that Phil Mendelson, who got his start as a McLean Gardens ANC Commissioner, fought development in the area, moved away and as Council Chair, literally stuck a homeless shelter next to McLean Gardens, with zero community input.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because they are NIMBYs and have been fighting things in that part of town for decades. I actually love it that Phil Mendelson, who got his start as a McLean Gardens ANC Commissioner, fought development in the area, moved away and as Council Chair, literally stuck a homeless shelter next to McLean Gardens, with zero community input.

A homeless shelter to be built directly across the street from the precious upscale townhomes and residences of Cathedral Commons, no less. Now that's "social justice."

[Anonymous]

As GDS is forced to scale back its development plans, how does that affect the economics for the school? Don't they need the development to make it work?

[Anonymous]

At this point, if they can come out if it whole with a consolidated campus, they would likely call it a win.

[Anonymous]

By putting a school on a valuable commercial lot, the school will actually take tax revenue and vibrancy away from Tenleytown.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand all the NIMBY whining. You would think that the community would be grateful that the school cared enough to propose and pay for quality development to bring desired vibrancy and renewal to Tenleytown and needed tax revenue and housing to DC.

[Anonymous]

Tenleytown doesn't get tax revenue. It all goes to DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tenleytown doesn't get tax revenue. It all goes to DC.

reading is so hard. So many words, so many letters and stuff:

"[B]ring desired vibrancy and renewal to Tenleytown and needed tax revenue and housing to DC."