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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After a 3-decade long battle against NIMBYs, the Reservoir Park  Rec Center opened this week!  It includes many cool features including an indoor pool: https://dpr.dc.gov/reservoirpark

The history of this site should inform anyone assessing current DC planning "controversies" such as the Connecticut Avenue bike lanes.  While of course there are people with legitimate concerns about any project, there is also a core of very strange people with who will irrationally fight against any improvements. The challenge is to allow reasonable public input, but recognize when the bad faith/personality disordered have taken over the discourse.  We also need major changes to the law to stop NIMBYs from being able to hold up public works projects for decades.

Kudos to the DC Council for finally putting an end to the saga and creating a public space and housing that will benefit the city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMillan_Sand_Filtration_Site#City_council_and_court_allow_development_to_proceed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/mcmillan-dc-development-court-bowser/2021/10/28/174b721e-380f-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html

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This isn’t an accurate characterization of the many groups over the years that wanted the area to be put to good use that wouldn’t cause more density issues. Of course, there were some obnoxious groups, but they all weren’t the same. If it weren’t for some of these groups, there would not be the amount of green space in the plans for this site.  Look up the term NIMBY—more of a badge of honor before it was co-opted in recent years. Anyway, glad to see this site developed for the good of all residents. [/quote]

McMillan was never a park.

And NIMBY was never a badge of honor.[/quote]

It’s fine, YIMBY is a pejorative of it’s own.[/quote]

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