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[quote=Anonymous]"Most of the people in CP that don't want this development don't know how to use the internet."

I live in Cleveland Park.  I even know how to use the Internet.  I have kids who walk to school, parks, shops and other places.  Most of my neighbors have school age kids, too, but we also value the fact that our neighborhood has a diversity of ages and new and long-time residents. Like our neighborhs, we support thoughtful growth but want a safe environment for our kids to walk -- like other communities we already have problems with a lot of through traffic on narrow side streets and a shortage of street parking, particularly near the commercial corridors.  Many of us non-old timers owe a debt to the neighborhood's long tradition of civic activism -- those who deflected the proposed highways in the 1960s, who saved McLean Gardens from being razed in the 1970s and 80s, who created the CP historic district later and who preserved Rosedale and Tregaron as DC's first land conservancies open to all in this decade.  These efforts required hard, sustained work and were often characterized as a false choice between "no change" and "progress."   CP would not be the livable community that it is today without these efforts.   (T-shirts designed by John Eaton students proudly call Cleveland Park a "village in the city").   I support a modern Giant store, but also want development that is consistent with the DC Comprehensive Plan requirements.  [/quote]

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