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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project[/quote]

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity.  And what happens when the pumps fail.  And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.[/quote]

You are reaching now. [/quote]

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.[/quote]

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?[/quote]

I'm actually somewhat surprised GGW hasn't written 15 blog posts opposing the use of parkland for recreational purposes when a sterile 80-unit luxury condo building could have been erected there. Such a waste of space to give the public something that everyone can enjoy when that space could have become 80 one-bedroom condos.[/quote]

GGW has essentially written this very thing about Northwest DC’s two land trust conservancies - transit-accessible, would have been better for Smart Growth, yada yada yawn.[/quote]

I'm so very tired of them..I watched when Columbia Heights metro came in and we were all so excited about some transformation of offerings. Instead, it looks and feels worse than before. Not because development is bad, but because rushed, souless development that doesn't take the neighborhood into account is..it also is very hard /impossible to undo the cement pour.[/quote]

That all happened pre "smart growth" - no way DCUSA happens today.[/quote]

What they’re building right next to Fannie Mae is ugly and overwhelming.  “Smart Growth”?   :lol: [/quote]

Yeah, I'm over it. Especially since the smart growth people don't seem to 'count' any of this development when they make their arguments for further development. Is there an organization that is the opposite of smart growth and how does one join?[/quote]

People across DC neighborhoods need to come together and form one. There are organizations that have tried to take on the DC Smart Growth Inc machine, like community associations, historic preservation groups, and the Committee of 100, but then but they become targets of the attack machine.  DC Smart Growth “groups” like Ward 3 Vision and CP Smart Growth have gone around claiming that people who want to keep aspects of their neighborhoods like green space, pedestrian scale, and historic resources are somehow perpetuating “racism.” No one wants to ensure attacks like that.  What’s really rich is that it’s some of the same folks associated with both groups who bring experience in GOP attack politics to the local level and will say anything to advance the special economic interests of their clients.[/quote]

Yes, my spouse attends ANC meetings to share a different (than Smart growth) perspective and this captures the gist of the comments from the reps they deploy to the meetings. They are organized and have loads of rhetoric and talking points. The old methods of showing up for meetings and voicing opinions are clearly not enough to take them on. We need to do more. How do we start this in motion? [/quote]

My husband and I attended several ANC meetings by Zoom this year.  They were awful.  The Density Bros dominated the meeting and used the chat function to beat up on anyone who voiced a contrary opinion.  The new ANC chairman, who it turns out lives most of the time in Maryland, hired someone who claimed to be a journalist to “facilitate” the meeting, and then the “facilitator” used to chat function himself to attack anyone who disagreed with Smart Growth.  (It should be called Snark Growth.”)   People had to sign up for the ANC meeting using their email addresses.  The ANC 3C  “facilitator” had access to the emails and then later sent personal Go Fund Me appeals to a number of folks, seeking contributions to pay off his tax liabilities and move back to DC.  Turns out thst he doesn’t really live here, either!  It was very weird and inappropriate.  The Smart Growth commissioners now in charge of ANC 3C come across as a bunch of bullies. [/quote]

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