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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like to set the record straight on the current mood in the Palisades and the ANC3D. The leadership from the 90s and 00s has changed dramatically. The PCA now has a mindset of "safe and accessible trails for all" meaning they are pro-sidewalk, pro-bike lanes, pro- safe and accessible trails. The ANC has completely transformed in 10 years from the NIMBY attitude it once had.

The PCA stands for Palisades Community Association. They dropped the "citizens" a year ago.

The Safeway debacle really woke people up to get more involved.

There is affordable housing and housing voucher recipients living in the Palisades. The FCCA on the other hand managed to get the entire Foxhall Village and the Old Hardy Building registered with the Historic Preservation Board making changes to the area difficult. This is exactly what they want.

The ANC3D approved the improvements to the Old Trolley Trail. For some reason the City isn't funding it so not sure what is going on. I suspect the PCA will renew the cause by having a community vote and getting the trail and Arizona Ave bridge renovated.

There is still a lot of work to be done in the neighborhood to bring people along who will resist change at all costs but there are forward thinking people who are very involved. It's probably why there is so much tension with the FCCA.[/quote]

As progressive as the PCA is, it’s influence pales in comparison to those in the community who have invested in influence with the city’s politicians and are very happy to do an end-run around the local representative bodies to stop anything they don’t like and get what they do. That nothing is happening with the Trail probably has much to do with the direct line that certain folk along that trail have into the EOM.[/quote]

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