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Two points in response:

First, you are absolutely correct that Chevy Chase DC should have a new branch library community center.  DC has fully funded a number of such new facilities around the District, including some architecturally stunning ones, without conditioning them on the community having to swallow dense mixed-use development with a public asset. The community should absolutely reject Bowser’s condition that Chevy Chase can only have these new faculties if it agrees to private development on public land - likely a profitable giveaway to a politically-connected developer.  Bowser and her associates should not be allowed to hold the new library and community center hostage to their own agenda.

Second, Friendship Heights is being redeveloped.  Wisconsin in Friendship Heights has long been zoned for greater height and density.  Chevy Chase residents can enjoy both aspects:  [b]a lower density, pedestrian-scale, neighborhood-oriented “village in the city” atmospher on Connecticut Avenue[/b] and a larger retail center in nearby Friendship Heights.  The Chevy Chase Connecticut Ave area doesn’t have to be remade into Friendship Heights, too.[/quote]

I don't get it. Why would apartments on top of the library/community center harm the "pedestrian-scale, neighborhood-oriented" atmosphere? Are you worried that the people in the apartments won't be pedestrians? Or won't be neighbors?[/quote]

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