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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t care if some developer wants to build more of the same generic-looking upmarket apartments like are going up around Upper NW Washington.  But it ticks me off that DC would be taking public assets to create an even more profitable opportunity for some developer to do more of the same.  Say no to the Chevy Chase giveaway.[/quote]

The city is taking its own airights to provide affordable housing. There isn't a "giveaway" - the developer is putting up money to build the units and will recoup that money over time.[/quote]

Again, no one wants this apart from the developer, the mayor who is enriched by the developer and some bike bros who think greater density will help their cause. [/quote]

There are thousands of your neighbors who support this. Why are you marginalizing their voices?[/quote]

Thousands of our neighbors? Or thousands of random people who claimed to be neighbors but actually lives miles away?

As someone in the area, I do not know any of my neighbors actually in the area that support this corrupt gift to private developers. Everyone I have talked to in real life have been solidly against this boondoggle, ranging from mildly annoyed about the loss of public land to private interests, to having already put their house on the market due to the project, and everywhere in between.

Sure, some might not be loudly up in arms about it, and for a small portion it might only be seen as a mild inconvenience, but despite claims on here to the contrary,[b] I have yet to meet someone from the neighborhood in real life who is even mildly supportive of the project.[/b] Hell, even the older lady who was knocking on doors in support of the project on our street was from some church in SW DC, not local. I’m not sure how they thought that was okay, but just goes to show how little DC cares about local residents’ opinion.[/quote]

Um. [/quote]

I’m sure there is some small number of local supporters, but if the hundreds of local residents I know, I really can’t say I know any supportive of this project.

I just see a lot of people on here claiming to be local and are supportive of the project, and wanted to make sure it is clear that is a minority of local residents.[/quote]

You don’t know hundreds of residents in the community…why make up something nonsensical like that.

You are leaving out the largest group by far…those that are indifferent to the project.  That is easily 80%+ of the area.

I live in the area and really don’t care much about the development in general because it feels at best 5 years away and probably more before anything may happen.

Most of us no longer use the community center or library because they are awful and don’t offer the community much. It is hard to care much about what happens to an area that is not much used by the community.[/quote]

I have lived in this community for 20+ years and have been very active in the community - church, boards, civic groups, etc. I absolutely know hundreds of community members, and I’m not sure why that is hard to grasp.

Of course the majority of people aren’t aware of this project, that is why I’m working my ass off to make sure everybody is aware of the monstrosity that is being railroaded into our community behind our back with no real public outreach. That is why I am discussing it with you.

And again, I don’t know anybody who is against renovating/replacing the library and civic center. I’m all for that! What we oppose is the city stealing private land and gifting it to their favored developers to build fancy new apartments where our infrastructure cannot handle it. If they want to renovate or replace the library and civic center, they should renegade or replace the civic center 
and library, full stop.[/quote]

Yeah, and I have served on 6 local boards for sports, church and school and may have encountered hundreds of people, but don’t know hundreds of people.  So, cut the nonsense.

You aren’t paying attention.  We are aware of it, but are indifferent.  What happens at the the community center is just a non-event.  What exists sucks and is barely used and we could care less what happens to it.  Bulldoze it and put up a Walmart…we don’t care.

Why you and others think it’s the end of the world is just a mystery.  You have too much time on your hands is all I can figure.[/quote]

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