I just want a grocery store. Don’t care what else is there.

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Anonymous wrote:More kids at Janney great. AU Park doesn’t need apts

This. Except the problem isn’t really Janney- It’s Deal and Wilson. Way too overcrowded, particularly the latter. Absolutely no need for apartments. Shoo

My only hope is that you're relatively young so that you can live long enough to watch us young people become the voting majority and vote in a mayor and council who will Minneapolis-ize our zoning laws and flood upper NW with apartments.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/minneapolis-single-family-zoning.html

I don't understand why anyone would want that. Why does everything always have to get denser and denser? It's nice to have SFH residential neighborhoods.

Do you also enjoy the ugly empty grocery store and parking lot? Personally, I think it's an eyesore.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More kids at Janney great. AU Park doesn’t need apts

This. Except the problem isn’t really Janney- It’s Deal and Wilson. Way too overcrowded, particularly the latter. Absolutely no need for apartments. Shoo

My only hope is that you're relatively young so that you can live long enough to watch us young people become the voting majority and vote in a mayor and council who will Minneapolis-ize our zoning laws and flood upper NW with apartments.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/minneapolis-single-family-zoning.html

I don't understand why anyone would want that. Why does everything always have to get denser and denser? It's nice to have SFH residential neighborhoods.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More kids at Janney great. AU Park doesn’t need apts

This. Except the problem isn’t really Janney- It’s Deal and Wilson. Way too overcrowded, particularly the latter. Absolutely no need for apartments. Shoo

I live in-bounds for Janney, Deal, and Wilson, and plan to send my kids through all three, and I'm in favor of more apartments in the neighborhood because we need denser housing everywhere in the District, and Ward 3, in particular, needs housing that isn't just $1 million-plus single-family homes. A few extra kids in your child's class is not going to be the end of the world.

Developer asks Zoning Commission to put the project on hold while it debates whether to pursue a PUD:

https://twitter.com/WBJNeibs/status/1113084932857978886

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Anonymous wrote:More kids at Janney great. AU Park doesn’t need apts

This. Except the problem isn’t really Janney- It’s Deal and Wilson. Way too overcrowded, particularly the latter. Absolutely no need for apartments. Shoo

You are right the problem is Deal & Wilson.

Except the problem is not a particular project or two in Ward 3 (which is mostly single family homes anyhow) but the enormous boundaries for both schools, the lack of a viable middle school in Ward 4 and the lack of political courage from the DC Council to take on charters or take up re-districting. Problems which exist today and will get worse regardless of development EOTP or WOTP.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More kids at Janney great. AU Park doesn’t need apts

This. Except the problem isn’t really Janney- It’s Deal and Wilson. Way too overcrowded, particularly the latter. Absolutely no need for apartments. Shoo

My only hope is that you're relatively young so that you can live long enough to watch us young people become the voting majority and vote in a mayor and council who will Minneapolis-ize our zoning laws and flood upper NW with apartments.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/minneapolis-single-family-zoning.html

Anonymous wrote:More kids at Janney great. AU Park doesn’t need apts

This. Except the problem isn’t really Janney- It’s Deal and Wilson. Way too overcrowded, particularly the latter. Absolutely no need for apartments. Shoo

Anonymous wrote:More kids at Janney great. AU Park doesn’t need apts

You can count the number of Janney kids who live in the neighborhoods existing multi-unit buildings on one hand - I actually went through the directory and counted.

Unless you have a toddler this likely wouldn't impact you anyhow - this building is 2 years away from opening.

More kids at Janney great. AU Park doesn’t need apts

I think this is the latest - from October.
https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/same-size-different-massing-a-fresh-approach-to-the-superfresh-redevelopmen/14537

Nimbies are such morons. I’d love a grocery store & condos would lead to more people = more and better food choices.

Also, if you care about the environment, you are pro-density in cities. Period.

Don't know why the neighborhood is so up in arms about this.

Yes, the neighborhood will be more crowded but I believe the developers have directed the traffic out towards Mass Ave rather than having traffic flow into the neighborhood.

I'd rather have a nice development there and a Mom's, Balducci's or some such. Anything is better than looking at that dreary empty lot and store.

Ah, I miss that odd little SuperFresh!

Might be rumor, but I heard a Mom's Organic Market would be moving in there.

What's the latest on development of the old Super Fresh site? Seems like it has been sitting vacant for quite a while. I'd love to get a new restaurant or two, and maybe some retail in there.