Anonymous wrote:If you all want more affordable housing, then demand that another floor or two be added to pay for it. You can only squeeze the balloon so much.
Yet, for all of the people bitching about the social justice, or lack there of, let's see if you embrace a homeless shelter or treatment clinic in the neighborhood.
The so-called progressive liberals in upper NW are all fine and mighty except when it comes to their neighborhood. Practice what you preach or shut the fuck up.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is there any affordable housing component in the current plan? What percentage of the residential units will be affordable housing?
And yet, those who criticize the school about being against its mission are probably the ones that fear the most have a portion ear-marked for affordable housing units... [and I am not refering to PP]
Anonymous wrote:I think it'd be great if the school's expansion encompassed the Volvo site. But that's not what's being proposed. The school expansion will be limited to the Safeway land (increasing GDS's population at the Tenley campus by over 800 people) AND the school is asking that a developer of their choice be authorized to build a residential-retail building on the Volvo site (and some public land) that is over twice the size allowed by the existing zoning. The combination of the two projects will overwhelm that block and the second/commercial project is all about greed - not about progressive education. It's kind of disgusting to watch a school founded on such laudable principles morph into a really shameless propagandist for a GDS-affiliated developer.
Anonymous wrote:Is there any affordable housing component in the current plan? What percentage of the residential units will be affordable housing?
Anonymous wrote:Well, for better or worse, the thread has raised the do they walk the walk question re GDS and social justice. So if the school is deferring to a "team of aces" who are allegedly "the smartest guys in the room" the kinds of deals they've been involved with are relevant. What GDS is proposing for Tenleytown has nothing to do with social justice and everything to do with developer profits by any means necessary.
I, too, wish, discussions about GDS could focus on education rather than real estate -- but, unfortunately, RE is where the focus is now and that's the school's fault -- not the neighbors'.
Anonymous wrote:Out of all if the IS (considered top tier) we have visited this far GDS by far stands out as one truly committed to diversity. We visited GDS three times and we saw the diversity in its student body, staff, administration, social diversity commitment, etc. Community people (who have no affiliation with the school) always have a lot of negative crap to say about a school which often time is baseless. GDS purchase of the Safeway building and the Volvo building goes against their so called interest. However, as far as I know GDS isn't responsible for Safeway or Volvo selling. The community should ask themselves why Safeway needed to sale... because that's the real issue. GDS couldn't purchase a building that someone didn't need to sale.
Anonymous wrote:$3100 to Bowser campaign is supposed to be enough to buy influence? Sorry but that is ridiculous. We toured GDS and they told us about the planned development and it sounds like a smart idea to sustain the school.