GU Wants Neighbors' Input in Master Plan Interactive Survey

MyCommute and MyCampus surveys are available online through April 16.

Georgetown University's master planning team is seeking community input through an an online interactive survey that gathers data on how people interact with the campus. Two surveys, MyCommute and MyCampus, are available online through April 16. Partipants use an interactive map to chart how they get to and from campus as well as how they get around campus. Participants can also rate their most common places to visit, whether it is the gym, a lecture hall or, for students, a dorm. Get daily and breaking news email updates from Georgetown Patch by signing up for newsletters here. During a recent Planning 102 session, GU's master planners showed how similar studies at other universities identified the most common pathways between buildings, …

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Editor's Notebook: End of a Saga, Gray's Woes Continue and Helping Ward 8 Kids

A look at a few of the most notable stories this week on Georgetown Patch.

Can It Be True? The 2010 Campus Plan Process Comes to a Close. With less than an hour of discussion, the Zoning Commission unanimously approved the Georgetown Campus Plan on Monday night, bringing hours upon hours of hearings and years of fraught negotiations between Georgetown University and the community that surrounds it to a close. Lots of Residents Think Gray Should Resign, Do You? The Washington Post released a poll this week in which 54 percent of respondents said Mayor Vincent Gray should step down. The poll was taken to get a pulse on what DC residents think about the continuing revelations and scandals surrounding his 2010 campaign for mayor. According to the Washington Post, "Across categories of sex, ideology, party …

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'Georgetown Downtown' is Official

The university signed a lease for space at 650 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

"Georgetown Downtown" is the name given to the 91,000-square-foot space Georgetown University officially inked a deal on to house its growing School of Continuing Studies, according to a University announcement Thursday. The new location will be home to some 1,100 students and is scheduled to open in 2013. Get daily and breaking news email updates from Georgetown Patch by signing up for newsletters here. "This location puts SCS in the heart of the city, expands the university’s 'Georgetown Downtown' presence, with our Law Center campus just eight blocks away, and deepens our commitment to expanding the educational opportunities offered by the university beyond our historic main campus," wrote University President John DeGioia in an email …

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Zoning Commission Unanimously Approves Georgetown Campus Plan

The decision ends hours of hearings and years of discussions.

With less than an hour of discussion, the Zoning Commission unanimously approved the Georgetown Campus Plan on Monday night, bringing hours upon hours of hearings and years of fraught negotiations between Georgetown University and the community that surrounds it to a close. "I'll be talking about this for a long time. ... I'll be talking about the agreement that was made over in Georgetown and encouraging people to do that," Commissioner Anthony Hood said. In June, the University and the community reached an agreement on a plan that runs from 2011-2017 and they agreed to develop a 20-year plan for GU together. Get daily and breaking news email updates from Georgetown Patch by signing up for newsletters here. The hearing Monday was not …

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Georgetown Campus Plan Saga Ends Tonight

The Zoning Commission will consider the agreement reached between the University and the community.

Tonight, the Zoning Commission will weigh in on the agreement recently reached between Georgetown University and its neighbors on the Georgetown University Campus Plan. Barring any entirely unexpected issues, the meeting should bring to a close a fraught chapter in Georgetown town-gown relations. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at the Zoning Commission offices downtown (441 4th St., NW #200). As a bookend to Georgetown Patch's coverage, below is an updated timeline of the nearly two-year-long formal campus plan review process: Dec. 30, 2010: Georgetown submits its 2010 campus plan to the Zoning Commission. Jan. 3, 2011: Council member Jack Evans releases a statement expressing his "disappointment" with the campus plan. "The most important …

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GU Plan Agreement Must Wait One More Week for Zoning Commission

Neighbors and university officials will see the final resolution of the campus plan agreement Monday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m.

A small group of dedicated Georgetown University Campus Plan leaders came into a Zoning Commission meeting Monday night with smiles, but left with bewildered expressions. Instead of making a final rule Monday as the community had expected, commissioners moved to make their final decision on the agreement next Monday, July 16. Though the meeting last night was listed as the "Final Action" on the campus plan, the finality of that action was limited to determining whether an additional hearing on the agreement was needed. Commissioners decided that another hearing was unnecessary. Next week's meeting is listed on the Zoning Commission calendar as "FINAL ACTION: Georgetown University - 2011 Campus Plan." After next Monday, the campus plan …

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Revised Campus Plan Unanimously Approved by Georgetown ANC

Commissioners approved the new agreement at a meeting Thursday night.

Georgetown University's revised campus plan received unanimous approval from the Advisory Neighborhood Commission at a public meeting Thursday. Under a recently reached agreement, the university and the community agreed to create a new Georgetown Community Partnership to develop better ties and communication so that future campus plans can avoid the fractious discussions and hearings of the of the past year and a half. "The partnership will be the framework for all of our future dialogues," said University President John DeGioia during a press conference on June 6. Georgetown University filed its 10-year campus plan in December 2010. Throughout 2011 and the first half of 2012, the Zoning Commission has listened to the university and the …

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Weigh in on the Campus Plan Agreement Tonight

A public meeting at 6:30 p.m. will allow residents to give feedback on the agreement reached last week

Members of the Georgetown community can have their say about the recently reached agreement on revisions to the Georgetown University campus plan at a public meeting tonight at 6:30 at Georgetown Visitation.  As part of the new agreement, Georgetown University will answer neighbor complaints by moving many undergraduate students out of off-campus housing and into on-campus rooms, a short-term solution proposed in Advisory Neighborhood Commission documents. In the short term Georgetown proposes to add 450 beds on campus by fall 2015. Among those, 65 will be moved from the “Magis Row” townhouses on 36th Street NW an onto campus by fall 2013. Magis Row could then transition into staff housing or administrative offices. Undergraduate …

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Campus Plan Agreement Moves More Students On-Campus, Signals Georgetown's Desire for a Substantial Satellite Campus

The Campus Plan agreement is for a 7-year plan, followed by a 20-year plan created with full community input

Georgetown University will answer neighbor complaints by moving many undergraduate students out of off-campus housing and into on-campus rooms, a short-term solution proposed in Advisory Neighborhood Commission documents. GU also will begin the search for a large satellite campus to allow growth in the long-term, the documents say. The proposals are part of a 10-year campus plan that follows years of discussions between community leaders and university officials. The sides also agreed to create the Georgetown Community Partnership to ensure short-term plans are effective and to develop a 20-year plan for GU. Near Term Commitments In the short term Georgetown proposes to add 450 beds on campus by fall 2015. Among those, 65 will be moved …

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GU Plan Agreement Reached, Hailed as 'Prototype' for Future Negotiations

Mayor Vincent Gray, University President John DeGioia, ANC Commissioner Ron Lewis and Ward 2 Councilman Jack Evans announced the agreement.

Leaders from District Government, the University and the community announced Wednesday that the Georgetown Campus Plan debate has come to an end. The University and the Georgetown community have reached an agreement that addresses short-term problems and offers long-term solutions to future campus expansion discussions, officials pronounced.  "Very few if any journeys through the campus plan process have set out so contentiously and arrived safely in port so collegially," said Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Ron Lewis to knowing chuckles and nods from the crowd. Georgetown University filed its 10-year campus plan in December 2010. Throughout 2011 and the first half of 2012, the Zoning Commission has listened to the university and the …

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