Letters detail the efforts of Ward 2 Councilman Jack Evans and neighborhood organizations to influence the General Services Administration.
As time ticks down to the General Services Administration (GSA) auction of the West Heating Plant later this fall, Georgetown civic groups and Ward 2 Councilman Jack Evans are lobbying for zoning restrictions and possibly a set-aside of park land on the federally-owned property. The West Heating Plant is a surplus federal property at 29th and K Streets, NW adjacent to Rock Creek Park and the C&O Canal. The property is not zoned, though GSA recently assumed in its draft Environmental Asessment (EA) that a W-2 mixed-use zoning would be most likely. In that document, the agency estimated that a future developer might expect to include 181 new residential units and as much as 181,210 square feet of commercial and retail space on the site. In a…
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Comments on the sale of the large federal property are due August 29.
The General Services Administration (GSA) released an environmental assessment (EA) of the West Heating Plant sale, finding that a new development that would potentially include 181 new residential units and as much as 181,210 square feet of commercial and retail space would generally have minor or moderate impacts in both the long-term and short-term on the surrounding community. The West Heating Plant is a surplus federally-owned property at 29th and K Streets NW adjacent to Rock Creek Park and the C&O Canal. GSA plans to sell the property in an online auction this fall. Federal agencies are required to evaluate the potential impacts such a sale may have on the human environment. Currently, the property is not zoned, meaning there is no…
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John M
3:24 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Sorry Michael, if you wanted green space for a "soccerplex" you probably should've moved to NoVa or Maryland. This heating plant is in the middle of a dense urban environment and would cost the city millions to develop as a soccerplex in addition to the millions lost over the course of the soccerplex's existence on maintenance and lost tax revenue. Georgetown is literally surrounding on all sides… more ›