Posts tagged Harriet Tregoning
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Weekend links: Rent is too damn high
Simple steps to help affordable housing; Vancouver tackles homelessnes; Too much preservation?; Pharma company moves from sprawl to downtown; DC employees worried about transparency; EPA Smart Growth faces uncertain future; Parking lot to become green space; Grocery stores, “but for whom?”; And…. Keep reading…
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New coalition aims to improve regional planning
A new coalition of elected officials, planning professionals, and engaged citizens is hoping to improve coordination of regional planning in the DC area, with the goal of fostering more complete and accessible communities. Last month, the Region Forward Coalition (RFC) held its inaugural meeting. The coalition is sponsored by the Council of Governments (COG) and is charged… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Easy fix might not be easy
It’s hard to relieve traffic (without pricing); Just try following speed limits; Will HUD stop undermining mixed-use?; Red light runner hits Tregoning; “Virtual tunnel”? Got a better name?; Capitol Riverfront/Curly W station?; MetroAccess not growing, more confusing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety on board
Guardian Angels upping Metro patrols; Safety issues on Metrobuses; Can the Mayor overrule HPRB?; Changing ways at Wilson Building?; CaBi posts impressive numbers; Make sure density helps all incomes; What it takes to save solar in DC; Giant globe may become giant baseball; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pandemonium
A crazy day in the Wilson Building; ANC 7B opposed to visible buildings; Students to get SmarTrip IDs; Alexandria ponders CaBi entry; Bus pickups move; How state DOTs are bad, like Virginia’s; Harriet on Kojo; And…. Keep reading…
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Gray keeps Harriet Tregoning! And others
Mayor-elect Vincent Gray just announced that Harriet Tregoning will remain as Director of the Office of Planning, one of several existing officials to keep their jobs. Gray announced in a statement that he is keeping Tregoning to “make the District of Columbia a more livable, inclusive, globally competitive city,” despite efforts by the Committee of 100 and Ward… Keep reading…
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Urban hipster? Long-time resident? We all need an affordable place to live
How does a growing city ensure that affordable housing is available to its population? As DC gains population for the first time in decades, we must take advantage of creative new tools and cross class and cultural boundaries if the city wants to be affordable for all. Tuesday’s Coalition for Smarter Growth forum, “Urban Hipsters and Long-time Residents Unite! Keep reading…
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What does Gray’s dismissal of Klein and others mean?
In the wake of disappointing news that Mayor-Elect Vincent Gray won’t be keeping Gabe Klein and several other Fenty cabinet officials, District residents and smart growth advocates have a distinct duty to avoid doom-and-gloom projections and frantic searches for apartments in Arlington or Silver Spring. Gray’s decision to replace Klein is disappointing,… Keep reading…
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Why doesn’t the Committee of 100 adore the zoning update?
The Committee of 100 has relentlessly attacked the Office of Planning’s multiyear effort to update the DC zoning code to match the current Comprehensive Plan and the needs of a 21st-century city. The strange part is that based on their stated goals, the Committee ought to actually be thrilled with the zoning rewrite. In their letter opposing Harriet Tregoning and Gabe… Keep reading…
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Tregoning, Klein do represent what residents want
The Committee of 100 sent a letter today to DC Mayor-elect Vince Gray asking him to replace Harriet Tregoning and Gabe Klein as the heads of DC’s Office of Planning and the District Department of Transportation. They claim that the two don’t listen to to public input. But the truth is that they are hearing far more public input than ever before. That public input simply… Keep reading…