Posts tagged Wisconsin Giant
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Cheh: “broad-based support” for Wisconsin Giant project
Many residents of Cleveland Park and the surrounding neighborhoods turned out last night for the first in what could be a long series of hearings on the proposed Giant and mixed-use development at Wisconsin and Newark. Councilmember Mary Cheh, whose ward includes the area, gave a powerful speech in favor of the plan and framing opposition groups as representatives of only a small… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: hardball negotiations
PG United? DC United’s owner has announced his intention to move the team to Prince George’s County, though he has no firm deal yet. Owner Victor McFarlane wanted DC to pay 75% of the cost of the new stadium, the Post writes, potentially costing DC up to $225 million in public money. McFarlane also offered to “let” DC use some of the tax revenue from ticket and… Keep reading…
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Fight for your right for a vibrant Wisconsin Avenue
Tonight, the Cleveland Park ANC (3C) will debate the controversial Giant PUD at Idaho and Wisconsin. Both supporters and opponents of the PUD have been working to flood ANC Commissioners with letters. If you live in 3C, please email your Commissioner to ask him or her to support the Giant, and attend tonight’s meeting at 7:30 at the Second District Police Station on Idaho Avenue… Keep reading…
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ANC and residents debate loading, parking for Wisconsin Giant
Last night, Giant representatives presented to ANC 3C their proposal for a mixed-use development including a new Giant supermarket on Wisconsin Avenue. Approximately 75 people attended, and like the meeting in October, the room was sweltering. Critics, who seemed out outnumber supporters this time, focused on loading impacts and asked for more parking. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Giant projects and public reactions
Learn about the Wisconsin Giant: Development projects in Ward 3 historically draw the strongest opposition from well-organized groups of residents. For the proposed Wisconsin Avenue Giant, however, the dynamic is reversing, as many residents eager for a new, mixed-use, walkable, modern Giant and retail at the corner of Wisconsin, Newark, and Idaho are rallying to support the… Keep reading…
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Better Know a Single-Member District: 3C03
SMD 3C03. From Google Maps. “The fightin’ 3C03” 3C03 is one of three SMDs in the neighborhood of Woodley Park. Woodley combines some large residential buildings along Connecticut with single-family homes farther away, a small but lively retail strip, and perhaps the greatest concentration of large institutional land uses in any neighborhood its size. There… Keep reading…
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“Traffic, traffic, traffic, parking, parking, traffic, parking”
Those were the words of OP’s Jennifer Steingasser at Wednesday’s Giant meeting in Cleveland Park. Steingasser was referring to the fact that concerns about the project are almost all actually transportation concerns, not zoning concerns. Keep reading…
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Wisconsin Giant plan is not too giant
Please welcome GGW’s newest correspondent and frequent past commenter, northwest resident Ben Thielen. — David Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: End of the world as we know it
OMG 140 people might live on Wisconsin! City Paper shows a flyer warning people of traffic mayhem if the Giant project is built on Wisconsin Avenue in McLean Gardens. In an email to the Cleveland Park list, opponent Nancy MacWood wrote, “I think many of us have assumed that we would absorb some of the District’s move to attract new residents. … But frankly no one contemplated… Keep reading…
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Wisconsin Ave Giant is a great project
I’ve been picking on bad projects a fair amount lately, so it’s time to highlight a good project: the proposed redevelopment of the Wisconsin Avenue Giant in western Cleveland Park. This project will replace bland, single-story buildings and large surface parking lots along Wisconsin Ave and Idaho Ave with an appropriately scaled mixed-use project that will engage… Keep reading…