Tell the Council you are tired of the city giving/leasing away public land for pennies on the dollar. Ask the Council to ensure independent appraisals of all the Mayor's proposed land deals. Tell the Council to vote no on last-minute land deals. dcfeedback.com/nomoredollarde…

A lower court must now hold a trial to consider arguments from two community groups that a promise was made decades ago to keep the plaza as public space in perpetuity. dcist.com/story/22/12/22…

Image what Friends of McMillan could be without the dense development promoted by Mayor Muriel Bowser and sold by Kenyan McDuffie to the Council of DC which approved gifting the build-ready site to developers. S.M.A.C. DC #repurpose #replant #keepDCland

✅On This Date✅ #OTD 2014 - S.M.A.C. DC yard sign #OTD 2020 - Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5E in-person meeting at Friendship PCS cafeteria #OTD 2021 - 101 R I Ave NW for lease #OTD 2021 - Beware rat poison sign in a #BloomingdaleDC tree box 🔷

Any new thoughts about stopping the unneeded multi-tenant office building & luxury housing Friends of McMillan, now that the caverns have been destroyed? This site should be a monument to Black history of DC, not housing for yuppies. S.M.A.C. DC #greenspace #peoplespark

“There are also additional funds to complete infrastructure work at McMillan….” bizjournals.com/washington/new…

Thank you to Washington Teachers' Union DC Public Library Charnice Milton Community Bookstore Social Art and Culture for addressing the #literacy crisis in the nation's capital #literacymatters. Installed by [email protected] #weluvbooks

Enforcement of racial covenants of property adjacent to McMillan overturned coincides with WWII era fencing off of park #SAVEMcMillanPark 🌳 historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/906

Bowser's office gave more details to Delia Gonçalves after she dismissed Martin's q: the interim director is "getting paid under a different position." wusa9.com/article/news/l… Bowser is essentially ignoring the law. The Council has tools to stop her: wtop.com/dc/2022/08/at-…

🥕On This Date🥕 #OTD 2016 - Hugh Youngblood gathering signatures for S.M.A.C. DC #OTD 2016 - no public urination sign in a #BloomingdaleDC tree box #OTD 2022 - CommonGoodCityFarm farm market #OTD 2022 - Bloomingdale alley at night 🔷

I continue to mourn the wretched murder of Jordan Neely—and feel the weight of history. Jordan’s murder, and his killer’s defense, are reminiscent of the murders of Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery. So reminiscent of America's wretched history of racist vigilante violence. 1/

Another reason to look at and question use and disuse and dvlpmnt of DC’s McMillan Park, designed to be used for passive recreation in the middle of the city. #SAVEMcMillanPark 🌳

Landscapes of Exclusion: State Parks and Jim Crow in the American South ***Bring your McMillan Park stories to this event!*** #SAVEMcMillanPark 🌳olmsted200.org/events/landsca…

225 residents of Seneca Village were displaced in the mid 1800s to make way for Central Park, which is considered one of the masterpieces of landscape architect #FrederickLawOlmsted; a generation later his son created McMillanPark #RightToAssembly #DCRaceLegacy #SAVEMcMillanPark

“We were destroyed by the power of the city government to relentlessly push ahead,” said Daniel Goldon Wolkoff, a member of Save McMillan Park...." washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

Will there be the required 1/3 housing units to be "non-market, Affordable Housing? popville.com/2023/06/distri…

A reminder today that of the 75+ full-service grocery stores in the District, only 4 are currently located in the parts of Wards 7 and 8 east of the Anacostia River, where more than 1 out of every 5 DC residents live. Wards 1 & 4 now have 13 and 12, respectively. #EndFoodDeserts

McMillan Sand Filtration Site as the Reservoir District, Mike Neibauer from the Washington Business Journal on what the new development, with a huge swathe of townhouses, retail and office space, will look like. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cit…