BRAC: D.C.'s Opportunities Post-Walter Reed
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2011-06-27/brac-dcs-opportunities-post-walter-reed
Base realignment and closure (BRAC) brings opportunity to the District. In September, Walter Reed Army Medical Center will move to new facilities in Bethesda and Fort Belvoir, leaving sixty-two acres of prime real estate along Georgia Avenue for the District to redevelop. We hear about plans for the future of the sprawling and storied campus.
Guests
James Wood
Planning and Strategies Leader for Washington, DC, with the design firm Perkins & Will.
Eric Jenkins
Director of the Walter Reed Local Redevelopment Authority.
Colonel Norvell Coots, MD
Commander of the Walter Reed Health Care System
Randall Clarke
Citizen member of the Local Redevelopment Authority Committee for the Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Muriel Bowser
D.C. City Council Member (D-Ward 4);
Comments
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I live directly across the street from Walter Reed, facing the portion that GSA was going to take.
Me and my neighbors are VERY concerned that the area that many of us fought the army to keep as a beautiful and green park into a concrete jungle in the 70s. Prior to 2001, our neighbors used that green portion as a park, there being no parks within 1/2 mile walking distance of this location.
We are looking for a green buffer zone between the single family homes and any commercial development.