Keep “CityMarket at O” Moving Forward
Sign the support letter for CityMarket at O.
Petition Closed, Friday, May 16. Copies of the online results were hand delivered to the offices of Neil Albert and Councilmember Jack Evans at 9am, May 16.
After a successful Zoning hearing last night and a few minor adjustments after a recent HPRB hearing, Roadside Development now needs the community to voice their support to Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Neil Albert to approve the full tax increment financing request for CityMarket at O.
Roadside has met every requirement that the District has given them, which early on reduced the heights and number of residential units at the site. They have reduced the amount of parking at the site from 750 to just over 500 spaces. At a zoning hearing in March, Roadside received overwhelming community support for the project to move it forward as quickly as possible. Since then the project has received Local, Small, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (LSDBE) certification and Roadside has agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) about how they will manage the development.
We should all be aware of the benefits that reinvigorating a robust and lively economic corridor in Shaw around the current blighted market site. I completely agree with Roadside Development's Armond Spikell when he stated at a March hearing that
[CityMarket at O] will create a synergy between the downtown business core, the Convention Center and its residential neighbors. And we believe it's a project that's central to revitalization of the Shaw community.”
— Armond Spikell, March 6, 2008 Zoning Commision hearing
We will have the update images of the current project plans posted in the next day or so.
Sign this petition and or send a letter directly to:
Neil Albert
Deputy Mayor for Economic Development
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 317
Washington, DC 20004
Fax: (202) 727-6703 | Neil.Albert ]at[ dc.gov
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05/14/08 @ 11:40 “We are working hard to resolve any remaining issues with this project including the appropriate tax increment financing level."Roadside has already made many adjustments to their original plan and the groundbreaking has been pushed back by several months for a project the community has been consistently enthusastic about. The TIF which Roadside has requested will meet their needs for delivering this project on time and without diminishing it any further.
— Neil Albert (EOM)
We need Mr Albert to support the full TIF request at this point to avoid further delay.
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05/14/08 @ 14:24 Other communities get things done the right way the first time. Shaw can too.
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05/14/08 @ 15:18 “We have been working very extensively with Neil Albert and John Ross of the CFO’s office on making the #’s work. This project is numero uno and so important!!”
— Jeff Coudriet
Committee Clerk, Committee on Finance and Revenue
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05/14/08 @ 20:21 I urge the city government to move with the speed it has relied upon to deliver on projects that have had corporate stakeholders of great magnitude. The needs of the Shaw community and its environs are no less vital. Many eyes are upon you.
---a former resident, patron of the historic market and socially engaged citizen
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05/21/08 @ 15:05 From: Evans, Jack (COUNCIL)
Sent: Fri, 23 May 2008 11:57 am
Subject: Do you support Roadside's full TIF request for CityMarket at O
Pease know I am 100% behind the TIF for the O Street Market. I have spoken to Neil Albert at least 3 times in the last 2 weeks about this issue and Jeff Coudriet of my staff has been in constant contact with his office to ensure they are doing everything they can to move this process along.
— Jack
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