Comments on: Central Union Mission and Georgia Ave.’s Nimby Politics http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/09/30/central-union-mission-and-georgia-ave-s-nimby-politics/ D.C. Real Estate, Development, and Urbanism Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:44:25 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Backlinks http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/09/30/central-union-mission-and-georgia-ave-s-nimby-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-91949 Backlinks Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:01:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=9472#comment-91949 Howdy! Someone in my Myspace group shared this site with us so I came to check it out. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Great blog and superb style and design. Howdy! Someone in my Myspace group shared this site with us so I came to check it out. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Great blog and superb style and design.

]]> By: Tracy Smith http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/09/30/central-union-mission-and-georgia-ave-s-nimby-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-74320 Tracy Smith Wed, 04 May 2011 14:47:23 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=9472#comment-74320 interesting.I really dont know much about this topic but the fact that it offer affordable housing for the people it good hear that. interesting.I really dont know much about this topic but the fact that it offer affordable housing for the people it good hear that.

]]> By: The Latest News on Central Union Mission - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/09/30/central-union-mission-and-georgia-ave-s-nimby-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-8174 The Latest News on Central Union Mission - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:29:23 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=9472#comment-8174 [...] out Central Union Mission will not be developing the land it owns by Georgia Ave. and Newton Place in Park View/Columbia Heights/Petworth. (Note: I’ve had enough of you [...] [...] out Central Union Mission will not be developing the land it owns by Georgia Ave. and Newton Place in Park View/Columbia Heights/Petworth. (Note: I’ve had enough of you [...]

]]> By: City Chops $20 Million from Homeless Services Budget - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/09/30/central-union-mission-and-georgia-ave-s-nimby-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-8034 City Chops $20 Million from Homeless Services Budget - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=9472#comment-8034 [...] after weeks of posting about homeless shelter closures and Petworth and Columbia Heights residents rejecting a planned shelter in their neighborhood, I typed up a post entitled “A (Tiny) Bit of Good News for D.C.’s [...] [...] after weeks of posting about homeless shelter closures and Petworth and Columbia Heights residents rejecting a planned shelter in their neighborhood, I typed up a post entitled “A (Tiny) Bit of Good News for D.C.’s [...]

]]> By: JM http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/09/30/central-union-mission-and-georgia-ave-s-nimby-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-7901 JM Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:29:58 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=9472#comment-7901 Well, I'm a new Petworth transplant, and I will fight as hard as I can against a homeless shelter on Ga Ave. NIMBY? You bet. And Ruth Samuelson can kiss my a$$ with her snarky holier-than-thou attitude. Well, I'm a new Petworth transplant, and I will fight as hard as I can against a homeless shelter on Ga Ave. NIMBY? You bet. And Ruth Samuelson can kiss my a$$ with her snarky holier-than-thou attitude.

]]> By: A (Tiny) Bit of Good News for D.C.’s Homeless - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/09/30/central-union-mission-and-georgia-ave-s-nimby-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-7886 A (Tiny) Bit of Good News for D.C.’s Homeless - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:33:03 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=9472#comment-7886 [...] This past year has been a rough one for Washington D.C.’s homeless population.   September 26 marked the one-year anniversary of the closure of downtown’s Franklin Shelter, and as the city’s homeless get swept from the center of the District, they’re not exactly being embraced by the neighborhoods. [...] [...] This past year has been a rough one for Washington D.C.’s homeless population.   September 26 marked the one-year anniversary of the closure of downtown’s Franklin Shelter, and as the city’s homeless get swept from the center of the District, they’re not exactly being embraced by the neighborhoods. [...]

]]> By: DB http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/09/30/central-union-mission-and-georgia-ave-s-nimby-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-7838 DB Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:12:24 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=9472#comment-7838 I'm not with the nimby crowd, though I am against the consolidization of poverty into ghettos and large shelters. What I am into is neighborhood aesthetics, and I hope our ANC didn't give blanket approval to build another sidewalk crowding monstrosity like the EL haynes school. Georgia Ave was *supposed* to be Rehabbed as a "Great Street"(TM), as opposed to the motley mess it's becoming. I'm not with the nimby crowd, though I am against the consolidization of poverty into ghettos and large shelters.

What I am into is neighborhood aesthetics, and I hope our ANC didn't give blanket approval to build another sidewalk crowding monstrosity like the EL haynes school. Georgia Ave was *supposed* to be Rehabbed as a "Great Street"(TM), as opposed to the motley mess it's becoming.

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