To bring you up to speed: Soon after their rally on the corner of 29th and Garfield, ANC 3C unanimously voted to oppose the building project and to join an appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment. Last Friday, the neighbors met with officials from the Mayor’s office, DCRA, the Urban Forestry Administration, the Office of Planning, and Councilmember Phil Mendelson to try to sort things out, and learned more about how the Zoning Administrator had done little or nothing to evaluate the potential effect of upscaling the woodsy corner.

On Monday, however, the neighbors were dealt a disappointment: DCRA Director Linda Argo said that the Zoning Administrator’s decision to use his “minor flexibility discretion” in subdividing the lot for two homes was “appropriate and correct.” Still, Argo said that the permits would be reviewed by all relevant agencies, including DDOT, WASA, and the Department of the Environment. DCRA will also be meeting personally with the developer to ensure compliance with all regulations.

The Woodley Parkers sent their letter to Mayor Fenty the same day, asking basically the same thing—a stay on all construction until the BZA appeal had been heard. The letter was signed by Councilmembers Cheh, Mendelson, David Catania, Michael Brown, Kwame Brown, and chairman Vince Gray.

“It’s going to be a long, hot summer,” neighborhood spokeswoman Lisa Mitiguy says.

Last week, activists joined together in front of the Wilson Building. And in late March, they gathered by the office of Neil Albert, head of the city's office of planning and economic development.

Now, it looks like they're going for round III: This evening, a group from Empower DC will stand with signs in front of the Washington Hilton at the start of the D.C. Building Industry Association's awards ceremony, according to the Washington Business Journal.

Their target doesn't seem to be building community in general, but more specifically the honorees of the evening.

The association plans to present achievement awards to Mayor Adrian Fenty, and his "cronies," as Empower DC calls them, Neil O. Albert, Linda Argo, Leila Finucane Edmonds, and Harriet Tregoning (click the link for the full titles).