Shelter opponents have secured the backing of high-powered law firms as the city seeks to open the building as soon as this fall.
As he faced the crowd gathered in this well-kept West End strip to protest, Wesley Thomas couldn’t help thinking of the spot where he had slept outside for 18 years, roughly 1,000 yards away.
. Some shelter opponents have secured the backing of powerful law firms. Tensions in the area’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission have at times boiled over at meetings. And while much of the opposition has centered on a process critics have described as rushed, to Thomas, a sense of urgency feels appropriate.The shelter would be D.C.
Morrison said members of the association feel the city has rushed the project “without time for the community to organize.” The suit also says the project requires an environmental impact study because the conversion of the Aston “will likely lead to increased security issues, an uptick in crime, increased traffic of automobiles, delivery trucks and rescue service vehicles, inaccessibility of the bike lane, and property devaluation.”Reached by email, association spokesperson Chris Hartline did not answer questions about the group’s origins or membership.
Bowser’s administration sent the proposed sale contract to the D.C. Council on June 9 before the conclusion of a 30-day public comment period for the ANC to invite public comments on the proposal, frustrating residents who only recently had learned about it. The move prompted Pinto to file a disapproval resolution as a procedural way to allow more time for community feedback, although she withdrew the resolution on July 6, noting that there had been sufficient time for “thorough community input.
Brit Ruffin, the director of policy and advocacy for the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, noted that Ward 2 is the only D.C. ward that did not open a short-term family shelter after the closure of the decrepit D.C. General shelter years ago — making a project she said was critical for the city even more important to the area.
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