new EYA homes on southern ave reconnection




new langston lane redevelopment













new wheeler rd development (between misspp ave and southern ave)






















new barry farms, anacostia metro redevelopment

new ward 8

new ballou high school (13th st & southern ave) and oxon run park (new residential)

aerial view of poplar point

poplar point (soccer stadium, aquarium, space museum)

ward 8, Bowling AFB (purple)

I am a resident of Congress Heights. Over the past ten years, I have been closely following the amazing redevelopment of Washington DC and am very happy that DC is well on its way of finally becoming a world class city like it should have always been. Downtown, the baseball stadium area, southwest waterfront, DC yards and Poplar point are just to name a few. But, the area that peaks my interest the most is Ward 8, and its future. There are many projects in the pipeline, like Skyland, that we can get exited about. Also, projects that were recently completed, like Giants (and soon to be Asheford Court), is something we can all be proud of. Nevertheless, the project that is of most importance to me is the redevelopment of Saint Elizabeth’s west campus. St Eve’s east campus is being planned to perfection by the DC government and is set to include office, housing and retail. Although, it would be the icing on the cake if they were to relocate the entire UDC campus on the site and also relocate SE Community Hospital to serve as a teaching facility for UDC students as well as serving the community. The problem with St Eve’s west campus is that the exact opposite, as far as planning, is being done. Building a new headquarters for the Dept of Homeland Security is shortsighted and without any benefits to Ward 8 or the city as a whole. There will be 11,000 DHS employees on site when completed, none of which will mingle in the local community for shopping or dining, WE ALL KNOW THAT! This very valuable and, potentially lucrative land, if carefully planned, could transform Ward 8 into the new DC financial powerhouse, instead of DC’s red headed stepchild. Let us take a look at three prime examples: 1. The Verizon Center area 2. The baseball stadium area 3. The new soccer stadium/Poplar Point. Those three areas, with a professional sports arena serving at the center, have turned their respective neighborhoods into its own entertainment hub unrivaled anywhere in the city. With that being said the only logical plan for St Eves west campus is an entertainment district, complete with office/hotel/retail/residential, with a new 100,000 seat professional football stadium (built by Dan Synder) for the Washington Redskins. A state of the art stadium, on top of an existing subway station, with direct access to interstates 295/395/495, across from a military base (Bowling AFB), in an economically distressed part of town, sitting atop a hill overlooking scenic views of DC monuments and waterfront, this stadium site will be unmatched by ANY in the world! With a reconfigured South Capital street built running through the west campus, this could be the new southern gateway leading to downtown DC. Just think, Ward 8 could soon be home to NFL playoffs, the Super Bowl, NCAA final four, World cup soccer and mega-music concerts. DC ‘Senator’ Elanor Holmes Norton, is an icon in this city that is loved and respected for all that she does for DC, but she is wrong on her support for DHS at St Eves. Please help her reconsider! I have attached pictures of a scale model (extremely low budget) of the future Ward 8. If you can respond to tell me how much you love the idea (or how crazy I am) it would be appreciated. Thank you.