Below are comments and links related to various local issues.

Economic Development/Land Use

• Proposed Walmart, Georgia & Missouri Ave, NW
• Walmart Public Space Plan: Permit Application (scroll down in the application for photos), Blueprints: page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5, page 6
• June 27, 2011 ANC 4B Walmart Resolution
• ANC 4B Walmart Committee website
• Proposed Walmart design
• ANC 4B Resolution on Walmart Notification
• ANC 4B Resolution on Walmart Hearings
• Walmart Large Tract Review Submission
  Deadline for public comment is May 25. Send comments to Stephen Mordfin, DC Office of Planning, 1100 4th Street, SW, Suite E650 Washington, DC 20024, Phone: (202) 442-7600, Fax: (202) 442-7638, email: stephen.mordfin@dc.gov
• Large Tract Review Committee Final Report and Summary Recommendations
• Hunter College Study on Walmart
• Benefits Committee Report
• See DC criticism of Walmart Traffic Study.
• Recording ofJanuary 10 4B04 Walmart meeting.


• Walter Reed
• Walter Reed Redevelopment Proposal and Comment Sheet - January 17, 2012
• Walter Reed Redevelopment Implementation Report
• Historic preservation documents, including the Walter Reed Historic Sites Preservation Plan With Photos Note: 120 pages - may take time to download
• 1920's postcards of Walter Reed
• March, 2011, letter concerning cleaning of radiological contamination
• March 1998 document on decontamination
• May 1959 document on reactor


• Directory of Ward 4 Businesses, compiled by the 14th St. Uptown Business Association


• Apartment buildings proposed on Spring Place, NW
• HPRB Staff Report
• Proposal and Revisions
• ANC 4B resolution, adopted 10/24/2011


• New building proposal at 231 Carroll Street NW
• ANC 4B resolution on proposal
• Plans for new building proposed at 231 Carroll St NW.
• HPRB Submission for new building proposed at 231 Carroll St NW.
• Four renderings of 231 Carroll.


• Underlying much of the discussion of development along the Georgia Avenue corridor is the Georgia Avenue Master Plan.


• A proposal for a pawn shop at the corner of Fern and Georgia, the southern entry point of the Gateway section of Georgia Avenue, has been the cause of much controversy. A bill sponsored by Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser (see video of markup -- discussion starts around 13:30) affirmed that ANCs should be given great weight in the licensing of pawn shops, and ANC 4B passed the following Georgia Ave Pawn Shop Resolution. The license has been granted, but further action may be taken by the ANC and/or neighborhood groups.


• ANC 4B passed a resolution about a proposed mural on the Cork & Bottle Building, 7421 Georgia Ave, NW.


• Mural in Takoma Metro Underpass - Photos

Education/Libraries/Recreation

• ANC 4B Resolution on on Takoma Education Center


• ANC 4B Resolution on Takoma Theatre

Public Safety/Alcoholic Beverages

• Sunshine Bar & Lounge
• ABC Board's ruling approving Sunshine requests, despite opposition of two ANCs.


• For discussion of alcoholic beverage licenses, these may be of interest:
• Alcoholic Beverage License Guide
• Alcoholic Beverage License Application

Public Works/Infrastructure/Utiities

• PEPCO
• Rate Increase Request - Office of the People's Counsel Position
• Smart Grid - OPC’s Opt-Out Petition


• Takoma Transportation Improvements Project
• Project Description
• Project Status Report, 2/6/12

Social Services/Health

• A dispensary for medical marijuana is being considered near Takoma Metro. In connection with this, here are
    the District's Draft Regulations on Medical Marijuana
    the Medical Marijuana Committee Report on the draft regs (very long -- scroll to last three pages for a summary chart)
    the original legislation
    information about the proposed medical marijuana dispensary.