Final Report Now Available

The final report for the Lower 8th Vision Process is now available and can be downloaded here.

Final Community Meeting Re-Cap

The fifth and final community meeting for the Lower 8th Street, SE Vision Process was held on Tuesday, Feb. 23rd at the Peoples Church. Height, density, mix-of-uses, and Virginia Avenue Park were just some of the issues discussed at the five community meetings which began in October 2009. At the last meeting on Tuesday, several conceptual designs for the study area were presented by Amy Weinstein of Esocoff & Associates. Attendees were able to see how 45', 65' and 85' tall buildings would look and had the opportunity to give their feedback.
Community meeting minutes are available here.
View the presentation here.
View the presentation on Height Compability by Esocoff & Associates here.
Calculations for hotel, residential and office on Lower 8th Street can be seen here.

Please feel free to comment and share your opinion. These meetings served as a community participation process to gain consensus on a vision for the area and to identify issues that might impact achieving the vision while respecting the historical fabric of the neighborhood. A report will be submitted to the Office of Planning with the community response and recommendations for Lower 8th Street, SE.
Please post any comments here or email us at lower8thvision@gmail.com. Your questions, concerns and suggestions will be reviewed by the Advisory Group.

The fourth set of 5 Community Meetings for the Lower 8th St, SE Visioning Process was held on January 19th at The Peoples' Church, 535 8th Street, SE. Attendees at the morning and evening meetings heard a recap of the December meeting, learned about the Marines CIMP process and broke out into small groups to discuss possible Lower 8th Street, SE land use and density/height scenarios. These examples were theoretical only and solely for creative discussion purposes.
Community Meeting Minutes are available here.
The presentation can be viewed here.

Please post any comments here or email us at lower8thvision@gmail.com. Your questions, concerns and suggestions will be reviewed by the Advisory Group. Please stay tuned for an upcoming post that outlines our agenda for the next set of Community-wide Input Meetings scheduled for February 23rd, 2010.

Agenda for January 19th Community Meeting

Following is the Agenda for the fourth set of Community-wide Input Meetings that we will be convening on January 19th, 2010. Those people that attended the third round of meetings on December 15th will be interested in attending again as the conversation around a vision for Lower 8th Street will progress to looking at best mix of uses, breakout workshops on land use, density and parking, and closing with a Q&A. We encourage you to tell interested colleagues and friends to attend as well.

For those that were unable to attend the third round of meetings, we will bring you up to speed by summarizing the key inputs right off the top of the upcoming meetings. You may also download the Minutes and Presentations from the first and second rounds of meetings right here from the DOWNLOAD section on the right hand side of this blog.

Lower 8th Street Vision Process
4th Community Meeting
January 19, 2010 – 8:30 a.m. or 7:00 p.m.
The People's Church
535 8th Street, SE

AGENDA

I. Welcome & Introductions

II. Summary of 3rd Round of Community Meetings
A. Mix of Uses & Density - what did we hear?
B. Best Practices from DC
C. Grocery Store Addition

III. Marine Corps Community Integrated Master Plan
A. Goals of Study
B. Public Input Process/Community Meetings
C. Schedule
D. Q&A

IV. Proposed Mix of Uses
A. Conceptual Land Use Relationships
B. Allocation of Allowable Development Rights
C. Traffic/Circulation
D. Parking Concepts

V. Workshop/Charette Session
A. Land Use
B. Density/Height
C. Circulation Parking

VI. Questions & Answers
A. Fifth Public Meeting
B. Summary Report on Vision & Recommendations
C. Briefing for the Office of Planning

VII. Adjourn

December 15th Community-Wide Meeting

The third set of now 5 Community Meetings for the Lower 8th St, SE Visioning Process was held on December 15th at The Peoples' Church, 535 8th Street, SE. Attendees at the morning and evening meetings heard a recap of the November meeting, and saw presentations by Edmund Fleet from THE ARC, Richard Lake of Roadside Development and Wayne Dickson of Blake Dickson Real Estate which illustrated examples and best practices of mixed-use development in the city and renovation of historic buildings. Following each presentation, participants were able to ask questions of each presenter relating to his project and Lower 8th Street, SE.
Community Meeting Minutes are available here.
See Edmund Fleet's presentation on THE ARC here.
See presentations of Roadside Developments' Cityline at Tenley and Citymarket at O.
Please post any comments here or email us at lower8thvision@gmail.com. Your questions, concerns and suggestions will be reviewed by the Advisory Group. Please stay tuned for an upcoming post that outlines our agenda for the next set of Community-wide Input Meetings scheduled for January 19th, 2009.

Agenda for Dec. 15th Community Meetings

Following is the Agenda for the third set of Community-wide Input Meetings that we will be on December 15th, 2009. Those people that attended the second round of meetings on November 17th will be interested in attending again as the conversation around a vision for Lower 8th Street will progress to looking at best practices and build out scenarios and what we hope will be a lively Q & A. We encourage you to tell interested colleagues and friends to attend as well.

For those that were unable to attend the second round of meetings, we will bring you up to speed by summarizing the key inputs right off the top of the upcoming meetings. You may also download the Minutes and Presentations from the first and second rounds of meetings right here from the DOWNLOAD section on the right hand side of this blog.

Lower 8th Street Vision Process
3rd Community Meeting
December 15, 2009 – 8:30 a.m. or 7:00 p.m.
The People's Church
535 8th Street, SE

AGENDA

I. Welcome & Introductions

II. Summary of 2nd Round of Community Meetings
A. What did we hear?
B. Issues & Impediments
C. Opportunities

III. Best Practices and Build Out Scenarios
A. Regional Examples
B. Mixed Use Projects

IV. Richard Lake - Roadside Development
A. What Makes a Successful Mixed-Use Project
B. Tenleytown Project
C. O Street Market Project

V. Wayne Dickson - Blake Real Estate
A. A Grocery Store as a Neighborhood Anchor - Fundamentals
B. Community Process/Partnership to bring Whole Foods to P Street
C. Resulting Spin-Off Development

VI. Community Center Example - THE ARC
A. The Need for a Community Center
B. Process/Partnerships to Create THE ARC
C. User Groups and Programs

VII. Conceptual Use Relationships

VIII. Questions & Answers

November 17th Community-wide Input Meetings

The second set of 4 Community Meetings for the Lower 8th St, SE Visioning Process was held on November 17th at The Peoples' Church, 535 8th Street, SE. About 75 people attended the morning and evening meetings where they heard a recap of the October meeting, learned about the Existing Conditions/Allowed Development by Right and Future Form Determinants including the CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel and Streetcar Plan, then discussed the Community Vision, summarizing needs and opportunities, before moving on to an interactive Q&A.

Community Meeting Minutes are available here.
See the Presentation here.

Please post any comments here or email us at lower8thvision@gmail.com. Your questions, concerns and suggestions will be reviewed by the Advisory Group.

Please stay tuned for an upcoming post that outlines our agenda for the next set of Community-wide Input Meetings scheduled for December 15, 2009. The next meeting will focus on best practice examples and build-out scenarios.