Comments on: Long time, No NIMBY.

By: Debbie Cook

Debbie Cook — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:05:24 +0000

I still call it Wheaton Plaza too.

I hope the people in Mckenny Hills and Carroll Knolls will prevail, after all, it is THEIR Neighbohood, their property, their county and their taxes.

I can’t imagine who would want to buy a townhouse along that part of Georgia Avenue anyway. Townhouses are going to CAUSE a lot more traffic and congestion on Georgia Avenue. Builders do definitely make way more money on townhouses than they do on single family homes.

Bullis Park (in East Silver Spring) would have been a townhouse developement if the people in the neighborhood hadn’t stopped it. Wouldn’t that have been a shame??!!

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:01:00 +0000

I understand that townhomes might not be the ideal thing to put there. And that one of the big complaints was how people at the meeting (and beyond) were treated. And yes, NIMBY is, for the most part, a pejorative term (though not quite as inflammatory as CAVE or BANANA). Sometimes pandering to the lowest common denominator is, unfortunately, just easier (and more maybe fun for the guy writing).

But if I were still a resident of the neighborhood (on Dennis west of Georgia), I just wouldn’t have had a problem with it. Not that I really wanted townhomes – I just didn’t care. That’s why I didn’t respond to the legal notices in the first place. I, personally, wanted a bar that I could walk to and from. That would have been enough to placate me. Now I have the Quarry House.

By: Harry B.

Harry B. — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:43:19 +0000

I believe the idea of making the MCAD site a park was one of the ways of trying to prevent townhouses from going in there. For a number of reasons, (primarily traffic from my point of view), the residents of the area don’t want that. I believe that single-family homes, which fit in better with the existing neighborhood (and hold less people) are ok with most of the residents.

Single-family homes don’t make as much money for the developer, however.

By: r. scope

r. scope — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:38:09 +0000

NIMBY is a LCD pejorative to slap on people with whom you disagree. The M-CAD issue transcends the narrow classification of NIMBY-ism. Just look at the facts surrounding the case. It’s about who has the right to determine what’s best for their community; the county planners/zoners (and in our case the courts, given that every homeowner in the community was served with a lawsuit courtesy of KAZ development in an attempt to over turn OUR restrictive covenants on OUR neighborhood)OR the people who actually live in the community.
Label us NIMBY if it makes you feel better, it doesn’t change the facts.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:51:34 +0000

The area is a flood plain and a wetland, and feeds into the SC watershed, and is one of the last remaining little green spaces on Georgia, as you know. Kaz is very clever here, and all the trees that you see next (west)to your outline will be gone, to build the extension of Douglas Ave to accommodate 3 SFH, and an 8 foot path to the north. All that green space, except for a little sliver to the west, gone. They could separate their parcels like that because it is zoned R-60 for SFH.

Guess what? It’s owned by Mont. College foundation, and you have already paid for it with your tax dollars, which the County gives to subsidize MCCC every year! The rezoning will allow them to sell it to Kaz, who will sell it for even bigger bucks.

All parks are more than .8 mi from here, except Evans park, good luck crossing Georgia! I’m sure it could be made safe, with fence etc…

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:07:14 +0000

The location is already listed on UrbanSpoon.com, but not on the main Alberto’s site. Can I assume they’ll deliver to DTSS?

By: Sligo

Sligo — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:49:52 +0000

Isn’t that Alberto’s Pizza on Georgia Avenue supposed to open sometime soon? I tried it at the location in DC and it was pretty good. 2 Amy’s is definitely the best, though.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:01:25 +0000

Hard to beat a good wood-fired oven pizza. 2 Amys is still, by far, the best in the area, but Matchbox is pretty tasty, too. And maybe they’re letting the H&L guys focus on the beer in the establishment. Might not be a bad idea if the beer guys aren’t restaurant/food people.

By: paul_silver_spring

paul_silver_spring — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:49:53 +0000

Also… what’s the news on hook&ladder? I only saw a one line item on SSSingular. That would be a total bummer to loose that… that would have been a really cool use for that building.

By: paul_silver_spring

paul_silver_spring — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:44:51 +0000

Green space on georgia.. hahahaha…. they can join save our trail in the “hang some environmentalist fascade in front our of NIMBY cause club”… that’d be the coarse gravel trail that you need a mountain bike to ride, that was agreed to be paved by MTA over a decade ago when the purple line was originally planned… that’s the one that’s being “saved” for those of you who didn’t realize it WAS a trail – it’s hard to tell in it’s currently “saved” condition…..but I digress… green space on a 6 lane pedestrian nightmare… hahaha i love it. That being said SS is desperately in need of green space – just not on the side of a pedestrian death trap. maybe.. i dunno.. that big green space in downtown that they’re turning into a big cement block in the near future.. but i digress again.