Florida Market hearing tomorrow

From email:

On Thursday Oct 2, there will be a Public Roundtable,Committee on Economic Development, Kwame R. Brown, Chairperson, 1 o'clock, Room 412, City Hall, 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Agenda Item No. 3. "New Town Geographical Amendment Act of 2008", Bill 17-093l)

To amend the "New Town at Capital City Market Revitalization Development and Public/Private Partnership Act of 2006" to redefine the geographical boundaries. I'm sure this has to do with excluding Gallaudet & J Street Dev. (two of the largest landowners) who the city wants to no longer consider as being part of the market area. See Washington Business Journal of August 5,2008, "Developer seeks changes for Florida Avenue Market."

Councilmember Harry Thomas' letter in response, "New Town, new plan" to the WBJ editorial which called the deal smelly, "Florida Avenue follies."
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I won't have testimony til tomorrow. It will focus on how when Government, either the City Council or the Executive Branch, gets involved in development dealing specifically, that it needs to set and meet the highest standards for openness, transparency, and fairness, not the lowest.