Post by RusskyHoya on Aug 3, 2016 22:08:26 GMT -5
You were always too good for this world.
The President of the Georgetown Citizen's Association complaining that the University is getting shortchanged. What a time to be alive.
www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/park-service-releases-boathouse-sites-study
Under the development scenario, one 13,800-square-foot boathouse would be situated on a sizable vacant lot between the Key Bridge and the Georgetown Waterfront Park. A second 3,600- to 4,200-square-foot boathouse would be constructed just east of the Potomac Boat Club, as well as a 6,000-square-foot storage facility for canoes and kayaks between the Potomac Boat Club and the Washington Canoe Club. The plan also allows for the possibility of a small boathouse west of the Washington Canoe Club. Under this action alternative, the Washington Canoe Club building would receive a complete restoration, and other smaller improvements would address traffic flow and pedestrian safety in the area.
The current proposal retains the two Key Bridge boathouses that were constants among three alternatives first shown in 2015 and hews closest to last year’s proposed “low-density” option, with the exception of the new plan’s possible third boathouse west of the Washington Canoe Club.
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The plans aren’t without their detractors, though. Citizens Association of Georgetown president Bob vom Eigen told The Current he’s concerned that the emphasis on facilities for kayaks and canoes will leave the rowing teams at George Washington and Georgetown universities competing for space with high school teams and the public, as they do now.
“It’s really disappointing,” vom Eigen said in an interview. “It just doesn’t sound practical to me.”
Georgetown University’s Ryan King wrote in an email that the school is “monitoring the situation closely.”
“We are hopeful the EA lays out a path forward for Georgetown to partner with the Park Service to build a university boathouse that will better serve the needs of Georgetown and the community,” King wrote.
The current proposal retains the two Key Bridge boathouses that were constants among three alternatives first shown in 2015 and hews closest to last year’s proposed “low-density” option, with the exception of the new plan’s possible third boathouse west of the Washington Canoe Club.
...
The plans aren’t without their detractors, though. Citizens Association of Georgetown president Bob vom Eigen told The Current he’s concerned that the emphasis on facilities for kayaks and canoes will leave the rowing teams at George Washington and Georgetown universities competing for space with high school teams and the public, as they do now.
“It’s really disappointing,” vom Eigen said in an interview. “It just doesn’t sound practical to me.”
Georgetown University’s Ryan King wrote in an email that the school is “monitoring the situation closely.”
“We are hopeful the EA lays out a path forward for Georgetown to partner with the Park Service to build a university boathouse that will better serve the needs of Georgetown and the community,” King wrote.
The President of the Georgetown Citizen's Association complaining that the University is getting shortchanged. What a time to be alive.
www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/park-service-releases-boathouse-sites-study