Park View, D.C.

At last night’s Georgia Avenue Community Development Task Force meeting, the subject of Bruce Monroe Park arose. Three issues that still remain before the first phase can be completed are the ball courts, mulch, and water runoff.

The basketball courts still have playing surface issues, and are due to get resurfaced which will take them out of service for about a week. Apparently, the mulch at the park has been causing problems and will be removed so that sod can be put down in its place. Lastly, some of the neighboring properties have experience water runoff from the park, which needs to be addressed.

Questions remain concerning the second phase of the park which has yet to begin. The chief question has to do with money. While no one from DMPED was there, it was mentioned that $200,000 has been identified for programming and a future farmers’ market, but there was no information on how much of the original $2M is still available for the second phase of the project or where money for the planned structure will come from. The structure was described as being a solar, green building with an estimated cost of $750,000.

The only thing that is certain is that exact facts and figures still need to be obtained. I’ll provide updates and revised estimates as details unfold.

And on to Georgia Avenue — For those who want to know more about how the Georgia Avenue Community Review went on August 7th, The August issue of the Pleasant Plains Neighborhood Network News (click image to right) devoted most of the issue to a summary of that event.

Each of the six topics tackled by the focus groups are included with bullets of many of the ideas and suggestions that were raised by attendees. It’s definitely worth a read for anyone that wasn’t able to attend who is interested in knowing more.