There has been great interest in the District’s portion of the Walter Reed site.
See this main Washington Post article that reports Howard University’s interest in the site:
Howard seeks Walter Reed land for hospital, health colleges
By Ovetta Wiggins
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 7, 2010; B02
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/06/AR2010050605607\.html]
There is a sidebar to the above articles that lists all 23 groups which have submitted proposals for the Walter Reed site (or portions of it).
The 23 groups vying for Walter Reed land
Friday, May 7, 2010; B02
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/06/AR2010050605714.html]
One of the 23 group is So Others Might Eat (www.some.org).
FYI.
Bates Area Civic Association 
Hmmm — I would have thought that this news would have generated a * little * buzz in the Truxton Circle / Bates / Eastern Shaw commmunity…