You may not like Walmart moving into the neighborhood, but at least the new-construction building just south of the Bates area will be built to LEED standards.
You can read the full story from the Washington Business Journal:
Walmart will build to LEED in D.C.
Washington Business Journal by Michael Neibauer, Staff Reporter
Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 2:57pm EDT
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2011/11/walmart-will-build-to-leed-in-dc.html
Bates Area Civic Association 