Bates Area Civic Association

Click on the link to read the * entire * Washington Business Journal blog post. I have included a few paragraphs below.

Jul 7, 2014, 2:49pm EDT UPDATED: Jul 7, 2014, 3:28pm EDT
Here’s the plan to preserve, update D.C.’s Mid City East
Michael Neibauer
Staff Reporter- Washington Business Journal

The refresh of D.C.’s Mid City East begins with its preservation.

That appears to be the No. 1 goal of the recently released Mid City East draft small area plan: To preserve neighborhood character and architecture while tackling the community’s larger issues: vacant property, infill opportunities, dilapidated and disconnected main drags, poor connectivity, weak retail.

Now available for public comment, the small area plan is the culmination of a 15-month effort to craft a long term guide for the development, redevelopment and preservation of a 480 acre swath of Northwest and Northeast D.C. The program was led by the Office of Planning, and included numerous public meetings, walking tours, focus groups, meet ups and mobile workshops.
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As for residential, the plan suggests upping the potential density at the North Capitol Street intersections with New York and Florida avenues, redeveloping District-owned sites including the Langston and Slater school building and the parcels on the south side of Florida Avenue at Q Street NW, infilling vacant parcels, reusing vacant buildings and expanding affordable housing.