We Oppose “Surplussing” the Commons

The D.C. government is planning to surplus and give away “air rights” at the Chevy Chase Commons, the site of our Library and Community Center, for the development of mostly high-priced residences, that will include an indeterminate number of "affordable" housing units - as few as 30% of the overall units.

We Oppose the Loss of Open Public Space

We oppose the loss of the outdoor recreational facilities and green space, especially for an incompatible private land-use like housing.

The library and community center currently cover 35% of the land with the rest of the parcel covered by the Commons Park and parking.

Public Land for Public Services

We call upon our elected officials to cease surplussing plans for the now publicly-owned Chevy Chase Commons (no leasing or selling to private developers) and building anything outside of our current zoning restrictions.

No other DC community is being asked to forfeit its public Commons, especially for market-rate housing.

Category: Updates

ANC 3/4G Chevy Chase Commons survey results are in!

ANC 3/4G has heard from you! Now what?

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission for Chevy Chase (ANC 3/4G) announced a survey seeking your feedback about the future of the Commons. Commissioners posted the survey on their website back in mid-October 2023 — click here The survey results have been quietly announced here. There are three reports posted: (1) summary results based on all 2836…

OP Report at Nov. 9 Zoning Meeting

DC Zoning Commission Waives Notice Requirements & Forges Ahead to a “Rulemaking” Hearing (in 2024) About The Future of the Chevy Chase Commons

News Alert: SAVEDCPUBLICLAND.org  (202) 854-1822 Ward 3, Washington, DC, Nov. 9, 2023 – In a stunning rebuke to written public comments asking for postponement, including a letter from three Chevy Chase ANC Commissioners asserting that setdown of the Office of Planning’s proposed new zones should not proceed “without the expressed view of ANC3/4G,” the DC…

Two New Zones for Chevy Chase

How Two New Zones Could Lead To More Development in Chevy Chase

From the blog Urban Turf posted on October 18, 2023 – click here The DC Office of Planning submitted map and text amendment applications to the DC Zoning Commission that would create new mixed-use zones along Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase, DC were filed with DC’s Zoning Commission last week. The two proposed Chevy Chase…

The Chevy Chase Small Area Plan

What happened with the Chevy Chase Small Area Plan?

See Full June 2022 Report by DC for Reasonable Development — click here Chevy Chase, along with the entire Ward 3 Conn. Ave. corridor, is located in a new Comp Plan policy map designation called a “Future Planning Analysis” area. Looking at the second map on this page, you can view all the “Future Planning…