Speaker Series Continues:
EcoDistricts & Executive Order on the Environment
Rob Bennett, executive director of the Portland + Oregon Sustainability Institute and Michelle Moore, federal environmental executive of the White House Council on Environmental Quality will team up for the next installment of NCPC's Speaker Series. The January 26 event begins at 6:00 PM and will be held at NCPC. Join us to learn more about the pioneering ecodistrict approach to creating resource efficient communities and how federal agencies must measure, manage and reduce, greenhouse gas emissions, per a recent presidential Executive Order.
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Shape 10th Street Corridor: Public Meeting February 2
The 10th Street, SW Corridor is envisioned in the Monumental Core Framework Plan as a lively, mixed-use community. Attend and hear ideas for moving this vision into action. Join the conversation and help shape this important precinct into a model 21st century showcase of sustainable development. The February 2 scoping meeting kicks off at 5:30 PM at NCPC.
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 Commemoration Study Underway
NCPC and the National Park Service have commenced Washington as Commemoration, a study to explore the themes represented in Washington's commemorative landscape. The project scope includes developing a commemorative works database of historical and factual information. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for how to participate. Learn more about commemoration |
U.S. Coast Guard to be First DHS Occupant at St. Elizabeths
With preliminary and final site and building plans approved by NCPC on January 7, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is closer to calling St. Elizabeths home. Approximately 14,000 of 26,000 Department of Homeland Security employees will be housed at St. Elizabeths, beginning with the USCG headquarters. At build-out, the development will be the largest project in the history of the General Services Administration and the largest federal project in the National Capital Region since the Pentagon in 1941. Construction is scheduled to begin in February, with initial occupancy in 2013. Read more |
