CAG Presents GEORGETOWN ARTS 2012 - February 16 - 20, 2012
The third annual CAG art show opens with a
reception on Thursday, February 16 from
6 to 9pm at the House of Sweden at 2900 K
Street NW. CAG Presents Georgetown ARTS, sponsored
by CAG and the House of Sweden, along with several
generous patrons, will showcase talents of Georgetown’s
many artists – “emerging” to established, young to old,
working in classes, studios, and plein air. Read more >
Stick Up At the Bank - Saturday, March 3, 2012
Join your friends and neighbors and be the one to solve the bank
robbery mystery, while supporting CAG’s summer concert series. Read more and buy tickets >
Welcome
The mission of the Citizens Association of Georgetown is to preserve the historic character,
to develop the aesthetic values of Georgetown as a place in which the Nation's Capital was planned,
to help protect the interests of the residents and homeowners, and to assist in making it a pleasant place in which to live.
The Citizens Association of Georgetown has, in one form or another, been representing the interests of Georgetown residents in local affairs for more than a century. The organization traces its roots to 1878, when the Georgetown Citizens Association was established as the District of Columbia's first civic group. Read more here...
We have a very engaged Board of Directors and active Committees working on historic preservation and zoning,
Alcoholic Beverage Control issues, public safety, beautification, Concerts in the Parks, the CAG Fall Gala,
traffic, parking, utilities, and more. CAG also sponsors a Public Safety Program that places private security guards on
patrol in our neighborhood to deter crime.
News - updated February 2012
February Letter from CAG's President, Jennifer Altemus, While I was away in January (Singapore and Thailand!) I asked several board members to write about the CAG programs or issues they are involved in...
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Other News
Georgetown University Campus Plan Threatens Neighborhood
Final Zoning Commission Hearing on November 17 at 6:30pm
NEWS: CAG and the Burleith Citizens Association submit final opposition statement to the Zoning Commission on November 8. Click here to read the comprehensive and compelling details
BACKGROUND: In May 2011, CAG testified before the Zoning Commission in opposition to proposed Campus Plan. Dozens of residents also testified in opposition, as did ANC 2E, ANC 3D, the citizens associations of Burleith and Foxhall. Read details of ANC2E's excellent findings and recommendations regarding the proposed GU Campus Plan here.
But because GU’s transportation plan was, for the second time, found inadequate by the DC Department of Transportation, GU was granted a continuance until November 17, 2011 to submit a revised transportation plan and its rebuttal arguments.
In September GU instituted a number of tweaks to its existing off-campus student life programs -- which are long over-due and unfortunately, woefully inadequate.
CAG supports planned and thoughtful growth of the university but strongly opposes a plan that will make the objectionable effects of a 4,000 student expansion over 10 years worse. The DC Office of Planning agrees and has told the University to house 100% of its undergraduate students on campus or on sites outside the 20007 zip code by 2016.
If, however, the Zoning Commission allows GU to expand irresponsibly, the danger exists that valued residential neighborhoods will transform into predominantly off-campus student housing. Such an outcome would be a significant loss to the city.
We look forward to what we hope to be the final Zoning Commission hearing on November 17 at 6:30pm. We urge residents to be there to show support of opposition. The DC Zoning Commission is located in Judiciary Square: Office of Zoning Hearing Room, 441 4th Street, Suite 220-S. (Judiciary Square Metro)
Click here to read more about the GU Campus Plan
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