Anacostia Waterfront Forums Begin Tonight

D.C. Department of Transportation officials are hosting the first in a series of public forums tonight on infrastructure issues associated with the District's Anacostia Waterfront. The District expects to receive about $120 million for infrastructure projects from the federal stimulus bill.

Tonight's forum is titled “Sustainable Development, Infrastructure and the Future of the District of Columbia,” and takes place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, with an open house from 6:30 to 7.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
901 G Street NW
Featuring:
>> Gabe Klein, Director, District Department of Transportation
>> Kathleen Linehan Penney, Chief Engineer, District of Columbia
>> Charles Wilson, President, Historic Anacostia Block Association
>> Uwe Brandes, Vice President for Innovation, Urban Land Institute
>> Walter Smith, Executive Director, DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice

The Anacostia Waterfront Forum will be a series of monthly public presentations that will be held every third Thursday from now through June 2009.

For more information, visit www.theanacostiawaterfront.com or call (202) 715-6641.