Mayor Vincent Gray’s office confirmed that Tregoning, a smart growth advocate who recently fought to give D.C. more of a say in the Height Act process, is leaving the city to work for the Obama Administration.

The vote comes two days after the NCPC’s staff released a proposal to allow for taller buildings in targeted areas outside of the L’Enfant City with congressional approval. Shortly after last night’s meeting began,

Harriet Tregoning, the director of D.C.’s Office of Planning, just made some big news as far as the city’s developers, smart-growth advocates, and car owners are concerned.

What are the odds that D.C.’s long-awaited streetcar line will be running along H Street and Benning Road NE by the end of the year?

No, you can’t call your neighborhood “the GaP.”

At a congressional hearing tomorrow, D.C. Director of Planning Harriet Tregoning will ask that the 1910 Height Act be amended so that buildings can more flexibly use their rooftops.

D.C. Director of Planning Harrier Tregoning and D.C. CFO Natwar Gandhi will speak on behalf of a proposal to raise height limits on D.C. buildings during a congressional hearing on Thursday.

The District’s streetcar lines, once fully implemented, could propel existing property values to jump by as much as $7 billion and spur on the creation of between $5 billion and $7 billion in new development, the District’s Office of Planning says.

Harriet Tregoning, the Director of the District’s Office of Planning, was struck by a car while riding her bicycle to work this morning. Fortunately, she came out of it without injury.

This afternoon, Mayor-elect Vince Gray announced he will retain Office of Planning chief Harriet Tregoning, along with several other Adrian Fenty appointees.