GSA/Federal Courts Expansion issue

[ronsmytheiii]

Frak:

GSA Site Cleanup (former Granby Tower) (Freda Burns, Norfolk Public Works)

° Granby Street property has been turned over to the General Service

Administration

• Contractor will be clean up site, backfill holes, landscaping,

streetscapes

• Contact with GSA project manager made

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° Brick streetscapes in accordance with City’s downtown

streetscape standards were requested/discussed

° city’s informal site plan review comments forwarded to

GSA project manager

• Cleanup will be completed by Spring 2011 by GSA contractor,

Noah Enterprises

• Courthouse annex construction work to start within 3 – 5 years

http://welovenorfolk.org/images/CMM_October_2010.pdf

[ace707]

Jury Settles Granby Tower debate

Very sad the project fell thru, even worse, the federal government will leave it an open lot for years if not a couple of decades

[Norfolk4Life]

In a budget climate like we have now, I don't think its too late to save this property from the non-tax-paying feds. They already have a plan to build an addition on top of the building. They don't need another piece of property. Even though city council sends to think a tax free vacant lot is better than a tax paying hole with a future, we should know better. We need to write to city council, our state legislators, our federal reps, even the GSA. Im posting from my phone right now but later I will link to the documents that show their tower option and a report from the historical preservation people about how the tower option is the better option for downtown.

[Telmnstr]

The place still seems kind of muddy. The soil hasn't really hardened yet. Once it does, I'm trying to talk my friends into doing disc golf there or something. Maybe spontaneously do some random fun things there.

The US needs less courts and less lawyers.

[zeppelin14]

It looks bad because the grass has to grow long first before they mow it. Plus there is nothing but lamp posts there. Plant some trees and throw in some park benches Norfolk!