Animal shelter buys building for expansion
The Washington Animal Rescue League recently bought a 45,000-square-foot building adjacent to its animal shelter at 71 Oglethorpe St. NW. The league said the new property is needed to handle an influx of animals from national disasters and other shelters.
By the end of the year, the league will occupy almost 20 percent of the new building. It plans to turn the property into a national rehabilitation center for animals, with a veterinary teaching hospital, a high-volume spaying center and additional space for classes.
Project targets Rock Creek runoff, pollution
The District government has begun a storm water management project to prevent polluted runoff into Rock Creek from two neighborhoods in Northwest, Petworth and Chevy Chase.
The project, part of the RiverSmart Washington public-private partnership, involves landscaping and streetscape improvements.
The landscaping involves adding rain gardens, native plants, downspout disconnections, rain barrels and shade trees to some private properties. Residents will see the streetscape work this winter, when the D.C. Department of Transportation plans to add trees and tree boxes to absorb water before it flows into storm drains.
When all of the work is completed in 2012, the D.C. Department of the Environment will study how much runoff has been reduced.
For information, go to friendsof
rockcreek.org/index.php/riversmart-washington.
UDC plan includes student center
The D.C. Zoning Commission has approved a new master plan for the University of the District of Columbia.
The plan calls for building a $40 million student center at Van Ness Street and Connecticut Avenue NW, two 300-bed student residence halls and a green roof renovation of the school’s main plaza deck. For information, go to www.udc.edu/
facilities/master_plan.htm.
More than 6,200 D.C. properties in tax sale
The D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue is selling more than 6,200 commercial and residential real properties with tax liens at public auction.
The tax sale begins Monday and will be daily from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. at 1101 Fourth St. SW, second floor, Room W250. A list of properties by parcel, square, suffix and lot number is available at otr.cfo.dc.gov.
To register, bidders must make a deposit of at least 20 percent of their total bid. A $200 tax sale fee will be added to each property at the end of the sale. Buyers must complete Form FR-500, which can be found at www.taxpayerservicecenter.com under tax forms and publications. For information, call 202-727-4829.
— Compiled by Terence McArdle
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