- A Nov. 29 Metro article incorrectly said that the Port Towns Community Development Corp. would pick a winner Wednesday in a design competition for the planned People's Harbor on the Anacostia River. The winner will be chosen Friday.
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Hope Floats in Prince George's As People's Harbor Is Shaped
Sadara Barrow of the Port Towns Community Development Corporation goes door-to-door to encourage residents to weigh in on the project designs.
(By Nikki Kahn -- The Washington Post)
SOURCE: | Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso ? The Washington Post - November 29, 2007 TOOLBOX
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Barrow said some areas that need redevelopment find it hard to attract private builders. "It almost takes this kind of work from a CDC to make this happen," she said.
Kevin Williams, real estate director for the CDC, said the project will unfold in three phases. The first includes 175 residential units, one or two sit-down restaurants and a health and wellness center. That is the portion the architectural firms designed.
The second phase would include a retail and entertainment district in Bladensburg. "We're having preliminary conversations with [property] owners across from People's Harbor on how to develop" that phase, Williams said.
The third phase calls for an Anacostia River Education Center on the border of Bladensburg and Cottage City along alternate Route 1.
Aileen D. McChesney, chairwoman of the five-member Cottage City Commission, said that although she supports the project, she worries about its financial impact on her community.
"It could potentially raise tax assessments, and there needs to be some caution," she said. "We already have an aging community, who are struggling to pay taxes on houses they bought for $20,000."
But Karen Jennings-Crooms, executive director of the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, said the project will be helpful.
"The goal is to revitalize the economy, but we lack infrastructure to do that," she said. "It's going to be a dynamic area again very soon."
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