WASHPO: City to present plans for east campus of St. Elizabeths hospital

Go HERE to read the full Washington Post article. Tonight's Saint Elizabeths East Public Meeting is set for 7pm-9pm at the Imagine Southeast Public Charter School (Old Congress Heights School), 3100 MLK Jr. Ave, SE. 

Excerpt:

After gathering input from neighbors, city officials have drawn up two draft plans for the campus, between Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Alabama Avenue and south of the Suitland Parkway in Southeast Washington.

Both plans propose bringing new housing, shopping, educational and business uses to the site, through multiple phases of construction, and creating a better connection between the existing neighborhood and the Congress Heights Metro station.

An open area would be built facing Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and link the campus to the Homeland Security headquarters to the west, while new retail and offices farther south would connect with existing shops. New housing along Alabama Avenue would tie into existing neighborhoods across the street, while the Community College of D.C. and other colleges and universities would occupy inner portions of the site.