Mayor Gray and Development Officials to Discuss Development, Procurement Opportunities at Pre-Solicitation Workshop

WHAT/WHO:  Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Victor L. Hoskins, At-Large Councilmember Michael A. Brown and representatives from the Department of Employment Services (DOES), and the District Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) will participate in a Pre-Solicitation Workshop.

WHEN:                             Friday, July 27, 2012 
                                       12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

WHERE:                         Lincoln Theatre
                                       1215 U Street NW

BACKGROUND:   The Pre-Solicitation Workshop will introduce eight major opportunities in the District’s economic-development pipeline to all sectors of the development community, provide details of the process and response requirements, and provide a forum for interaction between potential project team members prior to the District’s release of these development and procurement opportunities. Projects to be discussed include:

·         Franklin School (13th Street and K Street NW)

·         1909 MLK (1909 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE)

·         St. Elizabeths Parcel 1 (1100 Alabama Avenue SE)

·         Reservation 13 Phase 1 (19th Street and Massachusetts Avenue SE)

·         Walter Reed Army Medical Center Master Developer (6900 Georgia Avenue NW)

·         St. Elizabeths Utilities & Infrastructure (1100 Alabama Avenue SE)

·         Sherman Avenue Parcels (Intersection of Florida Avenue and Sherman Avenue NW)

·         Barry Farm (Firth Sterling Avenue & Sumner Avenue SE)