Today's Washington Business Journal has a cover story ("
Agencies at Risk", available online) on the hazy future of the
Anacostia Waterfront Corporation and the
National Capital Revitalization Corporation, which have
come under fire by members of the city council for being "barriers" to getting things done in the city. The AWC's coverage area includes all of Near Southeast, so what becomes of it will have an impact on much of what I'm tracking here, including the
Nationals ballpark,
Canal Park,
Diamond Teague Park, and the Anacostia Riverwalk. There are two city council hearings on the fate of these two quasi-government corporations, the first on
March 7 at 10 am, when the
Committee on Economic Development holds
Agency Oversight Hearings on FY06-07 Budgets, covering not only AWC and NCRC but also the
Office of Planning and the
DC Sports and Entertainment Commission (so it's quite the Near Southeast Oversight Bonanza). Then, on
March 13 at 10 am, the same subcommittee will be holding the first hearings on the "
NCRC and AWC Reorganization Act of 2007"; I imagine both of these will be available via
streaming video and on
DC Cable 13. As an aside, the
Examiner reports that Mayor Fenty's office has said that an anticipated report on the AWC and NCRC was in fact not supposed to be ready in 60 days, but 100 days (oops).