"The basic problem is that if GW gets what it wants, there will be a lot of construction for a lot years and that will be disruptive to the residential neighborhood," he said.
ANC 5C Chairperson Anita Bonds, who represents the district with purview over Catholic University, said the fact that community residences are far away from proposed construction is the major difference between GW and Catholic. She said the relations between Catholic and its neighbors generally have been amicable.
"It's a harmonious relationship," she said. "But (unlike GW) we have very few residential structures next door to university facilities. It's really entirely different."
The different experiences of GW and Catholic in pursuing development projects show the scope of town-gown relationships between neighborhood communities and the universities they house.
"It's really like comparing Pluto to the sun," GW Media Relations Director Tracy Schario said about the two schools' campus plan proposals.
Schario said the geography of the two campuses - one an enclosed campus and the other an urban campus integrated with the surrounding community - accounts for the different types of relations.
She said a similar proposal to Catholic University's recent amendment to its campus plan was GW's School Without Walls proposal. This project involves the University funding building renovations to a D.C. public high school located on campus in exchange for the school selling a parking lot to GW.
Although the SWW public hearing before the Zoning Commission was a well-attended hearing where there was not enough seating for all of the parties in support and opposition, it was approved in one night, similar to Catholic's proposal.
Said Schario, "In the end, everyone realized that we needed a new dorm."
ANC 5C Chairperson Anita Bonds, who represents the district with purview over Catholic University, said the fact that community residences are far away from proposed construction is the major difference between GW and Catholic. She said the relations between Catholic and its neighbors generally have been amicable.
"It's a harmonious relationship," she said. "But (unlike GW) we have very few residential structures next door to university facilities. It's really entirely different."
The different experiences of GW and Catholic in pursuing development projects show the scope of town-gown relationships between neighborhood communities and the universities they house.
"It's really like comparing Pluto to the sun," GW Media Relations Director Tracy Schario said about the two schools' campus plan proposals.
Schario said the geography of the two campuses - one an enclosed campus and the other an urban campus integrated with the surrounding community - accounts for the different types of relations.
She said a similar proposal to Catholic University's recent amendment to its campus plan was GW's School Without Walls proposal. This project involves the University funding building renovations to a D.C. public high school located on campus in exchange for the school selling a parking lot to GW.
Although the SWW public hearing before the Zoning Commission was a well-attended hearing where there was not enough seating for all of the parties in support and opposition, it was approved in one night, similar to Catholic's proposal.
Said Schario, "In the end, everyone realized that we needed a new dorm."
