Cheh expresses Tenleytown/Janney project concerns

A key D.C. Council member is threatening to oppose the combined Tenleytown library and apartment building project over concern that the project will reduce green space and take years too long to complete.

In a July 24 letter to Neil Albert, deputy mayor for planning and economic development, Ward 3 D.C. Councilwoman Mary Cheh said she was “deeply concerned that the Janney/Tenley public-private partnership project will not meet the essential ingredients” she had spelled out months ago. Cheh represents Tenleytown, the Northwest neighborhood where Mayor Adrian Fenty and developer LCOR Inc. have proposed a 130-unit residential tower combined with a new 20,000-square-foot library, plus underground parking.