Looking for peace, calm, and enough quiet to actually get your studying done? Now more students than ever will be able to live on the Vern.
Plans to expand Pelham Hall were unanimously approved last Monday by the DC Zoning Commission. The renovations will allow 287 students to live in the hall, a significant increase fromt eh 77 students currently living there. These additions will bring the total number of students living on the Vern to 690 by the year 2010, when the project is scheduled to be completed.
The smooth approval of the proposal showcased the constructive relationship the university has with its Foxhall Road neighbors. Fred Siegel, Associate Vice President and Dean of Freshman, who lives adjacent to the Mount Vernon Campus regularly holds community meetings in order to address complaints and discuss neighborhood issues.
The Pelham Hall renovations are part of a larger ten-year development plan for the Mount Vernon campus. But because the Pelham Hall project is larger than originally intended, the university had to seek special admission – hence Monday’s approval. Additional proposals are being put on hold right now as an “act of good faith” between the campus and neighborhood.
Plans to expand Pelham Hall were unanimously approved last Monday by the DC Zoning Commission. The renovations will allow 287 students to live in the hall, a significant increase fromt eh 77 students currently living there. These additions will bring the total number of students living on the Vern to 690 by the year 2010, when the project is scheduled to be completed.
The smooth approval of the proposal showcased the constructive relationship the university has with its Foxhall Road neighbors. Fred Siegel, Associate Vice President and Dean of Freshman, who lives adjacent to the Mount Vernon Campus regularly holds community meetings in order to address complaints and discuss neighborhood issues.
The Pelham Hall renovations are part of a larger ten-year development plan for the Mount Vernon campus. But because the Pelham Hall project is larger than originally intended, the university had to seek special admission – hence Monday’s approval. Additional proposals are being put on hold right now as an “act of good faith” between the campus and neighborhood.
- Maeve Duggan
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