In case there was any doubt about how the Citizens Association of Georgetown feels about the upcoming Georgetown University Campus Plan, CAG sent a special edition of their newsletter to approximately 4,000 area residents last week.

Entitled “GU vs. Neighborhood,” the ten-page letter laid out CAG’s opposition point-by-point to the Campus Plan, which the University is required to submit to the District of Columbia every ten years.

CAG points to five main areas of the plan that concern them the most: an increase in student enrollment, no additional housing on the “traditional” campus, the construction of the proposed 1789 block, the building of an 83-foot smokestack, and adding 700 parking spaces to accommodate anticipated additional traffic to the campus and hospital.

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