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January 11, 2026

Building Department, Comprehensive Plan, Planning

Planning Didn’t Prevent the 214 Gramatan Project — It Enabled It

The 214 Gramatan Project and Why It Matters in a City with a Newly Adopted “Comprehensive Plan

The 214 Gramatan project shows how planning failed to stop harm and instead enabled it. A Comprehensive Plan that relies on broken review and record keeping cannot deliver meaningful protection to residents.

January 11, 2026

Comprehensive Plan, Planning

You Can’t Build Forward on Broken Systems

Mount Vernon’s Comprehensive Plan Is a Failure of Planning, Law, and Basic Competence

Mount Vernon’s Comprehensive Plan ignores failing infrastructure, sidesteps environmental review, and removes public safeguards, all while placing greater strain on neighborhoods already at their limits.