**FILE** Courtesy of DC Fire and EMS via Twitter
**FILE** Courtesy of DC Fire and EMS via Twitter

The District’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) announced on June 15 a request for proposals (RFPs) for the redevelopment of the Engine Company 3 fire station and the adjacent Department of Energy and Environment site in Northwest.

The project site is located along New Jersey Avenue in Ward 6 and presently houses Engine Company 3 and the D.C. Fire and EMS Museum. The redevelopment will be invested in a historic building that has served as a fire station since 1916. Desired proposals will create a mixed-income, mixed-use community that is pedestrian-oriented and offers new retail, amenities, and job opportunities.

“The redevelopment of Engine Company 3 and the surrounding property will help us revitalize the Downtown East neighborhood, a vital corridor to Judiciary Square, Union Station and the Capitol,” said interim DMPED Deputy Mayor Keith Anderson. “And of course, this project will ensure that we honor D.C.’s bravest — past and present — with a modern fire station and museum.”

All proposals are due to DMPED by Sept. 27.

James Wright Jr. is the D.C. political reporter for the Washington Informer Newspaper. He has worked for the Washington AFRO-American Newspaper as a reporter, city editor and freelance writer and The Washington...

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