If all goes to plan, Therme Group will construct and operate a multimillion-dollar health oasis that’s promised to revitalize the stretch of land along the Anacostia River known as Poplar Point.

While the D.C. government awaits the findings of an environmental assessment, Ward 8 resident and Therme representative Wanda Lockridge continues to promote what she predicts will be an engine of economic development in Ward 8.

“For over 30 years, this place has just been deserted, contaminated and nothing’s been done with that,” Lockridge, a lifelong Ward 8 resident and Therme’s director of community engagement, said about Poplar Point.

Earlier this year, the Bowser administration announced Therme as the sole respondent to an RFEI (request for expression of interest) for Poplar Point’s redevel

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