Weâve always supported the idea of a large park downtown. In fact, over many months, we gathered signatures for three petitions for that very purpose. Whenever we talked to citizens at the Farmersâ Market, outside grocery stores, or in neighborhoods, we always described what was planned just across the street on the old Groth Brothers lot: 222 units in 4-story buildings with parking garages. But, we had an election last March that sealed the deal for the downtown development and appeared to end any hope for the large Central Park that would have extended Stockmenâs Park to L Street.