Trump White House ballroom vanity project: “East Wing Modernization Project” on agenda for 1/8/2026 meeting of National Capital Planning Commission

Timeline:  East Wing Modernization Project

(National Capital Planning Commission)

Headline:  The Hill, 12/25/2025

Sarah Fortinsky reports:

The White House will present plans for its ballroom construction at the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) meeting next month. 

The “East Wing Modernization Project” was added to the agenda of the Jan. 8 NCPC meeting, during which administration officials will give an “information presentation” on its controversial project. 

The presentation is often seen as the first step in a review of a project. No vote will be taken, and no public testimony will be accepted at the meeting. 

“This is an opportunity for the project applicant to present the project and for Commissioners to ask questions and provide general observations prior to formal review which we anticipate this spring,” the NCPC said on its website.

From  1/8/2026 agenda

As for that pre-submissions briefing?

Apparently not.

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