Comments on: Washington Post Columnist discusses Hillock and East Campus http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2009/1556/ Helping imagine a great college town for a great university Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:30:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pat http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2009/1556/comment-page-1/#comment-177332 Pat Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:31:27 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/?p=1556#comment-177332 So cutting down trees is OK for the Purple Line, but not OK for something that will actually bring development, new businesses and new property taxes to College Park? And then McCartney turns around and bemoans the setback in East Campus development. Wouldn't it be a much bigger setback if the University had to purchase some non-wooded land to use for the maintenance facilities? As we all know, the University is short on funds, and construction on East Campus can't start until those facilities are re-located. So cutting down trees is OK for the Purple Line, but not OK for something that will actually bring development, new businesses and new property taxes to College Park?

And then McCartney turns around and bemoans the setback in East Campus development. Wouldn’t it be a much bigger setback if the University had to purchase some non-wooded land to use for the maintenance facilities? As we all know, the University is short on funds, and construction on East Campus can’t start until those facilities are re-located.

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