October 11th, 2011 |
by David Daddio |
published in
Book Exchange Site, Downtown, Politics
At the October 4th City Council worksession (video above), councilmembers, city planning staff, and R & J Company, LLC were at loggerheads over the developer’s proposed 6-story building on the site of the Maryland Book Exchange downtown. Lying just below the surface are community concerns over the fact that the mid-rise building would contain 830 undergraduate beds [...]
August 8th, 2011 |
by Fazlul Kabir |
published in
General College Park
Residents of north College Park are debating a new county redistricting map that proposes the entire city be part of one single county district (Dist 3). The debate amongst residents’ mainly revolves around the identity and development issues in the northern part of the city. Currently, north College Park is part of county District 1, [...]
May 17th, 2011 |
by Fazlul Kabir |
published in
Businesses, Northgate Park, Projects, Route 1
With the city council election only a few months away, and an increasing number of residents are voicing their opposition, the council may soon vote on a motion that will permanently put a stop to the negotiation to purchase #1 Liquor: College Park’s most infamous homestead holdout. The small parcel (8200 Baltimore Avenue) is sandwiched in between University [...]
May 7th, 2011 |
by David Daddio |
published in
Route 1, Transportation
At the city council meeting last Tuesday, council members Marcus Afzali and Patrick Wojahn were able to get Route 1 Bus integration/consolidation on the agenda for the next City-University Partnership meeting. The idea originated from a 2008 City-contracted transportation study of Route 1 in College Park (RTCP discussion/ analysis HERE), which envisioned bus “super stops” around development nodes on [...]
March 29th, 2011 |
by Fazlul Kabir |
published in
Greenbelt, Hollywood
Former city councilmember John Krouse recently gave us an interview on why he is so troubled by the proposed Greenbelt development and why he thinks north College Park residents should get more involved in the process. Along with other City officials, he is organizing a town hall meeting this Thursday (7 pm, March 31, 2011) at [...]
January 27th, 2011 |
by Mark Noll |
published in
Bicycles, Downtown, Route 1, Transportation
Last night, I crossed Route 1 at Hartwick Road. Once again, I risked my life just to cross a street. We all know that Route 1 is an unpleasant experience for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. But the line between unpleasant and unacceptable is crossed at this intersection. The intersection lies along College Park’s main retail [...]
January 10th, 2011 |
by Fazlul Kabir |
published in
Hollywood
The city council recently voted to authorize city staff to pursue a grant funding design and building of the park at the intersection of Route 1 and Edgewood Road. Now, the University of Maryland has shown interest in working with residents to design the park. Earlier, the North College Park residents formed a committee to study the proposed eco-park. [...]
