May 14th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles
Come on, get out of your gas guzzler, strap on a helmet, pump up those dry rotted tires on your huffy and Bike into work tomorrow. All the cool kids are doing it! There will be Free T-shirts and goodies at the College Park Pit Stop located at City Hall. (6:30am to 8:30am) Contact Elisa Vitale [...]
May 14th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in University View, University View Overlook
The Diamondback reports that the City Council gave a thumbs up to View III. The completion of the University View trifecta will begin at the end of next summer. This will bring an additional 992 beds and 19,000 square feet of retail space. By my estimate all three building provide in the neighborhood of 2600 [...]
May 13th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses, Speculation
Stevie Fanchise might actually become a franshise. The Diamondback reports that the one-time Maryland Basketball star could trade dunking the “rock” to dunking buffalo wings to become a partner with current ‘Fe owners. The long-time Terp hangout will undergo extensive renovations this summer. In the meantime, Srour said Santa Fe will be closing May 24 [...]
May 12th, 2009 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Site Announcements
Tonight we completed some behind-the-scenes updates to Rethink College Park, including an update to the blog software. In addition to the upgrade, with the help from former contributor Eric Fidler and friend of the site Pat O’Brien (Thank you!), we were able to resurrect all of the comments lost to a database error in October [...]
May 11th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in General College Park
Here is a Interesting 3 minute film from The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) that was its 2009 contest winner. It is entertaining and more than a little thought provoking. I don’t think anyone would argue that College Park suffers from excess sprawl, however, we could still benefit from providing more services that are [...]
May 7th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses, Speculation
The DIAMONDBACK reported back in November that the Washington Post is closing its College Park printing plant sometime before June 2010. This will result in a $272,000 loss in tax revenue for the city. What does this have to do with the new Kindle DX? Probably nothing. But it does show how newspapers are struggling [...]
May 7th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses
94th Aero Squadron is now closed due to water damage sustained back in February. For those of you that do not know the 94th has been in College Park for many years. It is located at 5240 Paint Branch Pkwy (see map below the break) and it filled a need in the area for a [...]
May 3rd, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles, On Campus Development, Transportation
The Campus Department of Transportation solicited a eight month study to determine the best way to improve bike ridership on campus. This Gazette Article reports the details. A university survey found that 5 percent of respondents rode their bikes on campus. J. David Allen, director of the university’s Department of Transportation Services, said he’d like to [...]
