http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/120/ Helping imagine a great college town for a great university Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:57:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/120/comment-page-1/#comment-42741 Our Fortunes & the Cafritz Family « Route 1 Growth Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:49:16 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/120/#comment-42741 [...] Our previous Cafritz posts may provide a starting place as you consider our community’s future. But we need to look beyond the Cafritz Property and to the growth taking place up and down the Route 1 corridor. The number of units, approved and planned, is truly amazing. Rethink College Park did a quick rundown almost a year ago and this does not include the recently approved Landy Property’s 1200 units and EYA’s expansion–or Univ. Town Center. [...] [...] Our previous Cafritz posts may provide a starting place as you consider our community’s future. But we need to look beyond the Cafritz Property and to the growth taking place up and down the Route 1 corridor. The number of units, approved and planned, is truly amazing. Rethink College Park did a quick rundown almost a year ago and this does not include the recently approved Landy Property’s 1200 units and EYA’s expansion–or Univ. Town Center. [...]

]]> http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/120/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Suppressing Student Housing at Rethink College Park Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:15:58 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/120/#comment-732 [...] Sure, students are rowdy, and it can be a pain to live next to us, but we have the same right to live in College Park as anyone else. Owner-occupancy requirements not only hurt College Park’s development potential, they are downright immoral - not all that dissimilar from discriminatory housing policies that excluded “undesirable” people before the 1968 Civil Rights Act. The perverse incentives the council has created amount to nothing more than a distraction from reality - College Park simply needs more housing. If the council truly wants to “strengthen neighborhoods,” it must work with the county to speed up and simplify the development approval process and stop pretending it knows who will live where. There is no other solution to high rents unless, of course, the council would rather students not live in College Park at all. Ultimately, city residents must embrace College Park’s more urban future. They can’t stem the tide of new construction that is upon us. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll get a truly great college town in the process. [...] [...] Sure, students are rowdy, and it can be a pain to live next to us, but we have the same right to live in College Park as anyone else. Owner-occupancy requirements not only hurt College Park’s development potential, they are downright immoral – not all that dissimilar from discriminatory housing policies that excluded “undesirable” people before the 1968 Civil Rights Act. The perverse incentives the council has created amount to nothing more than a distraction from reality – College Park simply needs more housing. If the council truly wants to “strengthen neighborhoods,” it must work with the county to speed up and simplify the development approval process and stop pretending it knows who will live where. There is no other solution to high rents unless, of course, the council would rather students not live in College Park at all. Ultimately, city residents must embrace College Park’s more urban future. They can’t stem the tide of new construction that is upon us. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll get a truly great college town in the process. [...]

]]> http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/120/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Announcing the Community Housing Forum at Rethink College Park Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:50:11 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/120/#comment-166 [...] We’re happy to announce that Rethink College Park is sponsoring a Community Housing Forum with the undergraduate and graduate student governments. SGA president Emma Simson has been working closely with us over the last several weeks to make the event a reality. The goal is to open up a wider community dialogue on student housing in and around the university. The topic is critically important given the ongoing East Campus Initiative and several private projects in the area. [...] [...] We’re happy to announce that Rethink College Park is sponsoring a Community Housing Forum with the undergraduate and graduate student governments. SGA president Emma Simson has been working closely with us over the last several weeks to make the event a reality. The goal is to open up a wider community dialogue on student housing in and around the university. The topic is critically important given the ongoing East Campus Initiative and several private projects in the area. [...]

]]> http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/120/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Candy Zentz Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:36:21 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/120/#comment-132 An incredibly interesting article--and website. . I am very impressed by your efforts. . as co-publisher, you should be proud of this project! An incredibly interesting article–and website. . I am very impressed by your efforts. . as co-publisher, you should be proud of this project!

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