This Week in the Gazette: Paperworks Closes, Vendor Restrictions Proposed
This week’s College Park Gazette has several articles of note. The city has restricted on-street parking to residents only on a portion of Narragansett Parkway where commuters were parking for the Greenbelt Metro station. The City Council will decide in their September meeting whether to adopt a number of restrictions on solicitors and vendors, including requiring ice cream trucks use bells instead of recorded music.
Finally, College Park business Paperworks Balloons and Gifts is closing after 21 years of operation. The Gazette profiles owner Lisa Holt, who was forced to close the business when her landlord increased her rent form $4,500 a month to $7,000 a month. According to the state’s real property database, the property was assessed at $479,600 in 2004 and is owned by “College Park Center, LLC” with an address listed at “3701 SAINT BARNABAS RD, SUITLAND MD 20746-3211.”
Also, the state will be modifying signs directing motorists to the university campus in an effort to reduce traffic on Route 1, the Diamondback reports. The article also mentions Sen. John Giannetti’s “Terrapin Trails” project to install signs decorated with Testudo to direct fans to sporting events.
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