The Cafritz Property will hold a community meeting to discuss revisions to its current plans Saturday, December 13, 2008 (9am-11am), at Riverdale Elementary School (5006 Riverdale Rd).
Rezoning of the Cafritz Property has not yet been applied for. The Cafritz family may start to do so early in 2009. Community support may need to be firmed [...]
At the end of October, the County Council authorized a new Route 1 Sector Plan update and planning process. The update rescinded a previously proposed, controversial, southern amendment of area to add to the sector. The amendment would have included Rt.1-fronting properties and the Cafritz Property. The Sector Plan is a document of policies and [...]
**REMINDER** College Park US 1 Corridor Sector Plan community meeting: Wednesday 7-9pm @ Lakeland/College Park Community Center [5051 Pierce Ave]
The updated Sector Plan, once initiated, will be a PG County Planning document containing legal stipulations and overall vision for development of properties within its boundaries. There is currently in place, an older [...]
Articles in today’s Diamondback and Washington Post report on yesterday’s announced state transportation budget cuts. The cuts occur after the state received less transportation revenue than expected, attributed to the current economic recession. Local projects affected by the cuts:
Route 1 Corridor Improvements [bus slips, sidewalks, bike lanes] $7.1 million over next four years, now deferred
Purple [...]
The fifth Cafritz Property meetings will be held this SATURDAY (Sept. 15, 10am-noon) and TUESDAY (Sept. 18, 7pm-9pm) at RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (5006 Riverdale Rd, Riverdale MD).
Both identical workshops will present a concept plan for the mixed use development. The concept plans are to be based on design principles culled from previous workshops. [...]
A newly revitalized committee dedicated to bicycle issues could bring new attention to bikes on campus in College Park. After several years of inactivity, a newly hired graduate research assistant in UMD’s Department of Transportation is revitalizing the group. Gulsah Akar, an engineering graduate student, recently held a meeting for the group spelling out his [...]
A public forum will be held today to discuss “mansionization” issues in Prince George’s County (sorry about the late notice, we just learned about this). The forum will be held at
7 pm in the Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation Administration Building, located at 6600 Kenilworth Avenue in Riverdale
Mansionization is the phenomenon characterized by [...]
In this article we draw attention back to a concern aired in a previous post. Many citizens have spoken up for the Cafritz’s to keep their property undeveloped, or to not pursue changing existing zoning to accommodate mixed use. Up to the second (previous) round of meetings at the end of June, the development team [...]
