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RTCP To Host March 19 New Contributors Meeting

Mar 13, 2012

Rethink College Park (rethinkcollegepark.net/), a local group/website dedicated to helping transform College Park into a great college town, is currently recruiting new contributors. Part journalism and part smart growth advocacy community group, the project’s impact spans far beyond the internet. Rethink College Park sets the debate in local and regional traditional news outlets and helps [...]

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UMD Continues M-Square Transit Dis-Oriented Development

Feb 5, 2012

Taking cues from 1980s-style office parks, UMD is forging ahead with the next phase of M-Square (see interactive map) – its suburban office complex steps from College Park’s metrorail Green Line station. Not only does the proposed three 150,000 square foot building, 1,114 parking space development ignore its relationship to the Green Line, it fails to acknowledge [...]

Read | 10 Comments | Tags: M Square Research Park · Purple Line

Governor Awards Rethink College Park for its Community Activism and Achievement

Nov 30, 2011

Rethink College Park will be officially presented with the 2011 Florence Beck Kurdle Award for Community Activism and Achievement by Maryland Secretary of Planning Richard E. Hall this morning. The honor, part of Maryland’s Smart, Green, and Growing Awards Program, is presented annually to a group who demonstrates professional commitment to making Smart Growth a reality in the [...]

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Construction Time Lapse of the Varsity at College Park

Oct 18, 2011
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City and Book Exchange Developer at Impasse

Oct 11, 2011

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 [...]

Read | No Comments | Tags: Book Exchange Site · Downtown · Politics

Comment on the Update to UMD’s Campus Facilities Master Plan

Sep 8, 2011

UMD is putting the finishing touched on its 2011-2030 Campus Facilities Master Plan (FMP - informational website). The FMP seeks to “establish a framework to guide the orderly growth and development of the campus over the next decade.” It focuses on the campus landscape and transportation systems, which are two major weaknesses of the current FMP. [...]

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Zusin Files Plans for Book Exchange Redevelopment with County

Jul 31, 2011

On July 14th, R & J Company, LLC filed a detailed site plan to build a 6-story apartment building on the site of the Maryland Book Exchange at the corner of College Ave. and Route 1 in Downtown College Park (SEE RENDERINGS). From what we can tell, the details of the proposal are basically the same as [...]

Read | 9 Comments | Tags: Book Exchange Site · Housing · Politics

Despite Caitlin’s Impassioned Case, #1 Liquor Purchase Nixed

May 26, 2011
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