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Climate Change and City Planning

Dec 6, 2007

An impressive environmental movement has been building lately concerned about the warming of earth’s climate and what we should do about it. A major force in it has been the passions of activists, especially college students. The recent Powershift 2007 conference at our campus brought together students from around the country to consider what should [...]

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The Argument for a Heavy-Rail, Beltway Metro Line

Nov 15, 2007

Note: The following opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Rethink College Park, nor the views of other RCP contributors. Rethink College Park is always interested in contributed articles from community members.
With Purple Line’s cost-effectiveness as well as location on the University of Maryland campus being debated, perhaps we should take a look [...]

Read | 5 Comments | Tags: Purple Line · Transportation

Wawa Editorial and the Aftermath

Oct 4, 2007

In case you missed it, I wrote an opinion column that was published in last Wednesday’s Diamondback student newspaper entitled “Wawa, good riddance”. To read it, go here.
In summary, I celebrated the demise of the College Park Wawa and how it symbolized the less than desirable conditions of College Park. And while Wawa wasn’t [...]

Read | 14 Comments | Tags: Businesses · Downtown · General College Park · Speculation

Meet us at First Look Fair!

Sep 19, 2007

Rethink College Park will have their own booth at the First Look Fair this Thursday, September 20, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on McKeldin Mall at the University of Maryland campus. Come meet the contributors, learn more about what we do, and find out how you can get more involved. We will be located [...]

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A Visit to East Campus

Sep 6, 2007

With the public input process well under way, more and more information is being released about the East Campus project.
On a mild weekday afternoon this past August, I decided to take some pictures to capture “before” images to contrast with the rough renderings that Foulger-Pratt released last spring to the general public. I parked my [...]

Read | 18 Comments | Tags: East Campus

DOTS Expands Weekend Service to Metro

Aug 15, 2007

Starting August 25, 2007, the Department of Transportation Services is offering expanded weekend service on Route 104 to the College Park Metro from central campus beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday mornings. One of the major complaints of bus riders within the campus community was the lack of weekend bus service from campus [...]

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