January 28th, 2010 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses, Hilton Hotel
The Varsity Grill is closing its doors after just under two years. The owners blamed its demise on both the local economy and its inability to attract a loyal following among students. The past two years has been a abysmal time to get a business off the ground and we are sad to see [...]
December 18th, 2009 | by Daniel Kessler | published in Businesses
The College Park Gazette recently reported that the National Museum of Language in College Park has not been receiving enough funding. According to the source:
The National Museum of Language in College Park opened in 2008 as the first facility of its kind in the United States—a museum dedicated specifically to teaching the history of the [...]
December 4th, 2009 | by Christopher Warren | published in Businesses
The City of College Park and the Maryland Small Business Development Center (MDSBDC) are offering a free seminar, “Getting Your Retail Store and Restaurant in the Best Shape to Survive a Down Economy” on December 8th. The seminar will be presented by Casey Willson, a well known retail and restaurant consultant with over 25 years [...]
November 20th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses, M Square Research Park, Speculation
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East Campus? Stalled. Purple Line? Still Waiting. Maryland Football? Don’t ask. Here at RTCP we could use a little good news. Well we got some from Washington Business Journal. It looks like M-Square was selected as the top choice in Prince George’s for a new cluster of biotech startups. The proposal calls for [...]
October 21st, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses
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Our post on the new possible location for the College Perk brought a few interesting observations.
“Please say it ain’t so” got things riled up with this post.
Ok the folks who ran the original place had issues with confronting the basic reality of doing business, like getting permits and paying taxes and rent with [...]
October 9th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses, Speculation
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File this under “things that make you go Hmmm….”
It seems the oft-troubled, slightly singed, yet always funky College Perk might be making a move to take over the former location of the 94th Aero Squadron. Check out http://www.the-perk.com/ for details.
Some of the added features they are looking to add are….
A Green Roof,
Enhanced [...]
October 2nd, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses, General College Park
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The latest Economic Update from the City is available HERE.
Here are the highlights.
THE DOMAIN AT COLLEGE PARK*
Located at the corner of Campus Drive and Mowatt Lane on the Poole property, the Domain is expected to be a 5-story luxury multi-family building with 250 residential units and 5,000 – 10,000 square feet [...]
August 6th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses, Downtown
At the opening ceromony yesterday for the new downtown parking garage amid the usual pomp and circumstance a big announcement was made regarding the 5800 square feet of ground floor retail.
The original Ledo’s will be moving from their long time location in Adelphi to downtown College Park. This is the mothership of all Ledo’s pizza [...]
