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Final East Campus ‘Principles’ Meeting Wednesday

February 25th, 2008  |  by Rob Goodspeed  |  published in East Campus

After an extensive, seven-month process of official meetings, private negotiations, and Rethink College Park discussions, the East Campus Community Review Steering Committee is set to discuss and (hopefully) approve a statement of development principles that will guide the development of the project. The meeting is planned for this Wednesday, February 27th at 7:30 p.m. in [...]

Draft Principles Released for Last East Campus Meeting

January 27th, 2008  |  by Rob Goodspeed  |  published in East Campus

The University has released this statement of principles, significantly more detailed than the last, for the Community Review Steering Committee to debate at the last East Campus meeting tomorrow night. Click here (or “read the rest of the post” below) to review the full text and provide your feedback.
Tomorrow’s meeting will be held at 7:30 [...]

Signs? We Don’t Need No Stinking Signs!

January 23rd, 2008  |  by Rob Goodspeed  |  published in East Campus

This post is by Clay Gump, a resident of College Park and member of the East Campus Community Review Steering Committee.
The topic of a recent East Campus meeting was traffic and how to plan for it. The East Campus project is going to present a challenge when dealing with the large mix of pedestrian, auto, [...]

Purple Line Route Set, ‘Enormous’ Underground Parking at East Campus

January 15th, 2008  |  by Rob Goodspeed  |  published in East Campus, On Campus Development, Purple Line

The East Campus project is located roughly half a mile from the College Park Metrorail station, adjacent ten bus routes, bisected by a bike trail connected to a major regional trail system, and the future home of a Purple Line light rail station.
The project developers have made a guess as to how much less parking [...]

East Campus Meetings Tonight, Jan. 28

January 14th, 2008  |  by Rob Goodspeed  |  published in East Campus

The next East Campus Community Review Steering Committee meetings will be held tonight (January 14th) and January 28th. Tonight’s meeting will examine parking and transportation issues, and the meeting on the 28th will be concerned with the committee’s overall development principles.
Both meetings will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Prince George’s Room of the [...]

Last East Campus Meeting Rescheduled

November 15th, 2007  |  by Rob Goodspeed  |  published in East Campus

The last next East Campus Community Review Steering Committee has been rescheduled for December 10th. Here is the announcement from the university:
*There will be no meeting this Monday, November 19. The upcoming scheduled meeting to review guiding principles for East Campus has been postponed. Some members of the committee expressed concern with the draft principles [...]

East Campus Update

October 18th, 2007  |  by Rob Goodspeed  |  published in East Campus, Environment, Old Town, Transportation

The East Campus Community Review Steering Committee has been meeting since August to hear from the developers and their consultants about a wide variety of issues surrounding the project. We have encouraged our readers to attend these meetings (and many have) and I am an official committee member of this committee. The meetings are preceded [...]

East Campus in Perspective: Technology Square at Georgia Tech

October 16th, 2007  |  by Matt Johnson  |  published in East Campus, Other College Towns

As the East Campus Redevelopment Project moves through the public participation process, it is valuable to look at how other universities have integrated mixed-use facilities into their campuses. This is the second post in that series.
In August of 2003, Georgia Tech completed the much anticipated Technology Square project. This redevelopment effort was in keeping with [...]

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