August 2nd, 2010 | by Marcus Afzali | published in General College Park, Politics, Route 1
Those who read this blog on a regular basis know that the founder of this blog (David Daddio) and District 1 County Councilman Tom Dernoga had more than their fair share of disagreements on redevelopment issues in College Park over the years. Months ago I spoke with Tom about these disagreements, in particular over the [...]
July 31st, 2010 | by Marcus Afzali | published in General College Park
We have a new online news website in the City of College Park called the College Park Patch. It launched yesterday and is part of the national Patch network run by AOL. The national Patch site says that they look for communities of 15-100k people that they believe are drastically under served by [...]
July 29th, 2010 | by Marcus Afzali | published in Businesses, City Garage/Condos/City Hall, Downtown, General College Park, Politics
A local establishment and a powerhouse national chain are both moving into College Park over the next month with the long anticipated opening of the original Ledo’s Pizza in about two weeks and Best Buy slated to open in the College Park Market Place in early September. I think both will help College Park in [...]
July 28th, 2010 | by Marcus Afzali | published in General College Park
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2010
National Night Out is a community-police partnership event that provides a unique opportunity for residents to increase awareness about crime prevention and safety, get to know their neighbors, meet local law enforcement officers with the goal of preventing crime and drug activities in their neighborhoods.
Many College Park neighborhood associations will participate [...]
July 26th, 2010 | by Christopher Warren | published in East Campus, Route 1
On Friday July 23, 2010, the University of Maryland announced it had begun exclusive negotiations with The Cordish Company to develop the East Campus site. The negotiations are expected to lead to a formal partnership with the Cordish Company becoming the project’s master developer.
Read more about this story at: http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/uniini/release.cfm?ArticleID=2204.
For more information about the [...]
June 28th, 2010 | by Clay Gump | published in General College Park, Politics
This is a reprint of a Op-Ed piece from the Sunday Washington Post by Eric Olson a current member of the Prince George’s County Council and former Councilman from the City of College Park.
The August departure of C.D. Mote Jr. after 12 years as president of the University of Maryland is obviously a major [...]
June 16th, 2010 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses, Events, General College Park
The next “Experience College Park Tour” event will be Wednesday June 23rd at 7pm at Plato’s Diner. Our featured guest this time will be the State Senator for the 21st District Jim Rosapepe. This event is open for anyone who lives, works, or plays in College Park and would like to get together to discuss [...]
May 21st, 2010 | by Clay Gump | published in General College Park
College Park is featured today on the blog WeLoveDC. Many thanks to Shannon for writing up that positive review of College Park. Here are a few highlights.
College Park is best known for the University of Maryland and its 36,000 students, but there is so much more to this community than just the university. [...]
