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College Park Farmers Market – Survey

August 20th, 2012  |  by Michael Stiefvater  |  published in Community Events, Downtown, Events, General College Park

As part of the recently-formed Farmers Market Committee, the City is conducting a survey to gauge satisfaction with the current Downtown Farmers Market while garnering ideas for the Market’s future. Please take a few moments to answer the survey as the responses will enable the Committee to understand the interests of residents and develop recommendations [...]

Route 1: A Main Street by Default

January 30th, 2012  |  by Krystle Okafor  |  published in Bicycles, Downtown, EYA Arts District Hyattsville, Housing, Route 1

A recent article in The Diamondback commended the rise of mixed-use development on our university’s main street, as it should. After years of housing shortages and blight, College Park is finally being rejuvenated. But in current discussions of College Park’s redevelopment, there is a huge elephant in the room: Route 1 itself. Dangerous and traffic-clogged, [...]

City and Book Exchange Developer at Impasse

October 11th, 2011  |  by David Daddio  |  published in Book Exchange Site, Downtown, Politics

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 [...]

Rectifying Route 1, A Pedestrian’s Perspective: The Intersection at Hartwick Rd

January 27th, 2011  |  by Mark Noll  |  published in Bicycles, Downtown, Route 1, Transportation

Last night, I crossed Route 1 at Hartwick Road. Once again, I risked my life just to cross a street. We all know that Route 1 is an unpleasant experience for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. But the line between unpleasant and unacceptable is crossed at this intersection. The intersection lies along College Park’s main retail [...]

Shop College Park!

December 20th, 2010  |  by Marcus Afzali  |  published in Downtown, Economic Development Update

All of us RTCP readers and contributors want to see College Park’s business environment to thrive and support a variety of unique local restaurants and retail spaces. For those interested in supporting the idea of shopping locally, the website www.shopcollegepark.org is a great resource. A Facebook and Twitter version of Shop College Park launched that will [...]

Rectifying Route 1, A Pedestrian Perspective: College Avenue and Route 1

October 20th, 2010  |  by Mark Noll  |  published in Bicycles, Downtown, General College Park, Route 1, Transportation

Few people will deny that Route 1 is well overdue for major improvements. Motorists are fed up with traffic, bicyclists despise its lack of bike lanes and high speed traffic, and pedestrians loath the poor condition of sidewalks. Traffic speeds, up to seven travel lanes (none safe for bicyclists), and long light cycles make this [...]

Olson, Stullich…We’re waiting for real leadership on the Book Exchange redevelopment

October 19th, 2010  |  by David Daddio  |  published in Book Exchange Site, Downtown, Housing, Old Town

Local leaders have really put themselves in a quandary over the Book Exchange controversy. An array of officials who are reliably pro-smart growth have teamed up with Old Town Civic Association (OTCA) in an effort to quash the proposed 6-story project that could bring 830 student beds to downtown College Park—along with roughly 170 beds geared towards graduate students [...]

North College Park to Discuss Proposed Book Exchange Development Tomorrow

October 13th, 2010  |  by Fazlul Kabir  |  published in Book Exchange Site, Community Events, Downtown, Housing

The proposal to turn the Book Exchange site into a 6-story mid-rise apartment building for students and professionals has stirred quite a bit of discussion among City’s southern inhabitants – University students and Old Town residents. Being so close to the campus, UMD, smart growth proponents and students would love to see this proposal go [...]

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