December 6th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in On Campus Development, Purple Line, Transportation
We have described before why we think the Campus Drive Alignment (purple above) is the best location for the Purple Line in College Park. However, some campus leaders have continued to advocate for an alternative, “Stadium Drive” alignment.
Today we launch a petition in support of the Campus Drive Alignment. Please add your name if you [...]
December 4th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in On Campus Development
University leaders are now accepting community comments as part of the process to create a new strategic plan for all aspects of the university’s development. In fact, one of the feedback questions directly concerns the East Campus project: “The East Campus redevelopment project will bring dramatic changes to the College Park environment. What other such [...]
November 9th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in On Campus Development, Purple Line, Transportation
The latest installment in the campus debate about the proper location of the Purple Line on campus comes in the form of two op-eds, one by graduate student Danny Rogers and another by myself today. In mine, I analyze some of the data released by the Maryland Transit Administration last week. It turns out a [...]
October 26th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in On Campus Development, Purple Line, Transportation
The Maryland Transit Administration will present information this Monday about where the Purple Line could go on campus when the light rail link is constructed between Bethesda and New Carrollton. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29 in the University Visitor Center. We strongly encourage everyone interested in the future of [...]
October 24th, 2007 | by David Daddio | published in Housing, Knox Box Redevelopment, Northgate Area, On Campus Development, Politics, Route 1
It has been about 6 months since the issue of student housing really exploded in College Park and anyone (ourselves included) would have had a hard time predicting what has taken place since that time. What started off with hundreds of rising seniors losing their on-campus housing in April has progressed – or regressed rather [...]
October 10th, 2007 | by Eric Raasch | published in East Campus, On Campus Development, Other College Towns, Route 1
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. Over the next week and months we hope to profile many similar projects.
The University of Central Florida (UCF) recently put the finishing touches on a $300 million [...]
August 30th, 2007 | by David Daddio | published in On Campus Development
UMD’s planned south mall is slowly unfolding. When complete it will provide a pedestrian axis all the way from Anne Arundel Hall down to the southern end of Van Munching Hall, through Commons 1,2,5, and 6 and across to Hartford Hall in the Washington Quad. Two portions of the phased project are underway right now.
Washington [...]
August 22nd, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in East Campus, On Campus Development
Yesterday University Vice President for Administrative Affairs Doug Duncan released the list of members of of the East Campus community steering committee that will be participating in a series of topical public meetings this fall. Three of the 40 members are students, and 17 are affiliated with the University of Maryland. The newly update schedule [...]
