September 1st, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in Politics
The views in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of Rethink College Park or its other contributors.
Election season is upon us. Because of terms limits, 5 of the 9 Prince George’s county councilmember seats and the county executive’s spot are incumbent-less and up for grabs. While the general election isn’t till November, winning the [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
May 14th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in Politics, Purple Line, Transportation
BREAKING: In an unprecedented show of unity, a diverse coalition of student leaders, local elected officials and advocacy groups have mounted a broadside against the University of Maryland’s planned summer trial closure of Campus Drive to most buses. In a letter written to University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan, they connected the UMD administration’s [...]
April 28th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in General College Park, Politics
There’s an excellent column in today’s Washington Post that I think speaks directly to situation in College Park and inner suburban communities like it. The column, written by UMD architecture professor emeritus Roger K. Lewis, describes “favorably located but underdeveloped or unwisely developed land with potentially high real estate value” along blighted highways. From [...]
April 22nd, 2010 | by Clay Gump | published in Politics
File this under “Newbie”
Maybe some of you are like me. When I first heard the hub-bub about “Form-Based-this” and “sector-plan-that” my first reaction was “What the hell are you people talking about?”
The proposed Amendment 5 to the Route 1 Sector plan states:
Add the following text to page 50: “Corridor nodes located north of MD 193 [...]
April 16th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in General College Park, Politics, Projects, Route 1, Transportation
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. That’s the definition of insanity. ~ Albert Einstein
The community’s vision for Route 1 is to have a compact, dynamic, mostly 4-6 story mixed-use corridor. That vision has been formally codified in the Route 1 Sector Plan – the primary zoning document for [...]
