June 23rd, 2007 | by Chris Ellepola | published in Cafritz Property
June 14th saw the 3rd and final meeting of the initial round of Cafritz Property community workshops. The development team has publicized the following rough time line of further planning stages for development: 1) design principles 2) concept plan 3) file for rezoning. Public input from the completed initial round of meetings is now being [...]
June 7th, 2007 | by David Daddio | published in Cafritz Property, Purple Line
–> Another article on the Purple Line in the Washinton Post: “More Stations, Bigger Welcome for Purple Line Plans” – It’s a much needed PG county counterpoint to a less than enthusiastic Montgomery County-centric article about the potential for more stops. –> Cafritz Meeting tonight, 7PM @ Riverdale Elementary School
June 3rd, 2007 | by Chris Ellepola | published in Cafritz Property
Saturday afternoon saw fruitful initial community input for planning of the potentially large development project at the Cafritz Property (interactive map). A healthy attendance was present along with a violinist and a caricature artist for entertainment. The workshop itself had the vibrant community feel that Cafritz Family hopes to create in its development. **PLEASE NOTE, [...]
May 18th, 2007 | by Chris Ellepola | published in Cafritz Property, Events, General College Park
Rumors sometime become reality – or so it seems given the potential redevelopment of the “Cafritz Property” (Developer Website) which we first talked about last month. Public workshop meetings are planned for early June. County councilman Eric Olson and College Park city councilwoman Stephanie Stullich are encouraging meaningful/rigorous public participation at these events. Such preliminary [...]
April 2nd, 2007 | by David Daddio | published in Cafritz Property, General College Park, Speculation
One of the advantages to running a blog is that you can throw caution and standard journalism practices to the wind and basically publish whatever you care to. While we usually avoid doing this, every once in awhile we like to clue in our readers on some of the rumors going on around town about [...]
