February 16th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in Politics, Site Announcements
“Dan cut to the meat and found out what needed to be done, and if that meant ruffling up some feathers, that would be done, as well,” Lieu said. “He has definite feelings on how things should be done. Dan would pick a path and stick with it until it gets done. ~ former Mote [...]
February 3rd, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in Site Announcements
If you have been following the site for awhile, you probably have noticed that we’ve implemented a new theme over the last couple weeks. We’re very excited to bring all our old content and great new content onto a more modern blogging platform. Please bear with us as we work out some of the kinks [...]
December 18th, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in Site Announcements
As always, we’re strategizing ways to attract and retain new writers for this site. Check out this new document we put together! It will be permanently located on our “contribute” page. Click HERE to view a larger version.
RTCP New Writer’s Guide
December 15th, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in General College Park, Housing, Site Announcements
People get at all the information on RTCP in a lot of different ways. Many use our popular development map, others use the categories in the side bar, still others just follow the site religiously and commit everything to memory. Clay Gump recently launched our area projects by the number page. Basically, it’s a way [...]
December 8th, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in Site Announcements
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Rethink College Park on Facebook
November 9th, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in Site Announcements
According to the 1000 Friends of Maryland, John Frece, former Associated Director of UMD’s National Center for Smart Growth and current Director of EPA’s Smart Growth Division is coming to McKeldin Library Tuesday at 4:30. He’ll be talking about his recent book: Sprawl and Politics, “a political history of the origin, enactment, and implementation of [...]
November 3rd, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in Environment, Housing, Site Announcements
“Single-family homes and townhouses are scattered on ever-larger lots in areas designated for dense, compact building, as lots outside those areas shrink, the study concludes. “The number of parcels developed, the acres of land developed and the average size [of lots] are all moving in the wrong direction,” it says.” ~ Washington Post reporter Lisa [...]
October 29th, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in Site Announcements
David West, a City and Regional Planning Grad Student at Cornell University, recently contacted Rob Goodspeed and me about Rethink College Park. He’s one of the several students that has approached us over the years to talk about this community participation and information sharing project. We had an interesting hour-long discussion about the site and [...]
