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
Sprawl in Western Howard County, Maryland has rapidly destroyed farmland over the last two decades. Photo from Google Maps. “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 [...]
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 [...]
July 7th, 2009 | by Christopher Warren | published in Site Announcements
The City of College Park will be holding a Real Estate Roundtable on Friday July 17, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. The event will be held at the Clarion Inn, which is located at the intersection of Baltimore Avenue (Route 1) and Berwyn Road in College Park, MD. The keynote speaker, Ann Wylie, [...]
May 12th, 2009 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Site Announcements
Tonight we completed some behind-the-scenes updates to Rethink College Park, including an update to the blog software. In addition to the upgrade, with the help from former contributor Eric Fidler and friend of the site Pat O’Brien (Thank you!), we were able to resurrect all of the comments lost to a database error in October [...]
April 17th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Site Announcements
We need your help. RTCP needs a few good folks to make regular postings. If you are interested in moving College Park towards a better future and would like to contribute to RTCP please consider joining our list of contributors. Signing up is as simple as following these steps. Register yourself on the site. Then [...]
August 26th, 2008 | by David Daddio | published in Site Announcements
Please join us in the lower level conference room at College Park City Hall tomorrow (August 27th). Let us know if we should expect you.
August 25th, 2008 | by David Daddio | published in Site Announcements
There is a question mark at the end of the title for good reason. After 2 years, 347 posts, 1,666 comments, 646 photos, countless emails, phone calls, public meetings, private conversations, and newspaper articles, Rethink College Park finds itself at serious risk of needing to shutter its doors. Financially, the website is sound and can [...]
