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Archive for September, 2007

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Finally! A (legitimate) music venue in College Park.

September 26th, 2007  |  by Evan Hauptmann  |  published in East Campus, Route 1

The Birchmere announced this week it has plans to open a new 500 seat music venue as part of the East Campus development in College Park. Although its not scheduled to open until 2011, the Birchmere will provide a much needed improvement to the College Park music scene.
While it may attract larger acts, the [...]

Help Us Improve – Take Our Reader Survey

September 26th, 2007  |  by Rob Goodspeed  |  published in Site Announcements

After over a year of blogging about College Park, we’ve published 267 posts and (as of today) 1,000 comments. As we plan to continue to enhance and improve the site, we have decided to conduct a reader survey. While we have some idea of who we are reaching through comments and other feedback, we want [...]

Gas and MARC-Up

September 25th, 2007  |  by Eric Fidler  |  published in Transportation

At the behest of Gov. O’Malley, the Maryland Transit Administration has drawn up plans to increase MARC train service throughout the state. The plan, announced in the Post and the Baltimore Sun, would increase passenger capacity on MARC’s three lines. Here in town, the Camden Line (right) is slated for only a few [...]

Greener Greenbelt Initiative Launched

September 24th, 2007  |  by Evan Hauptmann  |  published in Events, Greenbelt

This coming weekend the city of Greenbelt will open its doors to local residents, business owners, design professionals, and architecture students by hosting a three day charrette focusing on current and future challenges faced by the city on its 70th anniversary. The session is a component of the “Greener Greenbelt Initiative”, a working partnership between [...]

As if “downtown” couldn’t get any worse

September 24th, 2007  |  by David Daddio  |  published in Businesses, Downtown

College Park’s nighttime revelers received another fatal blow this week after news surfaced that Wawa will be closing its doors. With the Thirsty Turtle apparently never opening, it’s hard to imagine where the increasingly large crowds “downtown” will go Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. Can 7-11 measure up? We think not.

Yarrow Resident Mark Cook to Run for Council

September 22nd, 2007  |  by Rob Goodspeed  |  published in General College Park, Politics

Although too many members of the College Park community could care less about the composition of the city council, they play a large role in the direction the city will take in the future. Although they do not hold final zoning authority, they mold new development projects in the city through extensive consultation with developers [...]

UMD, PG County Prove Transit Doesn’t Automatically Translate to Smart Growth

September 21st, 2007  |  by David Daddio  |  published in M Square Research Park, Purple Line, Transportation

Service began at the College Park metro station on December 11th, 1993. Since that time, only one Transit Oriented Development (the FDA building) has been built in the area. What’s the only other major construction project in the immediate area in the past ten years? A 1,345 space parking garage. Such is the plight of [...]

More Dernoga (More Mazza)

September 20th, 2007  |  by David Daddio  |  published in Mazza Grandmarc, Politics

RTCP has a column running in today’s Gazette:
> Dernoga’s ‘misjudgement’ hindering Route 1
The letter is in response to the County Councilman’s August 16th letter, which in turn was a response to GSG President Laura Moore’s August 2nd letter.
by David Daddio:
I was disappointed to read [Prince George’s] County Councilman Thomas Dernoga’s condescending letter [‘‘Free the developers [...]

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