October 15th, 2007 | by Eric Fidler | published in East Campus
Terp Weekly Edition, a radio program on WMUC, aired a 3.5 minute interview (3.1 MB, mp3) with Doug Duncan last week discussing his goals for East Campus. In the interview, Duncan held Silver Spring as a model for redevelopment in College Park. The downtown Silver Spring development, which he helped orchestrate when he was Montgomery [...]
October 10th, 2007 | by Eric Raasch | published in East Campus, On Campus Development, Other College Towns, Route 1
As the East Campus Redevelopment Project moves through the public participation process, it is valuable to look at how other universities have integrated mixed-use facilities into their campuses. Over the next week and months we hope to profile many similar projects. The University of Central Florida (UCF) recently put the finishing touches on a $300 [...]
October 10th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Site Announcements
Our 2007 reader survey will end at midnight tonight. If you have not yet taken the time to complete it, we would appreciate your input. If you are one of the many people who have already done so, thank you. We will post the results of the survey online soon. > 2007 Rethink College Park [...]
October 4th, 2007 | by R. Michael Farhoodi | published in Businesses, Downtown, General College Park, Speculation
In case you missed it, I wrote an opinion column that was published in last Wednesday’s Diamondback student newspaper entitled “Wawa, good riddance”. To read it, go here. In summary, I celebrated the demise of the College Park Wawa and how it symbolized the less than desirable conditions of College Park. And while Wawa wasn’t [...]
October 3rd, 2007 | by Danielle Kogut | published in General College Park, Hollywood, Transportation
County Councilman Tom Dernoga came to the City of College Park Council in September to present a road improvement project for Rhode Island Avenue. The project’s goal is to use traffic circles and install traffic lights to better manage the surge of traffic on the avenue. Residents have made it clear that they do not [...]
October 2nd, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in East Campus, Transportation
Will the East Campus Redevelopment project be connected to Old Town College Park with through streets? While the issue is far from settled, rumors have emerged that there are city residents advocating for both blocking and keeping open to traffic the streets connecting East Campus to Old Town to vehicular traffic. We think closing the [...]
