January 27th, 2008 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in East Campus
The University has released this statement of principles, significantly more detailed than the last, for the Community Review Steering Committee to debate at the last East Campus meeting tomorrow night. Click here (or “read the rest of the post” below) to review the full text and provide your feedback.
Tomorrow’s meeting will be held at 7:30 [...]
January 25th, 2008 | by David Daddio | published in Speculation
With plans to build DC United’s new soccer stadium on Poplar Point in Anacostia (DC) in shambles, Maryland officials are now vying for a chance to build the facility in PG county. The team is interested in “two locations in College Park”, according to a Washington Post article two days ago, but County Executive Jack [...]
January 23rd, 2008 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in East Campus
This post is by Clay Gump, a resident of College Park and member of the East Campus Community Review Steering Committee.
The topic of a recent East Campus meeting was traffic and how to plan for it. The East Campus project is going to present a challenge when dealing with the large mix of pedestrian, auto, [...]
January 22nd, 2008 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Purple Line, Transportation
The Washington Post today ran a story briefly describing the debate about where to locate the Purple Line on campus. While we think the new alignment being considered is superior to the now-abandoned Stadium Drive alignment, we continue to believe Campus Drive is the best alignment for campus. While administrators want to keep it off [...]
January 15th, 2008 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in East Campus, On Campus Development, Purple Line
The East Campus project is located roughly half a mile from the College Park Metrorail station, adjacent ten bus routes, bisected by a bike trail connected to a major regional trail system, and the future home of a Purple Line light rail station.
The project developers have made a guess as to how much less parking [...]
January 14th, 2008 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in East Campus
The next East Campus Community Review Steering Committee meetings will be held tonight (January 14th) and January 28th. Tonight’s meeting will examine parking and transportation issues, and the meeting on the 28th will be concerned with the committee’s overall development principles.
Both meetings will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Prince George’s Room of the [...]
January 14th, 2008 | by David Daddio | published in Speculation
An approximately 3 acre property just north of the proposed Mosaic at Turtle Creek project – a 300 unit condo not far from lot one and the business school. Could make a good site for a small residential project.
–> See more info (PDF)
January 11th, 2008 | by David Daddio | published in Purple Line, Transportation
(See interactive map)
After throwing together a handful of alignments, including the “chapel field alignment” (in blue on map) last month, we are getting word that the University is pursuing yet another alignment. Once again (deja vu) realizing the impracticality of a tunnel under campus, the administration is proposing a slightly altered chapel field alignment (in [...]
