A cooperative group of communities and citizens constitute the Indian Head Highway Area Action Council, Inc. and they work across community boundaries on quality of life and planning issues. They have recently updated and distributed their Activists’ Guide. With upcoming meetings and the slew of plans in the pipeline at Park and Planning, this may [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Environment’
December 16, 2007
Schools, Purple Line Mtg. 12/17
and Other Important Odds & Ends
The Purple Line Open House will discuss the entire route and should be interesting. Especially since it seems a new southern route for the Purple Line through campus has surfaced. Map here. However, if this proposal is presented Monday, MTA, UMD and our elected officials need to allow further public [...]
November 13, 2007
Campus & Community
The developers of East Campus are charged with creating an instant college town that will allow the University of Maryland to attract the faculty and students necessary to become one of the country’s top ten research universities. However, the project’s potential to act as a development catalyst for the area in a multiplicity of ways: [...]
September 17, 2007
Cafritz: Doing the Math
The next meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 18 from 7-9 pm and we urge you to attend. Questions you may wish to consider in forming an opinion are here. Here’s a summary of the Cafritz presentation, mostly by the numbers:
40-50,000 sq. feet, medium-sized grocery near Route 1 (no brand commitment)
150-225,000 sq. feet of retail
15-20 stores
3 parking [...]
August 31, 2007
East Campus: Getting to Green
The University, its development team and East Campus Steering Committee meet Tuesday, September 4 at 7:30 pm in 0100 Marie Mount to discuss environmental issues for the project. (Committee contact info here.) The University has been a leader in this area and should continue by integrating its environmental objectives with this project’s goals. This should [...]
