[RP TownTalk] Cafritz update

[Dwight Holmes]

btw, the *DC* (or National, not sure which it's called) Children's Museum
just got 'hijacked' by the new National Harbor project in southern PG Co (on
the Potomac just south of the Wilson Bridge). Quite a coup.

On 9/15/07, Arletta Gustafson <arlettag at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  Dwight,
>
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> I have to agree with your observations.  It certainly did seem that the
> majority of those negative comments were voiced by those in surrounding
> communities.  I plan on attending Tuesday's meeting as well, so that I can
> hear as much as possible about the concerns and the supportive comments
> also.  Since I am new to the town, this was my first exposure to the
> project.  I found it to be very promising.
>
>
>
> Being a tree-huggin' hippie from Seattle I was pleased with the amount of
> attention that seems to have been directed to making it as "green" as
> possible.
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>
> I noted that there will be room in the NE corner for "community space", I
> would like to see some space made on Main Street for some sort of community
> center.  My hometown (county had 125,000) put the county children's museum
> in it's historic downtown district and it was a rousing success.  The museum
> worked a win-win rental deal with the property owner and I just read that it
> has actually become so popular that they are having to move.  While this may
> not be a great fit for this project, I think it would be wonderful to have a
> place for the people of the neighborhood to have meetings or such.  It would
> also be a place for youth groups like **ahem** 4-H and Boys and Girls Club
> (I hear their building needs some work) and others could meet.  Matt (I
> think that was his name) said that a good deal of Sr. housing is planned.
> This building would also be a good place for those seniors to gather.
>
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> I may be way off base here, it HAS been know to happen, but it's my small
> town experience trying to rear its ugly head in the big city.
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> Comments, please be gentle.  J
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> Arletta
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> *From:* towntalk-bounces at riverdale-park.org [mailto:
> towntalk-bounces at riverdale-park.org] *On Behalf Of *Dwight Holmes
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 15, 2007 1:34 PM
> *To:* TownTalk
> *Subject:* [RP TownTalk] Cafritz update
>
>
>
> very briefly... we attended the Cafritz presentation at Riverdale
> Elementary this morning.  we love the direction it's taking (no startling
> new developments at all... happy to provide more details later... they said
> they'd have their proposals up on their website "soon" (
> http://www.cafritzpop.com/ ) ....)
>
> one observation: based on the sample of people who turned out this morning
> and expressed their views, one would have to conclude that university park
> and college park (calvert hills) residents love their communities *just* the
> way they are, whereas we riverdalians long for the kinds of changes the
> Cafritz folks are talking about -- and appreciate the way they are going
> about it.
>
> if you like the general sense of their proposals and would like to see
> something like this happen, i would urge you to turn out for the meeting
> this Tuesday at 8, which is a repeat performance of this morning's meeting
> -- and make yourselves heard.  right now, if things were decided by voice
> vote, we'd lose easily!!
>
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