[RP TownTalk] Washington Post article: Whole Foods project hits rough patch, at least temporarily, near College Park

[Sarah Wayland]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/whole-foods-projects-hits-rough-patch-at-least-temporarily-near-college-park/2013/01/16/7898afa2-6021-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html

Whole Foods project hits rough patch, at least temporarily, near College
Park
By Miranda S. Spivack<http://www.washingtonpost.com/miranda-s-spivack/2011/03/04/ABB2CxN_page.html>
,<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/whole-foods-projects-hits-rough-patch-at-least-temporarily-near-college-park/2013/01/16/7898afa2-6021-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html?wpisrc=emailtoafriend&wp_login_redirect=0#license-7898afa2-6021-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd>

The proposed mixed-use development near College Park that is expected to
include a Whole Foods has been withdrawn, at least temporarily, by the
developer.

The Prince George’s County planning board staff recommended late last week
that the board reject the plan because of what it said were deficiencies in
the proposal, including problems with bike path design and a bridge across
a CSX railroad track.

The planning board had been scheduled to review the proposal for the
mixed-use town center south of College Park at its regularly scheduled
meeting Thursday in Upper Marlboro.

The proposal also is being scrutinized by the American Center for Physics,
which wrote mayors of nearby towns surrounding the proposed development
that it had misgivings about aspects of the mixed-use town center.

While the physics organization had previously endorsed the proposal, its
chief, Beth Cunningham, said in a letter that the group had concerns about
the elevated bridge across the railroad, which is proposed to cross the
center’s property. The group said it could be several months before it
could assess the impact of the proposed bridge, which would carry vehicles.

(read the entire article at the link, above.)

-Sarah




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