[RP TownTalk] Community Message: Overnight Shooting on Carters Lane

Fri Oct 25 22:13:19 UTC 2013

Speak for yourselves.  The only things pricey I see in Hyattsville are the
EYA town houses and the historic properties.  We don't have EYA in
Riverdale, but Caftritz may have similar properties.  We certainly have
quite a few historic properties here.

If you care about what's really going on instead of the motherhood go to the
following links and enter 20737, 20781, and 20782 if applicable.

http://www.zillow.com  ("Zestimate" is more in line with what the property
is worth because it's based on comparable sales not a seller whose
underwater)

https://www.crimereports.com/  (it looks to me like there's a pretty even
distribution on both sides of Kenilworth to me)

Truth be told, I think this is much ado about nothing.  Based on the ~20
minutes of research I've done, I don't think changing the zip code is going
to have any effect on property values.  Changing the zip code will have an
effect on a lot of other things (every institution that has your address,
checks, license, registration, business cards, web sites, etc) and it won't
be pretty.  I'm guessing it would take years before all of the things
affected by the change would finally be updated to reflect the new zip code.
You would probably have to call your bank, the DMV, the IRS, the county, the
list goes on, to make sure they change the zip code.  I really don't have
time for this.  I've got enough to do already.

I apologize for responding to these emails.  I just wanted to bring some
reality into the discussion.  You guys can carry on if  you like.  I'm done.

From: towntalk-bounces at riverdale-park.org
[mailto:towntalk-bounces at riverdale-park.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Yorke
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 3:40 PM
To: Catarina Correia
Cc: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Community Message: Overnight Shooting on Carters
Lane

Catrina hits the nail on the head once again. 

New zip brings with it all sorts of possibilities that include developers
and creators looking at an old town a new way. Important if you want
improvements like more shopping, dining and entertainment. Brentwood has
been trying for years to step it up and it certainly looks like it's meeting
with some success. Here's this afternoon's Bisnow Dining to tell you more...

But wait, one more thing for those concerned about saving on tax assessments
using crime-riddled zips: besides the points made by Catrina and others, how
much is 20737 COSTING you on car insurance for car thefts, crime on the
streets (outside RP) and all the other negative events that are used against
policyholders? 

Note to Town Council: Time to ZIP US UP to 38 -- 20738!!! GET STARTED
MONDAY!!!

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  <http://www.bisnow.com/archives/nycre/2012/Q3/images/divider.jpg> 

Carolina Kitchen to Open in Brentwood

<http://app.newsletter.bisnow.com/e/er?utm_campaign=dining_102513.htm&utm_me
dium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&s=2636&lid=34624&elq=365c8470168a4784b83607a1d0
8e85dd> CK Rendering

Chef/owner Lance London announced that he'll open the third DMV location of
his low-country comfort food restaurant, Carolina Kitchen, in January 2014.
Well, technically it's his fourth; but the first, opened in downtown Silver
Spring in '96, burned down in '04. The 6,000 SF space will join the new
Rhode Island Row community near the RI Ave-Brentwood Metro stop. His menu,
inspired by hisgrandmother's recipes, will feature low-country favorites
like shrimp and grits, Creole-grilled salmon, smothered chicken, and
Southern-fried lobster tail. Check out the animated rendering of the space
above.

<http://app.newsletter.bisnow.com/e/er?utm_campaign=dining_102513.htm&utm_me
dium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&s=2636&lid=34625&elq=365c8470168a4784b83607a1d0
8e85dd> Burger Rendering

Lance will also be opening TKO (total knockout) Burger next door to Carolina
Kitchen. He hopes to have the second opening within a fewweeks of the first.
In addition to 22 types of burgers (beef, turkey, softshell crab, fried
chicken, veggie, and more), Lance tells us TKO will offer "the sort of
things you'd see at a picnic: potato salad, baked beans, grilled corn,
lemonade squeezed fresh right in your face." The two restaurants will be
separate in front but share the large kitchen in back. Fun fact: Lance
originally named it "CK Burger" (for Carolina Kitchen), but changed it to
TKO after receivingcease-and-desist letters from Calvin Klein. Take an
animated tour of TKO above.

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Catarina Correia <chatareena at gmail.com>
wrote:

For what its worth, I would definitely be in favor of pursuing this.  Yes, I
want my home value to increase (or at the very least get back to what we
paid for it.) There are a number of reasons besides re-sale for this
including refinancing etc. Our homes are really nice and it kills me that
they are worth significantly less than the hyattsville homes just up the
street solely because of the zip code.

Furthermore, i believe when our house was worth more, we paid less in
property taxes due to the homestead tax credit (tho i cant be sure - i dont
handle the mortgage).

Catarina Correia

Riverdale Park, MD

-- 
Jeffrey Yorke
Yorke Property Management, Inc.
Yorke Partners
Jeffrey at YorkeRents.com
301-502-1243

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