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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> I attended the EYA meeting on the Arts Disctrict Hyattsville (ADH) Monday evening. Here is a bit of what I learned.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The west side village (west of Rt One) has broken ground and they will begin building up in a few days. Sales continue brisk even though much of the market has turned soft. 8 of the 13 live-work units on the west side are sold and something like 60 row homes have been sold. Costs range from $300,000 to $750,000.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The east side village is still in the planning stages and is about a year behind the west side. The east village starts on Madison St and continues south between the rail road tracks and route one. A small portion of the east side village is in Riverdale Park. They plan on developing the trolley hiker-biker trail which will connect RP to Hyattsville's downtown area. It will also connect us to a fairly large public park (green space) and two tot lots that are planned for the east side village.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 240 row houses and nearly 200 condos are planned for the east side. The condos will be in 3 separate areas and like all of the buildings in the project will be just </FONT><i><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 3 stories tall </FONT></i><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> and will have some restrictions against owners renting the units out (although the developers were vague about these restrictions). The condos will sell in the low $200,000. Some retail space is planed for the east side - about 8-12 stores (15 to 30 thousand sq feet). Most of this retail is concentrated to the south near Franklins. The retail buildings along route one will have a setback of 24 feet so there will be room for outdoor restaurant seating and a wide walking area.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Surface parking will be behind the retail and the condos while each town home has 2 parking spaces on its property.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The presentation was video taped and I asked if we could have a copy to show on our cable. We have to contact more people to get permission but we can probably do it. We might get a copy of the upcoming Bicycle Friendly Community workshop too.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Rob Oppenheim</FONT></div>
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