<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>WHO: The East Campus Community Review Steering Committee, campus community members, and residents of College Park and surrounding communities.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>WHEN: Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>WHERE: William L. Thomas, Jr. Room, </b><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=University%20of%20Maryland%20Golf%20Course%20Clubhouse&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl"><font color="#0022e8" style="color: #0022e8"><u><b>University of Maryland Golf Course</b></u></font></a><b> Clubhouse, College Park, Md.<br> Off of Route 193 West/University Blvd on Golf Course Road</b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Neighbors, </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">The East Campus community input process has been on hold while the developer drew up plans that complied with the campus architectural board's desires. Hopefully they have also incorporated ideas put forth during the community input process and Doug Duncan's <a href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/032008/collnew185031_32357.shtml"><font color="#0022e8" style="color: #0022e8"><u>subsequent road show</u></font></a> (he visited town councils in College Park and surrounding towns). </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">You can refresh your memory of those fun-filled meetings by visiting <a href="http://www.eastcampus.umd.edu/CommRew.cfm"><font color="#0022e8" style="color: #0022e8"><u>http://www.eastcampus.umd.edu/CommRew.cfm</u></font></a> The guiding principles that should have helped the developer are also posted here. Please note that the guiding principles are a compromise document and that's why your presence at the Open House is important to the process. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">The developer is working toward filing a preliminary detailed site plan for East Campus in <b>early July with Park and Planning</b>. Work is proceeding with the County and City on a $180 million bond issue to be financed with a TIF. Please read more about TIFs <a href="http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/465/"><font color="#0022e8" style="color: #0022e8"><u>here</u></font></a>.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Hope to see lots of Riverdale Park residents Thursday evening.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px">Regards,</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px">RP East Campus reps</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><a href="mailto:rpeastcampus@yahoo.com">rpeastcampus@yahoo.com</a></p>
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