<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">&nbsp;Is there a place on the Wachovia lot we would be allowed to plant or is that counter-productive? It also doesn't look hospitable to life.</FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at&nbsp; 2:59 PM, Todd Whitehead wrote:</FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Dwight, <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">&nbsp; <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">You provided me with just the opening I needed! <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">&nbsp; <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Gorgeous Prince George's Day is Saturday, October 11.&nbsp; For those of you who don't know, GPGD is a day set aside where citizens' groups plant trees, shrubs, and flowers in public areas.&nbsp; Prince George's county provides the groups with the trees, shrubs, and flowers (bulbs); the groups provide the moxie. <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">&nbsp; <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">I am spearheading this initiative much as I did last year.&nbsp; (I hope that the results won't be as dire). <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">&nbsp; <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">I have already started the conversation with our Director of Public Works to find out where he would like these plants to be located. <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">&nbsp; <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">I need lots of volunteers, so if you're at all interested, please don't hesitate to contact me. <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">&nbsp; <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Todd <FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">6309 51st Ave. </FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">--- On <B>Tue, 7/15/08, Dwight Holmes </B><B><I>&lt;dwightrholmes@gmail.com&gt; </I></B>wrote: </FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">From: Dwight Holmes &lt;dwightrholmes@gmail.com&gt; </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Subject: [RP TownTalk] Wachovia and the Field of Rubble </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">To: &quot;TownTalk&quot; &lt;towntalk@riverdale-park.org&gt; </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 12:00 PM </FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Yesterday, driving by our Gateway (Rt 1@ 410), I couldn't help but notice the weeds again taking over, two or three 'yard signs' placed here and there advertising something (We buy houses fast! or Donate your car to us!, I'm not sure which), and our Farmers Market banner looking rather forlorn, sagging to the point of not quite being readable. </FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">And then it occurred to me that the reports on Wachovia have not been good, and I wondered what this might portend for the future of our Gateway corner. </FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">And then I saw this this morning in the New York Times: </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><A HREF="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/wachovia_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org" TARGET="_blank"><U>&quot;Wachovia</U></A><FONT COLOR="#000000">, the investment bank, lost 20 percent after a well-known Wall Street analyst deemed its prospects &quot;bleak.&quot;&quot; </FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">If you ask me, I'd be a bit surprised if they break ground this&nbsp; year.&nbsp; True or not, is there something we can do to make the lot look like somebody cares? </FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><A HREF="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/wachovia_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">_______________________________________________</FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">TownTalk mailing list</FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">To post to the list, send mail to TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org is for automated subscription processing</FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">only</FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk</FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">For more information about Riverdale Park, visit</FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us </FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">------------------------------</FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">_______________________________________________</FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">TownTalk mailing list</FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">To post to the list, send mail to <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org"><U>TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</U></A><FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org"> </A></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#3333FF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><A HREF="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org"><U>TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org</U></A><FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org"> </A> is for automated subscription processing only</FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#3333FF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><A HREF="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk" TARGET="_blank"><U>http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk</U></A><FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk" TARGET="_blank"> </A></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">For more information about Riverdale Park, visit <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us" TARGET="_blank"><U>http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us</U></A><FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us" TARGET="_blank"> </A></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>