<div>Great point about opening Queens Chapel road! Obviously, someone with lots of political sway lived on that street at one point and managed to get the street closed, pushing all the traffic onto us, the less well-connected. You wouldn't expect things like that to happen in America, but cronyism knows no state borders. </div>
<div> </div><div>NIBMY stands for Not In My BackYard, the idea being that we want to shop in these such stores but don't want them built in our neighborhoods here. My guess is that many of us in Riverdale shop at out-of-county natural foods stores. No I don't have many many dollars but Trader Joe's at least sells Organic groceries cheaper than the other stores. </div>
<div> </div><div>I'm just worried that in being afraid of congestion etc. we'll drive away yet another business and end up with Town Center Part Duex. Wasn't there a big electronics store that wanted to open up there a while ago? Right, that wouldn't fit the town's decor, but how well do vast parks and empty storefronts fit the town's style?? I too hope that Cafritz gets developed provided Queens Chapel is opened and/or other road infrastructure improvements are made.</div>
<div> </div><div>--Nicholas<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">2011/6/3 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ABragg7393@aol.com">ABragg7393@aol.com</a>></span><br><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="gmail_quote">
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<div>What by the way is a NIMBY? So, I don't shop Trader Joe's because
their eggs don't come from free range chickens. They buy the eggs from
people who keep their chickens in cages not big enough for a rat. Now,
speaking of rats and dense population. I remember doing experiments in
Science Class where we did not have computers by the way, and the rats who lived
in crowded conditions were not happy. That's a fact. So, now we want to
put all of us rats in as close proximity as possible?</div>
<div>Anyway, I am for the development of the Cafritz Property and even changing
the zoning from residential to commercial, <u><strong>providing</strong></u>
that the County <u>open Queens Chapel Road to the public</u>. That will
ease the traffic.</div>
<div>Hey, if you don't want to throw your dollars to Montgomery County, go to
the Farmer's Market, Go to Glut, Go to Mom's and then go to the new Yes about to
be open. How much dollars do you have?</div>
<div>Many people now shop on the internet instead of leaving their homes anyway,
so I think we should just do away with all the stores.</div>
<div>Did you know the trees "breathe" oxygen into the air and take up the carbon
dioxide? And since we breathe that oxygen, I think we need them.</div>
<div>I love my little town. I am in a music group with people from
Bethesda and Rockville and they were talking about getting a place to
practice. I told them if they wanted to come to Riverdale, I would
just call up my Mayor or Councilperson and see if they would let us use the
public space. Riverdale location won't work for them, but I found it
a breathe of fresh air, that I could just call my Mayor or Council Rep.
These people living in Rockville and Bethesda don't have that kind of
relationship with their reps. They might have the "shopping" and "the"
stores, but they don't have the personality, the friendliness, the compassion of
our little town. I wouldn't trade it for all the stores in
Rockville. Amen.</div>
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<div>In a message dated 6/3/2011 9:23:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:nicholas.laureys@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicholas.laureys@gmail.com</a> writes:</div>
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another aspect of the proposed Cafritz development to think about: spending
our money in our own county! Does anyone else feel awful about throwing
away potentially tax-revenue-generating dollars in neighboring counties?
I love shopping at Trader Joe's, since there are few stores in our
county that offer wide organic/natural foods selections, but I always get this
sick feeling in my stomach that I'm spending money in Montgomery County that
could easily be kept in our own beautiful Prince George's County! I
could understand the outrage if a KMART was being built, but haven't many
articles been written about Prince George's County residents being upset about
having to go out of county to do their shopping? I also think the
posters opposed to this development sound an awful lot like NIMBY-ers masking
their true opinions as a love for parks and green space.<br clear="all"><br>--
<br>Nicholas
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