<div dir="ltr">You're kidding right? They've been digging and moving dirt knocking down trees for weeks and weeks ... <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Jessica Barnes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jbarnes@riverdaleparkmd.gov" target="_blank">jbarnes@riverdaleparkmd.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";font-variant:small-caps;color:#1f497d">Calvin Cafritz Enterprises <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">January 24, 2014</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <a href="tel:703%2F862-1266" value="+17038621266" target="_blank">703/862-1266</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CONSTRUCTION TO START ON CAFRITZ PROJECT <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mixed Use Community to Include County’s First Whole Foods Market<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Riverdale Park, MD </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">– Construction is anticipated to begin on the Calvin Cafritz Enterprises (CCE) project in Riverdale Park as early as the week of Monday, January 27, 2014. CCE received its Temporary Access Permit and Rough Grading Plan approvals this week clearing the way for construction of the project.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> “We’re pleased to begin construction,” said Jane Cafritz of Calvin Cafritz Enterprises. “We appreciate all the efforts of Prince George’s County, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Towns, and local neighbors to help us create this ‘Point of Pride’ in Riverdale Park.” <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The nearly 37 acre Main Street community will include the county’s first Whole Foods Market, 985 high quality residential units including a portion reserved for active adults, quality commercial retail, office and flex space, extensive walking paths and a hiker/biker path integrated into the existing network of trails as well as millions of dollars in transportation improvements including a new CSX crossing on the site to provide traffic relief on Route 1. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“This is an important and very exciting development project for Prince Georges County. Not only is the County finally getting its first Whole Foods Market, this development will also bring in new residential, retail, and dining options that will create jobs and help bolster an already vibrant commercial corridor,” said County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mayor Vernon Archer of Riverdale Park added, “This is truly a milestone moment for this project and for the Town of Riverdale Park. The new community will be a great addition to our Town.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">During the first two weeks of construction, the General Contractor, L.F. Jennings, will be installing erosion and sediment control fencing and ponds, flagging the limits of clearing, installing tree protection, performing limited clearing for the erosion and sediment control and installing the construction trailer and construction entrance on-site. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">L.F. Jennings anticipates that the site work will take 10 months concurrent with the construction of the first buildings – to include the new Whole Foods Market – to be completed and opened in late 2015.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Harlow Solid Italic"">Jessica<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Jessica E. Barnes<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Town Clerk<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Riverdale Park<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">5008 Queensbury Road<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Riverdale Park, MD 20737<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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