<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><i><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(112,48,160)">The BIZ<span></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(0,176,80)">RIVERDALE PARK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION<span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><span> </span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">MUTC Approves New Height Plan For RPS, Learn More Wednesday, June 12</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(112,48,160)"><span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Riverdale Park, MD, June 10, 2019 – </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">The developers of Riverdale Park Station last week won<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">initial approval for a significant height change for the final two buildings proposed at its 38-acre<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">site along U.S. Route 1. The new latest plan will increase building height from six to<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">seven stories or to as much as 84 feet above the railroad tracks. The plan won clearance by<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Riverdale Park’s MUTC after representatives from Calvin Cafritz Enterprises said it was<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">abandoning plans for a third building where a drainage pond now rests (with plans to eventually<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">create a real water feature) but wanted to recapture units in the third building by adding a floor<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">to the remaining two buildings now on the drawing board. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Cafritz said the new plan calls for 632 apartments, the same number of units announced in an<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">earlier plan. Since the first plans were announced, area building codes have changed,<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">permitting the higher buildout. The buildings likely change the area’s skyline and will add to<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Riverdale Park Station’s 53,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space already<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">constructed and operating including Prince George’s County’s first Whole Foods Market.  <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">What to know more about this evolving project and the of slew new businesses that have<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">recently opened or will soon open in Riverdale Park? Join the Riverdale Park Business<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Association at 6 pm Wednesday, June 12 at Riviera Tapas Bar, 6108 Rhode Island Avenue,<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Riverdale Park, MD 20737, for an evening of updates on the growing community of Riverdale<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Park. You can expect informative chatter with elected officials, government managers, area<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">development planners, and fellow business operators not to mention enjoying some incredible<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">tapas. Meet Chef Hugo Bonilla and his wife, operation manager Patricia Martinez and<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">welcome them to one of Maryland’s fastest growing business hotspots. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Also on the agenda will be area lawyer Michael Herman, vice president of RPBA, doing his<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">usual but truly unusual brand of housekeeping by unveiling the RPBA’s new Articles of<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Incorporation, proposed new laws along with the group’s new logo intended to include not only<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Riverdale Park but the greater Riverdale area. RPBA is also entertaining the notion of holding a<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">fall vintage car show to serve as a fundraiser for redevelopment of Town Center’s main square<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">so if you have a background in such events, be there!</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:right;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(155,233,141);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><br>Join <span class="gmail-il">RPBA</span> Today!</span></i></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(155,233,141);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-il"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Last month, nearly three dozen movers and shakers attending RPBA’s monthly meeting. Shouldn’t you join the next opportunity you get? Learn facts first -- join today! RPBA</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> is accepting new members, rebuilding its committees, and sharpening its focus. If you own and operate a business in Riverdale Park, Greater Riverdale or the surrounding communities, join us and help ignite a thriving business environment in Greater Riverdale.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(155,233,141);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(155,233,141);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">The business association is currently developing a roadshow series that will conduct<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">meetings</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>in <u>Greater Riverdale Area businesses </u>to showcase those businesses and provide <span class="gmail-il">RPBA</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>members with an on-going toolbox to success. Members will also get news and information, and an eye on business development that they won’t get anywhere else. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(155,233,141);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(155,233,141);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Visit us on the web at </span><a href="http://www.shoplocalriverdalepark.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">www.shoplocalriverdalepark.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">-</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">       </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">30    - </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 3.75in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 3.75in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 3.75in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></p></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-4611166012826068653gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jeffrey Yorke<br>Yorke Property Management, Inc.<br>Yorke Partners<br>Jeffrey@YorkeRents.com<br>(C)301-502-1243<br></div><div>(M)301-832-0000</div></div></div></div></div></div>