Adult Beginner Tennis Lessons
JTCC 5200 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20740
Session Dates: June 10 – June 30
Rally in 10 is JTCC’s introductory fitness and tennis class, perfect for those who have never played tennis before and those returning after a long hiatus. All equipment is provided, so you don’t even need your own tennis racquet!
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WANT TO PLANT A TREE?
Now is a great time to plan for the future by planting trees. Trees provide many benefits such as reduction of cooling and heating costs, interception of rain water, increasing property values and improving air quality.
The City offers a few ways to help.
REQUESTS FOR STREET TREES.
• The City of College Park has a program that provides for street tree planting in the City of College Park right-of-way area, which includes the grass strip between the curb and sidewalk.
• College Park residents interested in requesting a tree can contact the Brenda Alexander at 240-487-3590 or balexander@collegeparkmd.gov. The location will be inspected to determine if it is suitable. Planning for tree planting is an ongoing activity.
CITY OF COLLEGE PARK TREE CANOPY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (TCEP).
• College Park property owners can apply for reimbursement of up to $150.00 annually for the approved tree(s) planted on their residential lot.
• The completed application should be sent to balexander@collegeparkmd.gov for review and approval.
• Click here for a link to the guidelines and application
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From the University of Maryland’s Division of Student Affairs, Conferences and Visitor Services:
Between today (May 28) and June 7, fourteen high schools from Prince George’s County and Montgomery County will hold their graduation ceremonies in the Xfinity Center. Parking for the ceremonies will be in surface lots surrounding the Xfinity Center and the Terrapin Trail Garage.
Members of our campus community should expect heavier than normal traffic and significant delays at the Campus Drive/Baltimore Avenue and Paint Branch Drive/University Boulevard intersections.
Please listen to 103.5 WTOP or follow @UMPD on Twitter for the most current traffic information.
It’s expected that each ceremony will last no more than two hours but the duration may vary, as will arrival and departure times of the participants. Please plan for heavy traffic delays as visitors arrive and depart these events and budget extra time for your commute.
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Memorial Day is a day when we remember and admire those men and women in uniform who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can all enjoy our freedom and live in peace and security.
Because of their sacrifices, everyone in this country, including those who were born here, and those who came from abroad like me, now have the freedom to pursue excellence in this land of opportunity.
And, Because of their sacrifices, we now have the freedom to question our own country’s policies without fear – to make the people who we elect more accountable for what they do and don’t do for us.
And, Because of their sacrifices, we now have the freedom to practice our faith freely at our places of worships, at our churches, at our synagogues, at our temples and at our mosques.
And, because of their sacrifices, we enjoy the value of citizenship, as well as the strength of the diversity that we have in our communities.
I really think that the ultimate sacrifices that our men and women in uniform made should encourage all of us to make sacrifices of our own – to work selflessly and make our cities and towns a better place to live for our fellow citizens.
Today is a day when we set aside our differences to remember our fallen heroes and to pray that no heroes will ever have to die for us again. We all need to work together to bring peace here at home and abroad. President Reagan once said : “We must be strong enough to create peace where it does not exist and strong enough to protect it where it does.” Thus, we can make the meaning of Memorial Day more than just remembering those who died by preventing deaths in the first place.
So, on this day, let’s take a few moments from our time with our families and friends in cookouts and BBQ and picnics, and really give thanks to all the people who have made the ultimate sacrifices so that we can enjoy our freedoms and live in peace and prosperity here in our communities and everywhere.
Good news. The City will start producing a monthly map showing the crime and other quality of life issues in the city.
Over the past year, City staff have worked with Prince George’s County Police (PGPD) to distribute maps and statistics of reported crime and police calls for service produced by PGPD staff assigned to the Joint Analysis Intelligence Center (JAIC).
The City believes these maps have the most accurate crime and police activity information available. The City’s Department of Public Services gained approval and hired part-time Crime Analyst, PGPD Officer Dearing, to produce monthly maps and statistical trend analysis of data approved for City use.
Officer Dearing is one of PGPD’s JAIC analysts and has authorized access to PGPD daily crime report data. Going forward, we will receive maps on a monthly basis showing general (by block, not specific addresses) locations of reported violent crimes, property crimes, police response to noise complaints, miscellaneous quality of life complaints (e.g. public alcohol and cannabis consumption, trespassing, loitering, etc.), and police initiated traffic stops and field interviews.
City will also receive composite maps and statistics of all daily crime report calls as described, and calendar year to date trend analyses. These maps will only include incidents within the City limits. They will not include all calls in the patrol beats B6 and B7 which extend beyond the City’s borders.
These statistics include all data for PGPD responses, including City Contract Police, within the City. At this week’s meeting, Staff will present samples of each type of map and year-to-date statistics. Monthly maps and trend analysis will be posted on the City’s webpage at www.collegeparkmd.gov/publicsafety.
A link to the maps will be added to the Weekly Bulletin following the highlights of contract police activity. Availability of this new public information will also be noted on our TV and social media platforms.
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College Park Veterans Memorial
Memorial Day Observance
Monday, May 27. 2019
11:00 a.m.
College Park Veterans Memorial
Corner of Greenbelt Road and Baltimore Avenue
The Mayor, Council and Veterans Memorial Committee invite you to attend our annual Memorial Day Observance. All are welcome.
If you have photos (in frames) of those who served, please bring them with you to display at the event.
The event is held at the College Park Veterans Memorial located at the corner of Baltimore Avenue and Greenbelt Road. Parking is available for free at Bowlero.
Tomorrow, Waltz Family Farm will host a petting zoo at the market. Fun for all ages and don’t forget a fun treat from one of baked goods vendors or from the University of Maryland Dairy. There is something for everyone at the market. See you tomorrow!
The WMATA has recently announced that they have removed the property on Albion Road and Baltimore Avenue from the market.
Earlier, the community, College Park City Council, the County Council members, and the 21st Delegation expressed serious concerns about the process surrounding the surplus of the property. The groups asked the WMATA Board to pull this property from the surplus process.
The property was listed publicly by NAl Michael for sale and it was characterized as commercial land; however, the property is zoned single-family residential that does not support commercial development. The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission is interested in adding to its green infrastructure and upon learning of this surplus opportunity late in the process, placed a competitive bid to WMATA.
Groups requested that the surplus process for this property be put on hold and have the Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) to purchase and maintain the Albion Road property as open space and parkland in the green infrastructure network.
In response to these requests, WMATA has removed the Albion Road property from the market and is offering M-NCPPC an opportunity to purchase the property. To consummate the property sale, WMATA must comply with the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) regulations for the disposition of property purchased initially using federal funds. That process requires WMATA to sell the property for “fair market value”, which is equal to $2.1 million for the Albion Road property.
The sale of the property will be conditioned on the FTA’s concurrence of the purchase price and the WMATA Board of Director’s approval. Prior to seeking FTA concurrence and the WMATA Board of Director’s approval, M- NCPPC and WMATA will enter into a Purchase and Sale Agreement, a draft of which will be sent to M-NCPPC by this month.
WMATA anticipates executing the agreement no later than June 30, 2019, after which M-NCPPC may start its due diligence prior to closing. WMATA expects that M-NCPPC will be able to close on the sale of the property within ninety (90) days, but in no case later than December 31, 2019.
This morning at approximately 6:00 a.m., Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) was notified of an unresponsive adult male suffering from head trauma at the 8700 block of Rhode Island Avenue. He was pronounced dead on scene. PGPD is actively investigating this as a homicide. City officials are in close communication with PGPD, who will provide information to the public as it becomes available.
PGPD is asking anyone with information to please call 1-866-411-TIPS.
Update (7:30 pm): Police have identified the deceased person (33-year-old Hector Diaz-Urritia of no fixed address): http://pgpolice.blogspot.com/2019/05/pgpd-investigating-homicide-in-city-of.html
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Would you want a community newspaper mailed to your home every month?
A local community newspaper is interested in creating a new paper focused on College Park news and events.
The City needs input from you!
Please fill out this survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CPnewspaper and tell what you’d want to see in a local newspaper by June 7, 2019.
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