Neighborhood – Kabir Cares

I love this…

This is the first email I received yesterday morning from one of my neighbors..

I am not sure who did this, but someone (or some group) went out of their way to go around the entire block of Mineola and plow all of the sidewalks and the driveway entrances…along the entire street, both sides. We should find out who these chipmunks are and thank them. [Anonymous neighbor]

Yesterday our neighborhood received another hefty 6 inches of snow. This prompted many of our Blizzard Braves team members going into the streets doing the usual things – shovel snows from the side walks and the driveways. So I called the member to confirm if he was the one who took care of the street mentioned in the email. He was rather embarrassed to say ‘yes’.

There were other members who took care of a good part of the Edgewood Rd., 53rd Ave. and 52nd Pl. Thank you all again for your good hard work.

We need many of them to take care of the entire neighborhood. I know many of our neighbors, especially the elderly ones would appreciate their works – no matter what we call them – Blizzard Braves or Snow-Plowing Chipmunks.

Source: WashingtonPost.com

The news of the UMD’s decision to purchase The Washington Post’s old College Park Plant has stirred quite an interesting debate among the city residents and the UMD students.

The new 18.5 acres facility, located at 5245 Greenbelt Road (map below) will be the closest ‘official’ UMD operation near our district. UMD plans to relocate services such as a bus depot it currently houses on the east side of campus, the site of a planned redevelopment project that includes housing for graduate students, retail space and a hotel.

UMD staff and many students are excited about the news of this purchase. They are hoping that the new facility may save the Wooded Hillock, which has been the center of controversy as the proposed site for the $900 million 38-acre East Campus development.

“We no longer need the majority of the hillock,” said Ann G. Wylie, vice president for administrative affairs. “[The Post building] will easily, easily accommodate all of our service functions.”

The city officials seem not so happy. The purchase of the plant by UMD means to them the loss of important revenues the city used to get when the Washington Post plant was operational. The Post paid $259,000 in city property tax last year. The tax revenue was the second largest after $300K tax from the Camden apartments near IKEA.

Some are also worried about the rise of varsity traffic on the University Blvd / Greenbelt Rd. once the facility becomes operational.

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