tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post115895679273897129..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: a newfound interest in prince george'sDan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-1159148488412131012006-09-24T21:41:00.000-04:002006-09-24T21:41:00.000-04:00"I agree but they definately need to jump start th..."I agree but they definately need to jump start the new development in Northern PG County along I-95 between Beltsville and Laurel called Konterra."<BR/><BR/>I drove Rt 1 between Beltsville and Laurel the other day, just because I hadn't been up there (past Costco and the Motor Vehicles) in a long time. There's a LOT of traffic on a relatively narrow road, although you can say that about Rt 1 through College Park, too. You're right, there are stretches that have that same faded appearance that Oxon Hill does, although Oxon Hill appears to have more check cashing places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-1159146214327220142006-09-24T21:03:00.000-04:002006-09-24T21:03:00.000-04:00Terry said... Close-in revitalization is just what...Terry said... <BR/>Close-in revitalization is just what PG needs. Take areas like Hyattsville, Seat Pleasant, and Bladensburg and make them over rather than paving over farmland or forests in the eastern part of the county or in Southern Maryland. Bladensburg (with the nice waterfront) is coming along quite well and Hyattsville looks on the cusp of substantial change. Now some of that revitalization needs to work southward.<BR/><BR/>I grew up in Oxon Hill/Fort Washington (before there were ritzy sections down on the River). When I was a kid (60's and early 70's), "National Harbor" was called Gravel Bay because of it's origins as a gravel pit. A former gravel mining site is another great place to build. Leave some of the less disturbed areas alone and rework the previously developed (or mined). <BR/><BR/>I hope National Harbor turns Oxon Hill around. It never had much of a "town center", just that intersection of Oxon Hill and Livingston Roads. When I was little, there was movie theater there and a grocery store that got hit by a tornado during Hurricane Agnes. There are still shops there now, but everything looks faded and down on it's luck. It's time for the southern part of PG to share in the good times. <BR/><BR/>RE: I agree but they definately need to jump start the new development in Northern PG County along I-95 between Beltsville and Laurel called Konterra.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-1159141335716829412006-09-24T19:42:00.000-04:002006-09-24T19:42:00.000-04:00Close-in revitalization is just what PG needs. Ta...Close-in revitalization is just what PG needs. Take areas like Hyattsville, Seat Pleasant, and Bladensburg and make them over rather than paving over farmland or forests in the eastern part of the county or in Southern Maryland. Bladensburg (with the nice waterfront) is coming along quite well and Hyattsville looks on the cusp of substantial change. Now some of that revitalization needs to work southward.<BR/><BR/>I grew up in Oxon Hill/Fort Washington (before there were ritzy sections down on the River). When I was a kid (60's and early 70's), "National Harbor" was called Gravel Bay because of it's origins as a gravel pit. A former gravel mining site is another great place to build. Leave some of the less disturbed areas alone and rework the previously developed (or mined). <BR/><BR/>I hope National Harbor turns Oxon Hill around. It never had much of a "town center", just that intersection of Oxon Hill and Livingston Roads. When I was little, there was movie theater there and a grocery store that got hit by a tornado during Hurricane Agnes. There are still shops there now, but everything looks faded and down on it's luck. It's time for the southern part of PG to share in the good times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-1159076858672388052006-09-24T01:47:00.000-04:002006-09-24T01:47:00.000-04:00The statement about the anti-growth in PG County, ...The statement about the anti-growth in PG County, there is one anti-growth councilman and his name is Thomas Dernoga(D) of Laurel. Thomas Dernoga has a history of going against the National Harbor, Kontera, Greenbelt Station mixed-use Development, Inter-County Connector, etc. As far as I know Thomas Dernoga is the only councilman that is against Upscale development in PG County.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-1159035382687879792006-09-23T14:16:00.000-04:002006-09-23T14:16:00.000-04:00While Hyattsville might be the first urban distric...While Hyattsville might be the first urban district in Prince George's County in the short-term. I think National Harbor will be their largest urban business hub in the long-term.Silver Springerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510481191496034816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-1158958682385581632006-09-22T16:58:00.000-04:002006-09-22T16:58:00.000-04:00That was the former home of the drive-thru on the ...That was the former home of the drive-thru on the right side of the car McDonald's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com