The current plan is simply too large. There must be ample space off street for unloading. There must be ample space for community events.
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Carin Brown
8 years ago
Elm Avenue
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Jay KapLon
8 years ago
7981 Eastern Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910
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Anonymous
8 years ago
This issue has become contentious enough that the Council should re-assess the situation. It does not seem to be in the interests of a collaborative governance model.
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Dan McCracken
8 years ago
7323 Willow ave
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Dani James
8 years ago
17 Sunnyside Road SS 20910
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Andrew Mayer
8 years ago
I am not a resident of Takoma Park. I live in DC. However I am a lifetime member of the Co-op. I not only enjoy shopping there, I find it a source for favorite food items I cannot easily obtain elsewhere. It is a great asset to the community. I suspect the developer of the current plan has its own good fortune in mind rather than the local community's good fortune and lifestyle. Development is a good thing. Growth is a good thing. But it should be carefully planned so it is a win-win for all concerned. Not a "We win -you lose" proposition. Please review the current plan and how it will effect local businesses and then follow your heart. Thanks.
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Rudi Feiler
8 years ago
7133 Sycamore Ave.
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Melanie Stevenson
8 years ago
7133 Sycamore Ave.
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Jay Levy
8 years ago
As 43-year TP resident, I urge the council to step back and reassess the Takoma Junction plan, which I call a Dysfunction Junction disservice to the community.
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Marcia Rucker
8 years ago
The Co-op is one of the gems of our area. Please go back to the drawing board on this one and work out a solution that protects not only the Co-op but also the other small businesses that are able to stay in business because of the traffic brought in by the Co-op.
Respectfully,
Marcia Rucker
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Justyna Nicinska
8 years ago
Spring Ave
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Cathy Surace
8 years ago
Featured
I live at 210 Tulip Avenue and oppose the development plan as it now stands due to serious traffic concerns, Jeopardy to the Coop’s continue existence, and lack of any meaningful public space. We walk frequently to the Coop and the traffic at the junction is already a concern.
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Zack Zarker
8 years ago
Don’t ruin Takoma Park!
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Geoff Nelson
8 years ago
Kirklynn Ave
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Hannah Jo Mounty-Weinstock
8 years ago
I grew up in Takoma Park. I dreamed of having a family in Takoma Park. If it becomes just like everywhere else, just as gentrified and painfully boring as the rest of DC, the lifeblood of the city, the culture and the children who grew up and said “i want my own children to have the special, unique upbringing this place gave me” will disappear. Don’t let that happen.
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Isabel Hendrix-Jenkins
8 years ago
Keep Takoma local!
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Eva Blockstein
8 years ago
I’ve lived next to Takoma junction my entire life and have seen it evolve from a run down area to thrive with many small local businesses but one thing has remained constant- the co-op. The co-op is a staple of Takoma Park, a sign of our cities love and support for low income families, organic and healthy food, and support of diversity. Takoma Park has long opposed large corporations, from banning both McDonalds and Starbucks from entering our city, and by supporting the many small businesses in this area. We have a duty as an inclusive and forward thinking community to preserve important spaces instead of driving them out by gentrifying and commercializing an area that does not need to be luxurious. This could become a community space that can be shared and loved by all, and could enhance the local culture and help the local businesses, instead of driving them away.
1014 Heather Ave.
7700 Takoma Ave
The current plan is simply too large. There must be ample space off street for unloading. There must be ample space for community events.
Elm Avenue
7981 Eastern Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910
This issue has become contentious enough that the Council should re-assess the situation. It does not seem to be in the interests of a collaborative governance model.
7323 Willow ave
17 Sunnyside Road SS 20910
I am not a resident of Takoma Park. I live in DC. However I am a lifetime member of the Co-op. I not only enjoy shopping there, I find it a source for favorite food items I cannot easily obtain elsewhere. It is a great asset to the community. I suspect the developer of the current plan has its own good fortune in mind rather than the local community's good fortune and lifestyle. Development is a good thing. Growth is a good thing. But it should be carefully planned so it is a win-win for all concerned. Not a "We win -you lose" proposition. Please review the current plan and how it will effect local businesses and then follow your heart. Thanks.
7133 Sycamore Ave.
7133 Sycamore Ave.
As 43-year TP resident, I urge the council to step back and reassess the Takoma Junction plan, which I call a Dysfunction Junction disservice to the community.
The Co-op is one of the gems of our area. Please go back to the drawing board on this one and work out a solution that protects not only the Co-op but also the other small businesses that are able to stay in business because of the traffic brought in by the Co-op. Respectfully, Marcia Rucker
Spring Ave
I live at 210 Tulip Avenue and oppose the development plan as it now stands due to serious traffic concerns, Jeopardy to the Coop’s continue existence, and lack of any meaningful public space. We walk frequently to the Coop and the traffic at the junction is already a concern.
Don’t ruin Takoma Park!
Kirklynn Ave
I grew up in Takoma Park. I dreamed of having a family in Takoma Park. If it becomes just like everywhere else, just as gentrified and painfully boring as the rest of DC, the lifeblood of the city, the culture and the children who grew up and said “i want my own children to have the special, unique upbringing this place gave me” will disappear. Don’t let that happen.
Keep Takoma local!
I’ve lived next to Takoma junction my entire life and have seen it evolve from a run down area to thrive with many small local businesses but one thing has remained constant- the co-op. The co-op is a staple of Takoma Park, a sign of our cities love and support for low income families, organic and healthy food, and support of diversity. Takoma Park has long opposed large corporations, from banning both McDonalds and Starbucks from entering our city, and by supporting the many small businesses in this area. We have a duty as an inclusive and forward thinking community to preserve important spaces instead of driving them out by gentrifying and commercializing an area that does not need to be luxurious. This could become a community space that can be shared and loved by all, and could enhance the local culture and help the local businesses, instead of driving them away.