Goal 4: We will expand outreach to and collaboration with official and informal international communities in the Washington, D.C., area and expand the visibility of the University as a globally engaged institution.
Strategies A. We will develop a sequence of programs and activities to promote a strong international culture in the University. An example would be a Maryland International Festival to showcase approaches to international issues, scientific breakthroughs of international import, and cultural and artistic opportunities, similar to or in conjunction with the very successful annual Maryland Day.
C. We will vigorously pursue opportunities to host talks by distinguished world visitors when they come to Washington for official events.
the surrounding community Vision The University of Maryland will be the hub of a vibrant, safe, and welcoming community that will be highly desirable as a place in which to live, work, and visit. The community will have easy and efficient transportation options and pedestrian pathways. It will feature quality housing, office, entertainment, and retail facilities that will serve the needs of students, faculty, staff, and citizens of the surrounding areas. It will offer the amenities for a high-quality lifestyle for its citizens. The East Campus project will include restaurant, hotel, and conference facilities that will leverage M Square Research Park, new campus facilities, and new corporate and federal research and development facilities in the region. These developments will make the College Park area the state’s center of innovation, bringing economic benefits to the region and the state. The University will be known as a good neighbor that shares it artistic, cultural, and athletic offerings with the community and supports community efforts in these areas. The University will work in close collaboration with the City of College Park, both through city government and the College Park City-University
Goal 1: The University will help develop the surrounding physical and business environment into an attractive location for the academic community and for local residents and businesses.
Strategies A. The University will complete development of the College Park Town Center on East Campus as a site with high-quality retail, office, restaurant, entertainment, hotel, and conference facilities. It will be the location of both commercial-rate housing and subsidized housing for graduate students. The design will emphasize easy and safe access from the Town Center to the University, the College Park Metro, and M Square Research Park. B. Working with the City, County, and State, and using the U.S. EPA Smart Growth Implementation Assistance Report as a guide, the University will help transform U.S. Route 1 into a welcoming gateway and efficient transportation corridor. •
Route 1, especially from Paint Branch Parkway to Route 193, will be redesigned as a pedestrian-welcoming, retailactive boulevard that supports the desired “Main Street” function at specific nodes.
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Transportation along the corridor will be transformed in accordance with good access management and transportation demand-management processes.
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The development process (and its implementation) will be set up to provide: predictability, certainty, and flexibility; fairness to developers, citizens, property owners, and business owners; economic feasibility; and respect for neighborhood values.
C. The University will work to revitalize downtown College Park. •
As East Campus develops, we will support changes in downtown College Park to complement the new development. We will ··
assist with the efforts to acquire funding for façade improvements in the existing downtown;
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support the development of new parking structures in the existing downtown; and
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B. We will provide support for year-long thematic series of lectures, debates, performances, and visual arts presentations that will bring some of the best-known scholars and creative talent to campus, coordinating with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, the Art Department and Art Gallery, and the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and the Architecture Gallery. The lectures will draw upon the impressive resources of the Washington, D.C., international community to enhance such existing programs as the ambassadorial lecture series, Maryland International, and other outlets that showcase our international interests and achievements.
Partnership, as well as with state and federal officials, in all its efforts concerning development in the community. It will offer its expertise, where appropriate, in helping to address social or other community issues. In particular, it will work with the community to advance environmental stewardship, sustainability, and smart growth in the region. We will be an outstanding Green Campus within a first-class Green Community.