Welcome back from Baltimore councilman
It is an honor to represent on the Baltimore County Council, the area that includes Towson University. Towson University is an essential part of our Baltimore County community. It is not only a resource for 21,000 students, but also a leading cultural center and an employment engine. I want to particularly welcome those students and faculty just joining Towson University.
It is hard to imagine Towson without Towson University. The 328-acre campus is part of a major transformation that is revitalizing the York Road corridor. Construction projects are underway on the eastern edge of the campus, and a new entrance has been finished on the northern fringe near Towsontown Boulevard.
In early August, we also celebrated the opening of the Towson City Center in Downtown Towson. This building, which sits at the roundabout where Joppa, York, and Dulaney Valley Roads merge, will house medical clinics, offices and the TU radio station. Symbolically, it is important because it knits Towson University into the downtown core.
I hope that students enjoy the restaurants and other businesses in Downtown Towson. I only ask that patrons in Downtown Towson, and those students who live in the neighborhoods, remember that they are part of a larger community with tens of thousands of other residents. We have made great progress improving relations between Towson University and its residential neighborhoods over the past few years.
I look forward to another great year as your new President, Dr. Maravene Loeschke, moves Towson University forward. Best wishes, and good luck!
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Why was a senior assisted living community ok’d right next to campus? It seems to me that general apartments that cater to college students would be better there.
People in this community are constantly complaining about the bad behavior of students that live in the community.
And yet, when opportunity comes to put housing near the school, where students would not be bothering so many residents, that opportunity is ignored.
Instead, a community of elderly and/or infirm individuals is put in, people that are more likely to bothered by students’ behavior (including innocuous behavior).
Very, very poor planning, Mr. Marks.
SO, where should we put the elderly and infirm? The population is aging faster than babies are being born. Plus, these people need to be close to many of the things Towson offers as a lot of them can’t drive.
Beides, I don’t think we;re going to see embarasing drunken behavior from grandma.
Very good planning, Mr. Marks!
Anywhere but next to the university.
For the record, the need for assisted living housing is irrelevant because where it is placed generally does not matter.
But it is far better to have housing for students clustered directly next to the university for a host of reasons, not least of which so that students do not bother the rest of the community.
If the community is not willing to provide housing for students close to the university, the rest of the residents can’t complain when students look to the general residential areas for places to live.
The behavior of college students is predictable and not going to change. Instead of trying to force them to act the way they always will, work around it so that they are not bothering anyone.
Putting assisted living apartments next door is just going to exacerbate the problem.
*not to act the way they always will. Ahem.
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