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New projects to combat mold Residential Facilities wants to prevent a repeat of 2018’s outbreak by
Eric Neugeboren After a mold outbreak in several @eric56101 dorms across the campus last school year, the University of Maryland is Staff writer taking steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Over the summer, the Department of Residential Facilities finished its “moisture control plan,” installing dehumidifiers in 17 residence halls and eight fraternity and sorority chapter houses, among other changes, according to Residential Facilities director Andrea Crabb. In total, over 100 projects to combat mold took place in 20 residence halls and 11 fraternity and sorority chapter houses. Some of the plan’s “permanent See mold, p. 7
bryan butler, an extension agent in the agricultural and plant sciences college for more than 25 years, has been planting hops since 2016.
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Health code violations in College Park
A UMD researcher’s journey to develop hops that can grow on the East Coast By Jeff Barnes | @thejeffbarnes | Senior staff writer
Pizza Kingdom, Dunkin’ Donuts among those cited by
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Un ive rs i ty o f M a ryl a n d researcher Bryan Butler is proud of the empty beer cans in his basement. Standing in the half-acre hop yard he helped plant at this university’s Western Maryland Research and E d u c a t i o n C e n te r i n Washington County, he said the cans symbolize the culmination of a project that first began in 2015. Butler, who has worked as an extension agent in the agriculture and natural resources college for more than 25 years, has been planting hops since 2016. Flowers of hop plants are used to add bittering and flavor to beer. Along with grain, water and yeast, it’s one of the four key ingredients needed to make the beverage. Initially, the East Coast Hop Project had challenges. In the United States, the crop is typically grown in the Pacific Northwest. Butler was thus skeptical about whether hops could be produced on the East Coast — especially with Maryland’s humid, insectprone weather. “[I was] like, this is so stupid, I don’t want to do it,” Butler said.
Nearly three dozen College Park businesses were cited for health code violations in the past three months, according to Prince George’s County Health
Department data. A dozen food service facilities, including Pizza Kingdom, the Dunkin’ Donuts at Terrapin Row and Looney’s Pub, earned critical violations — which county inspectors consider the most serious type of infraction, as they can lead to foodborne illness. Facilities must correct these violations immediately or close until the issue is resolved. Less serious infractions — violations of “good retail practices,” such as unsanitary conditions — must be corrected within 30 days. Food service facility inspection details were obtained by The Diamondback through a public information request. No restaurant besides Dunkin’ Donuts responded to requests for comment. looney’s pub Inspectors found chicken strips, chicken breast and shrimp at Looney’s Pub exceeding the maximum holding temperature for longer than four hours on June 3. All three items were thrown away, according to the report. The inspection also found mouse droppings in the utility closet near the food prep area, and “a heavy accumulation of soil and debris” throughout the food prep and dish areas, according to the report. See violations, p. 7
“This is going to waste people’s season’s crop, which should be money and time and everything ready sometime in October. Still, Butler’s found another else.” obstacle along the way: at times, he’s felt like this university is reluctant to promote his research and associate itself with alcohol. Butler said working with the school has been difficult. He had hoped to make the beer available at the Sept. 27 football game against Penn Over time, though, he’s gotten State, but the university declined. “People would go nuts, they’d lose excited about the possibilities of an East Coast hop, and his project their minds,” Butler said. “Maryland has found a partner in the state’s beer at a Maryland game at the largest brewery, Flying Dog. Maryland Stadium, the university Now, Butler and the company are doing research, helping people, working on determining which working with a partner, you know?” Purdue University, a fellow hop varieties are best suited for growth in Maryland and providing land grant institution and Big Ten the full spectrum of research — member, promotes beer produced in partnership with its food sciences from planting to processing. Last fall, the brewery released department and a local brewery, with “Field Notes,” a pale ale using a portion of those proceeds being several of the 24 varieties Butler funnelled back into the research planted. This spring, a second program. Brian Farkas, Purdue’s department batch was released, and Butler’s team is currently harvesting this See hops, p. 7
development
Developer wants to build near Route 1 Marathon Deli, Lotsa Pizza among businesses that might be demolished A developer is looking to demolish two properties in the College Park Shopping Center just off Baltimore Avenue, according to planning documents filed with Prince George’s County. The stores that would be demolished include Marathon Deli, a UPS store, 7-Eleven, Café Hookah, Kevin Nails, Lotsa Pizza, Krazi Kebob, Insomnia Cookies and C.B. Chinese Grill, confirmed Ryan Chelton, the city’s economic development coordinator. by
Sahana Jayaraman @sahanajayaraman Staff writer
Terrapin’s Turf — and any business with a storefront facing Route 1 — would not be part of the project, said city planning director Terry Schum. The College Park planning department has not received any other requests to develop the area this company is eyeing, she added. “This area hasn’t changed in decades,” Sc h u m s a i d . “ T h i s i s a re d eve l o p m e n t project, and an infill development project — it’s part of the revitalization effort along the Route 1 corridor.” The project is tentative. So far, a company — Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC — has only filed documents seeking approval for a preliminary plan of subdivision. In other words, the proposal focuses on how property lines on the land in question should be redrawn for development. Greystar — a real estate development, management and investment company — seeks to replace the shopping center on Knox Road See Route 1, p. 7
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