Arena Agreement to be Signed and Sealed Tonight!

The Rodgers Forge Community and TU President Robert Caret have reached a tentative agreement on the location of the proposed new Arena.

Dr. Caret and the Rodgers Forge Community will sign a "Good Neighbor Accord" Memorandum of Understanding in a 10-minute signing ceremony/press conference tonight, 2/12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Towson Center Arena lobby. Residents are encouraged to attend.

The new Arena will be placed on the northwest side of the existing arena, away from the neighborhood, adjacent to the parking area identified as Lot 20. Other concessions that Towson has agreed to include the following:
--Fencing: a buffer zone along the property lines will be created by a fence that will be placed behind the TU Child Care Center and continue west behind the resindences located on the 100 block of Stanmore road. TU will maintain and repair it as needed.
--Landscaping: Two rows of Leyland Cypress and one row of desiduous trees will be planted prior to construction in the same vicinity as the fence to block the view of the campus from the neighborhood.
--Arena Operation: Contruction of the site will only commence between 7am and 7pm on weekdays. Subsequent Arena events will conclude by 9pm on weekdays and by 10pm on weekends. No tailgating will be permitted in the parking areas and green spaces abutting theRodgers Forge community.
--Community Liaison: TU will appojunt a community liaison who will be empowered to cross all departments at TU for the purpose of rectifying concerns of the surrounding communities and will be available and reachable 24 hours a day to address concerns requiring immediate attention.

There will be a Board of Regents meeting tomorrow, Friday 2/13, 11:00am,at the TU Student Union (Chesapeake room) at which time the Memorandum detailed above will be read to the Regents and into the minutes by representatives from Rodgers Forge and the GTCCA, Greater Towson Council of Community Associations, which is the umbrella organization of 30+ Towson neighborhood associations of which Rodgers Forge is also a part.

The community thanks President Caret and Towson University for listening to it's neighbors. We look forward to a continuing dialogue.