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Franklin Park Offers Shuttle To UMD Student Residents

For the first time in about six years, student residents at Franklin Park will have access to free shuttle service to University of Maryland.

In it's growing effort to make changes Franklin Park at Greenbelt Station, formerly Empirian Village, now provides shuttle service to the University of Maryland for student residents.

Fieldstone Properties, the new management, has underwritten the cost so that the shuttle service will be free to student residents. The shuttle will pick students up from 12 different locations throughout the property and drop them off at six stops on UMD's campus.

"Providing these shuttles to our student residents is one example of the enhanced services that we are offering at Franklin Park. With our excellent proximity to the University of Maryland, this service enables students living here to minimize their need to drive or to own a car," Franklin Park Executive Vice President and Investment Manager Debbie Dillon said.

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Felicia Queen, a consultant at Franklin Park said it has been almost six years since UMD shuttle service has been offered for students and it is a part of their effort to attract more undergraduate and graduate students to the residential apartments.

"In the past when the shuttle service was available there was a huge student population," she said. "The big draw before was the transportation available in the community."

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Queen said the new owners have been working with Greenbelt officials to turn Franklin Park into the nicest place to live in the city. Among the renovation efforts is adding a retail center with a coffee shop, workout facility, daycare center and revamping the convenience store. She also said they will ask new tenants for not only a credit check but a criminal background check as well.

The shuttle service to UMD has already begun and later Franklin Park will add shuttle service to the Greenbelt Metro and Beltway Plaza.


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