Another Fall semester is almost over and its time to look back and see what’s happened at UMW and within the geography department

1.  Mary Washington’s Foundation bought the Park and Shop shopping center right across Route 1 from the campus!  This surprised a lot of us, but on the whole it makes a ton of sense.  The plans are to build student apartments, some retail/entertainment/performance space, and some faculty/staff condos.  It sounds a lot like a new-urbanism-inspired plan.  There … Read the rest