Week in Review: New Businesses, Speed Cameras

Patch reported that . Slated to open before spring are Fitness 4 Less, Peeper’s Family Eye Care, Dunkin’ Donuts and .

Bowie Mayor G. Frederick Robinsongave his this week and said that there is more than 2 million square feet of office and flex space in Bowie with about 402,000 square feet vacant. That translates to an occupancy rate of around 80 percent.

The full text of the mayor’s speech can be found here and is attached to this article as a PDF.

The mayor also said he'd try to keep property tax rates stable, but water and sewer rates may rise. The mayor answered a question relating to speed cameras in school zones.

The speed cameras were a hot topic among Bowie Patch readers on Facebook as many confessed to getting tickets in school zones. The newest camera will arrive in February to control speeding near by installing the cameras near the intersection of Kenhill Drive and Fair Lane.

as part of the Cool Schools Challenge for the Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge. The Brrrrdogs team plunged into the Chesapeake Bay at , and raised more than $4,000 for Special Olympics Maryland.