Consultants Brief Council on City’s Economy; Prepare Strategies, Plan
Economic development was the first topic discussed at the Greenbelt City Council worksession on May 5. Three consultants, Molly McKay from Willdan Financial, Rick Amminato from Civic Consulting and Alivia Metts of the Metts Group, were there to share their most recent findings and analysis of the city’s business environment and how to improve it. […]
Recreation, Arts Present Goals, Progress and Needs to Council
On April 23 the Greenbelt City Council heard from the Recreation Department about their Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget and then heard about revisions to the city code. The Recreation department budget, as presented by department head Greg Varda, is made up of nine sub-budgets: administration, arts, aquatic and fitness, museum, therapeutic recreation, community center, […]
The Way of Rachel Cross
Somewhere along the roughly 500 miles of the Camino de Santiago she’s currently hiking, Rachel Ann Cross will turn 62. The musician and artist-in-residence in Greenbelt has hiked this pilgrimage across Spain, known in English as the Way of St. James, twice before. Now she braves the northern route, which features more mountains and fewer […]
Temporary Space at Armory Will Expand Compost Program
The city’s curbside composting program currently uses an outpost at Trinity Church on Good Luck Road to process and cure food scraps from 410 homes but will be expanding by utilizing space at the armory site to cure the compost. At its April 28 meeting, the Greenbelt City Council approved this temporary use of space […]
Greenbelt Cinema Celebrates Its Ten Years as a Nonprofit
At a special gala celebration at Greenbelt Cinema on Saturday, May 3, supporters heaped praise upon the revivification and growth of the Cinema, a long-standing Greenbelt institution, which has flourished over the past 10 years under the leadership of Executive Director Caitlin McGrath. Mayor Emmett Jordan praised the Cinema for “promoting the arts and thriving […]
Council Considers Cost Increases For Trash Removal, Other Models
During its May 5 worksession, the Greenbelt City Council discussed several options to deal with the serious financial situation concerning the city’s solid waste removal program. Serving a quarter of the city, comprised of 1,600 Greenbelt Homes, Inc. (GHI) homes and 900 single- family homes, the city has largely been subsidizing the service from its […]
Fire Department Data Shows Some Increasing Response Times
Since the removal of career firefighters from Greenbelt on June 30, 2024, the Greenbelt community worried about longer response times and reduced service provided to the community. At the time of the announcement, Prince George’s County Fire Department (PGFD) Chief Tiffany Green estimated the average response time would be around eight minutes. Before the staffing […]
Refugee Resettlement Organization Rallies to Continue Despite Freeze
On January 20, President Donald Trump announced the future suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for an initial period of 90 days due to the country’s inability to “absorb large numbers of migrants, and in particular, refugees, into its communities in a manner that does not compromise the availability of resources for Americans, […]
USDA Cuts Will Impact Fresh Food Availability at Greenbelt Distributions
Last week, the News Review reported on sources of supplemental food available in Greenbelt for those whose budgets don’t reach far enough. Since then, a worrisome development threatens to curtail the city’s large monthly food distribution program that serves hundreds of individuals and draws residents to the Community Center and Franklin Park, and is delivered […]
Social Justice Student Awards Draw Crowd, Public Figures
Room 201 at the Community Center was buzzing with excitement as student winners with their families entered the room to participate in the Fourth Annual Social Justice Student Awards Ceremony sponsored by the Prince George’s County Lynching Memorial Project (PGCLMP) and hosted by the Greenbelt Black History and Culture Committee. The excitement increased as more […]