Councilmembers Grill NRP At Development Dialogue
The proposed multi-family development and mixed-use space at Capital Office Park would include apartments, hot tubs and a dog park, but the Greenbelt City Council wanted to know if it would include childcare, recreation and retail. The proposal, presented at the council worksession on Wednesday, September 11, was made by the construction firm NRP Group […]
Circus, Spooky Shakespeare Classes Are Now in Session
Mike Funt’s circus classes for children and adults and Spooky Shakespeare classes for teens began on Saturday, September 14. In the circus classes, students are taught a wide variety of skills including, but not limited to, juggling, stilt-walking, unicycle and equilibristic skills – which deal with balancing acts such as tightrope walking. Funt started teaching […]
Art Share Meeting Inspires Creativity and Conversation
On the night of Friday, September 13, local artists gathered in the Community Center for the Art Share, a monthly meeting for Greenbelt creatives to display their work and receive feedback from their artist peers. While the monthly event has been well established for a while, the gatherings take on a different meaning with every […]
Comienza el trabajo en la presa del Buddy Attick Park
Los visitantes del Buddy Attick vieron cómo su pintoresco lago de Greenbelt se transformaba en una zona de obras cuando los trabajadores comenzaron las reparaciones el viernes 6 de septiembre, aproximadamente dos meses después de la fecha de inicio prevista, debido a demoras en los fondos y aprobación de los permisos. “Hemos estado hablando […]
17th Annual Blues Festival Features National Act, More
Greenbelt Blues Festival attendees danced, lounged and mingled as multiple acts played the blues throughout a sunny Saturday in Roosevelt Center. This year the 17th annual Greenbelt Blues Festival scored a national act for the first time: Eli Cook, a blues singer. According to his Wikipedia page, Cook once opened for B.B. King and appeared […]
Zero Waste Station Diverts Festival Waste From Landfill
The Greenbelt Zero Waste Circle in partnership with the Department of Public Works, sponsored a demonstration in the picnic table area at this year’s Labor Day Festival. The demonstration station was highlighted with a banner and included receptacles for compost, recycling and landfill trash. The station was an effort to demonstrate the inclusion of composting […]
Goddard Updates Council On Missions and Site Plans
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Acting Director George Morrow and Associate Director Ray Rubilotta presented an update to the Greenbelt City Council on August 4 of their developing missions and site/ infrastructure plans. Mayor Emmett Jordan said that GSFC has been a good friend to the city and that it is very important to work […]
Long-Delayed Work Begins On Greenbelt Lake Dam
Visitors to Buddy Attick Park saw their scenic Greenbelt Lake transformed into a construction site as workers started on repairs Friday, September 6, about two months after the expected start date due to delays in funding and approvals. “We’ve been talking about it for a long time and now it’s imminent,” said Mayor Emmett Jordan […]
Activistas por la paz y el medio ambiente son ciudadanos destacados de 2019
La multitud vitoreó positivamente cuando las festividades del Labor Day comenzaron con el Presidente del Comité de Selección de Ciudadanos Destacados, Robert Zugby, presentando a los ciudadanos destacados de Greenbelt de 2019, Lore Rosenthal y Michael Hartman. Antes de llamar a Rosenthal y Hartman al escenario, Zugby animó a la audiencia a nominar ciudadanos destacados […]
Greenbelt Labor Day Parade Draws Diverse Participants
Cheerleaders, educators, cadets, drum lines and firefighters took over the streets of Greenbelt on Monday for the 65th annual Labor Day Parade. The Greenbelt Labor Day Festival was started in 1955 as a way of raising funds to build a Youth Center. It has been held every year since by the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival […]