GHI Task Force Educates Public On Reducing Stormwater Runoff
The Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) Storm Water Task Force sponsored an information table at the Greenbelt Farmers Market on June 11. Visitors to the market stopped by the table to learn about stormwater runoff issues in GHI and greater Greenbelt and what homeowners can do on their property to reduce runoff. The basic problem is […]
Can City Catch the Wind At Half the Current Price?
At the June 12 Greenbelt City Council worksession, Assistant City Manager David Moran reported that there is an opportunity for the city to buy wind-generated electric power at a savings of up to 41 percent or more through Constellation Energy. Currently, the city is purchasing wind-generated energy through Washington Gas and Electric (WGE) at a […]
Hour Grows Late as Council Hears Five Planning Projects
Someone in the Department of Planning and Community Development must have drawn the short straw when the agenda was created for the May 22 Greenbelt City Council meeting. It was after 10 p.m. when Assistant Planning Director Terri Hruby and Community Planner Jessica Bellah managed to get on stage to begin presenting five projects that […]
Police, FOP Work to Resolve Issues in No Confidence Vote
So, what has happened since the Greenbelt Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) issued a vote of no confidence in Acting Chief Thomas Kemp? What were the motivations behind the vote? Why had there not been advance notice to the full police force? When will the city have a new police chief? Have […]
Write a Message to Tomorrow To Celebrate Peace Month
What are your hopes for the future? What are you going to do to improve yourself? Your community? The world? These pertinent questions comprise the survey for Message to Tomorrow, a new program created by Chris Cherry, performing arts program director for the City of Greenbelt, and sponsored by the Recreation Department. It was conceived […]
Mishkan Torah Congregation Rededicates Historic Torah
Many members of Mishkan Torah Synagogue and their neighbors and friends from Greenbelt and elsewhere, congregated at Mishkan Torah on Memorial Day to dedicate the Torah that originated in Vlast, Czechoslovakia about 175 years ago. It survived the Holocaust by having been included in the collection of religious objects designated to be part of the […]
Greenbelt Climate Change Commitment Continues
In the aftermath of the United States withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the City of Greenbelt would like to outline some of the many steps that it has taken to address climate change and reduce its carbon footprint over the last several years. The City of Greenbelt has shown leadership by becoming certified through […]
2018 Budget and Open Space Approved by City Council
The Greenbelt City Council made relatively quick work of its June 5 agenda, passing the Fiscal Year 2018 budget, receiving several petitions and seeing another officer join the city police force. The councilmembers also approved the 2018 Program Open Space program and agreed to loan the Old Greenbelt Theatre $10,000. Mayor Emmett Jordan returned after […]
Greenbelt Day Fun, Games Will Last All Weekend
Greenbelt Day Weekend celebrates Greenbelt’s 80th anniversary Saturday, June 3 to Sunday, June 4. There are many fun and free activities but highlights include the annual Greenbelt Museum Roosevelt Ride, a vintage-themed bike ride, Artful Afternoon’s performances and arts-inspired workshops and live music in the Roosevelt Center at the Crazy Quilt Festival. From 10 a.m. […]
Young Singers Will Launch Legacy 80th Celebration
The Greenbelt Legacy 80th Anniversary celebration gets off to a joyful start on Sunday, June 4 at 3 p.m. with a family-friendly concert at the Greenbelt Community Center Artful Afternoon, featuring The Chromatics and the Greenbelt Elementary School (GES) Chorus. For the young singers from GES, the concert is a symbolic homecoming to the beautiful […]