Greenbelt Animal Shelter Reopens With Upgrades and More Staff
After months of closure, the freshly renovated Greenbelt Animal Shelter reopened Monday, June 2 and welcomed residents to an open house to see the changes, apply to volunteer and meet the staff who kept the program running through a difficult stretch. That especially difficult stretch started with the resignation of two out of three animal […]
City Council Affirms DEI Commitment, Funds Indian Creek Master Plan, Bike Racks
During the May 27 Greenbelt City Council meeting council affirmed its commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), approved funds for the creation of a master plan for Indian Creek Park and for the installation of a bike rack near the Co-op Supermarket, and received a briefing on the county’s transit plan. Commitment to DEI […]
Greenbelt Honors Fallen Heroes on Memorial Day
Greenbelt American Legion Post 136 officers joined Greenbelt City Council and county and state government representatives on May 26 at the city’s War Memorial for a solemn Memorial Day ceremony honoring those who died during the nation’s wars. An audience of about 100 attended, including veterans wearing emblems of prior military service. Ingrid Watson, District […]
Council Reviews Public Safety Expenditures Ahead of Budget
On April 30 City Council held a budget worksession to discuss public safety expenditures, which constitute approximately two thirds of the city’s annual budget. Under discussion were budget requests from the Greenbelt Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad and the Greenbelt Police Department. Attending the worksession were Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad President Greg […]
Council Considers $120,000 In Recognition Group Grants
Two Greenbelt City Council worksessions with city Recognition Groups took place on Wednesday, May 14 and Monday, May 19. Representatives of a total of 18 (nine per session) groups attended in order to discuss their group’s request for in-kind or financial support for fiscal year 2026 (FY 2026) with council, City Manager Josué Salmerón and […]
Two Greenbelt Women Learn Art Of Building an Earthen Oven
Greenbelters Jeannie Bellina and Melissa Ann Ehrenreich traveled on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11 to Pearlstone Retreat Center in Reisterstown to learn from former Greenbelter Joe Murray how to make an earthen, smokeless pizza oven using natural materials. Inspired by stories of how Toronto public parks have created almost 20 pizza ovens for community use […]
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 […]