Old Greenbelt Theater Reports Successful First 11 Months of Operation
After 11 months of operation, the Old Greenbelt Theatre is operating at a small profit and is not dependent upon city funding for operating expenses, although the city provides some transition funds for other expenses. Executive Director Caitlin McGrath sat down with the Greenbelt City Council and City Manager Michael McLaughlin on April 13 for […]
Proposed City General Budget Up by 1.3 Percent
The General Government budget accounts for the city’s expenses not specific to any department such as city council, the city manager’s office, finance and administration, etc. The Greenbelt City Council reviewed this budget at a March 30 worksession. Overview City Manager Michael McLaughlin’s proposed Fiscal Year 2017 budget calls for spending $2.9 million on General […]
25-Story Apartment Building Proposed Overlooking Lake
The Greenbelt City Council has been looking for ways to obtain economic development to spur the city’s economy. The owner of the Lakeside North apartments has now put forth such a proposal to build a 25-story luxury highrise apartment building on an unused portion of that apartment property. At its April 4 worksession, the council […]
Poets A-Plenty Fill the New Deal in Two Languages
The Poetry Moment at the New Deal Café, in honor of National Poetry Month, was a multi-language, multi-media event that filled the cafe’s back room. Held on April 3, this was the café’s first English/ Spanish poetry read held in honor of Juan Felipe Herrera, the current U.S. Poet Laureate. Mayor Emmett Jordan opened playing […]
Greenbelt Youth Advisory Committee Trip to D.C.
Early last month, the Greenbelt Youth Advisory Committee traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate as youth delegates in the National League of Cities’ (NLC) Congressional City Conference. This annual event hosts city councils from around the country as they share issues relevant to their localities and their consequent solutions, in the hopes that they can […]
Council Budget Cycle Kicks Off
The city’s annual budget review kicked off on Tuesday, March 29 with City Manager Michael McLaughlin’s presentation of his proposed budget. The first of eight worksessions to drill down into the details of each department’s budget followed the next night. McLaughlin’s proposal calls for no change in the city’s property tax rate, implementation of some […]
Mowatt Spring Concert Date is Friday, April 8.
The back page story publicizing the Spring Concert at Mowatt Memorial Church incorrectly stated the event’s date. The Spring Concert is actually on April 8 – as is correctly stated in the advertisement.
Sign Design and Whence the Southway Map
Sharon Bradley of Sharon Bradley Site Design, Inc. presented the Greenbelt City Council with her latest designs for Greenbelt gateway (city limit) signs at a March 21 worksession. Three different styles of entrance sign were proposed with two cast stone monument signs to be located at main entrances to the city, 10-foot-high cast stone on […]
GAC Open House Offers a Theatrical Peek
Greenbelt becomes Italy for more than two hours with “Enchanted April” at the Greenbelt Arts Center (GAC). This story of two English housewives on a life-changing trip to Italy after WWI, “Enchanted April” illustrates how a community theater fuels the imagination of its residents. The community is invited to an open house on April 8 […]
Fifty Years Ago: Things Ain’t Always What They Seem…
Police Blotter on March 31, 1966 The police received a telephone call about a crazy man with an axe in the woods near the warehouse. Upon investigation, the crazy man turned out to be an employee of the Smithsonian Institute armed with a net to capture migratory game birds.