Green ACES Briefs Council On Achieving Sustainability
Green ACES, the City of Greenbelt Advisory Committee on Environmental Sustainability matters, briefed the Greenbelt City Council on February 7 on its latest recommendations to help steer Greenbelt toward a future more reliant on renewable energy and with lowered carbon emissions. Council was eager to begin implementing and incorporating these ideas as soon as possible, […]
Greenbelt Park is Now Fully Operational after Much Repair
Greenbelt Park, after re-opening in November 2021, is now fully operational with a bevy of interpretive programming in the planning stage. During a shutdown period that coincided with the pandemic’s restrictions on social distancing, the park was given time to make many renovations and upgrades to the roads, bridges, campgrounds, picnic areas and trails. Representatives […]
Should Museum Join Rec? Update on MD193 Planning
At the January 24 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council, Recreation Director Greg Varda and Museum Director Megan Searing Young briefed council on their proposal to “merge” the Greenbelt Museum with the Recreation Department. In addition, council received an update on the Greenbelt Road Corridor Project, currently in progress. Museum In the memorandum advancing their […]
Black History Month: Negro League Baseball Player, Memorabilia at SHL Rec Center
Residents of Greenbelt and the surrounding areas were honored to have a Negro League Hall of Famer, Luther “Luke” Atkinson, and a display of Black Baseball memorabilia. The exhibit was the first event of a month-long program sponsored by the City of Greenbelt to celebrate Black History Month. The event was organized by the Greenbelt […]
Mail Theft Causes Check Fraud And Much Stress in Greenbelt
Instances of fraudulent check use through mail theft are on the rise in Greenbelt, with the Greenbelt Police Department reporting four cases of check fraud in January 2022 alone in their weekly crime reports. Individuals often steal checks from mailboxes and forge or alter a check that has already been written to change the name […]
Council Discusses Challenges For Greenbelt East Properties
Mayor Emmett Jordan, at a January 26 Greenbelt City Council worksession, asserted “we are a city of associations.” Focused on Greenbelt East, council met with homeowner association board members and Executive Vice President Rick Cummings from property manager Condominiums Ventures Incorporated (CVI) to have a detailed discussion of the most pressing issues these communities are […]
Black Wellness, Finance Are Center of Month’s Programs
Enslavement began in North America when the White Lion landed in 1619 with Africans taken from Angola by English pirates and traded in Jamestown for supplies. The achievements of the descendants of those Africans have been nothing short of remarkable given their continued struggle for economic, political and social justice. Black History Month is a […]
One of the FSA Photographers Lived in Greenbelt for a Time
Part 2 of 2 Greenbelt’s construction and the early years of life in the community were well documented by photographers employed by the federal government’s Resettlement Administration (RA) and the Farm Security Administration (FSA), which succeeded it. The Greenbelt photos are part of the FSA/Office of War Information (OWI) Photograph Collection, which documented American life […]
Community Input for ARPA Projects, Council Rules Occupy City Council
At its January 24 regular meeting, the Greenbelt City Council received the consultant’s implementation plan for a program to gather resident input regarding how to spend the money the city received under the federal American Rescue Plan. In addition, council heard a description of this year’s Black History Month observations; adopted revised standing rules, including […]
NASA-owned Forest Sale Rejected by OMB for Now
This article was previously published in the Bay Journal and is reprinted with permission. The Maryland forest tract owned by NASA that’s at risk of being sold to a developer has won a reprieve for now. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) last week rejected a list of federal properties recommended for […]