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 […]
Judge Stops Redistricting Map; County Council Will Appeal
On January 31, Prince George’s County Circuit Court Judge William Snoddy ruled that the new district map created by the Prince George’s County Council in November of 2021 was illegally accepted by the county council majority (6 to 3). According to the court order, “Prince George’s County Council shall immediately withdraw the redistricting plan in […]
A History of the Early Youth Band of the Town of Greenbelt
Once upon a time there was a town, built by the government as a planned community, surrounded by woods far away from Washington. A town a classmate once called the “Emerald City,” where the town leaders formed a band for young people, ages 12 through high school. The town was Greenbelt and the year was […]
Roosevelt Center Merchants Update Council on Challenges
Roosevelt Center merchants face a regrettably similar set of economic challenges from the new Covid-19 Omicron surge, with recovery plans put on hold once more by the recent drop of in-person traffic. The majority of the Center’s businesses, like the Old Greenbelt Theatre (OGT) and the New Deal Café, rely on people, in varying degrees, […]
Greenbelt’s Badminton Club Offers a Sport for All Ages
It turns out my daughter Anja is pretty good at badminton. I guess that’s all right, but when I invited her to join me at Greenbelt’s badminton club on Sunday I had the script already prepared. I would be the one who would turn out to be surprisingly good at badminton, to the delight and […]
ERHS Student Wins Award For Best Micro Short Film
Felix Hass, Greenbelt resident and 10th grader at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS), won the Best Micro Short Film award from the Taiwan International Short Film Festival in October 2021. Hass has been attending the Greenbelt Access Television (GATe) animation classes for approximately four years and with the help of his teacher, George Kochell, Hass […]
Photographers of Early Greenbelt Also Covered Poverty, War & More
Part 1 of a series 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 […]
Council Approves Much of Reform Language in Police General Orders
After months of deliberation and debate, the Greenbelt City Council passed a 22-item police reform resolution on January 10. This resolution would modify various General Orders of the Greenbelt Police Department which dictate its day-to-day operations. With the impetus being Councilmember Colin Byrd’s Greenbelt Fair and Just Policing Act, proposed in 2020, a thorough review […]