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28 Dec 2017

Maglev Group May Prefer The Greenbelt Alignment

by James Giese

Kisha Brown, community and external affairs director for Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail (BWRR), told the Prince George’s County Council at a transportation briefing on October 17 that her group felt that the so-called Baltimore-Washington Parkway West maglev route would have … Read More

7 Dec 2017

Meeting Focuses on Process For Defeating Maglev Train

by James Giese

Around 200 people attended an informational meeting on Monday, November 27, concerning the proposal to run an SCmaglev train between Baltimore and Washington, with two of the three routes under consideration tunneling under homes in Greenbelt East. Arranged by Delegate … Read More

30 Nov 2017

Greenbelters, Look Out Below! Maglev Is Coming! Or Is It?

by James Giese

This is the first of a series of articles about the efforts to construct a high-speed train system through Greenbelt. Is maglev the transportation mode of the future? Will it succeed as well as did railroad trains, horseless carriages and … Read More

26 Oct 2017

FBI? Amazon? Tech Transfers? Greenbelt Possibilities Heard

by James Giese

The Greenbelt City Council listened to a panel of experts discuss the development opportunities possible for Greenbelt in coming years and how they might be achieved at its October 18 worksession. Participating in the session were David Iannucci, assistant deputy … Read More

6 Sep 2017

Kaiser Health Plans Accepted At Doctors Hospital, October 1

by James Giese

Persons insured in Kaiser Permanente health plans will be accepted as patients at Doctors Community Hospital beginning in October, it was announced at the Greenbelt City Council’s stakeholder worksession with hospital representatives on August 28. Doctors will be the only … Read More

3 Aug 2017

Proposal for New Townhomes Presented to the City Council

by James Giese

The July 24 Greenbelt City Council worksession was to have been a brainstorming session about what to do next in light of the General Services Administration’s decision to cancel the project to build a new FBI facility, possibly at the … Read More

28 Jun 2017

Council Refocuses on Options To Create Affordable Housing

by James Giese

Ten months ago, the Greenbelt City Council received a report on affordable housing prepared by Mary Kovar, an intern with the Maryland Municipal League and a graduate student at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. Kovar made three … Read More

14 Jun 2017

Can City Catch the Wind At Half the Current Price?

by James Giese

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. … Read More

27 Apr 2017

Museum Challenges and Plans Discussed at Budget Worksession

by James Giese

During the past year, Greenbelt Museum Director Megan Searing-Young was faced with three major challenges, all of which are being satisfactorily resolved. Young reported on these issues as a part of her budget presentation to the Greenbelt City Council at … Read More

27 Apr 2017

CERT Proposed 2018 Budget Expected to Hold Steady

by James Giese

The Greenbelt Police Department sponsors a citizen-based Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), whose members provide support to the department by performing non-law enforcement duties. Lisa Hegwood and Laura Kressler represented CERT before the city council at its April 5 budget … Read More