Matthew Arbach

Members of the Greenbelt Police Department (GPD) held a community forum on December 1 at the Springhill Lake Recreation Center to disseminate information on the recent spike in carjackings, robberies and violent incidents. Present were Chief Richard Bowers, Captain and … Read More

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Voting on police reform measures by the Greenbelt City Council stalled on Monday, November 22 due to issues with the resolution’s wording.  The wording was developed by Greenbelt Police Chief Richard Bowers and Assistant City Manager Timothy George, based on … Read More

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On Monday, November 15, the Greenbelt City Council produced a working list of police reforms to be voted upon at the November 22 council meeting.  This list was based upon a concurrence of the following sources: Councilmember Colin Byrd’s October … Read More

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The Greenbelt City Council continues to grapple with the best way forward on the issue of reform in the city’s Police Department, spurred by Mayor Colin Byrd’s revised Fair and Just Policing Act proposal and by the subsequent review of … Read More

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According to Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) Master Planner Chad Williams, Greenbelt’s Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Zone (NCOZ) is “almost near the end of a long, not so strange road.”  At a Greenbelt City Council worksession on September 20, … Read More

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The action plan, proposed by the Forest Preserve Advisory Board (FPAB) and the Greenbelt Community Garden Club (GCGC) to address the problem of shading at the community gardens, was approved by the Greenbelt City Council with an amendment proposed by … Read More

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Springhill Lake Elementary School students race into class, learn to keep their masks on, eat breakfast and lunch in school and are getting on with the business of going to school in the middle of a pandemic. They are also … Read More

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The Forest Preserve Advisory Board has advanced two proposals to the Greenbelt City Council to enlarge and enhance the city Forest Preserve. On Monday, August 16, the board presented their plan to include Greenbriar Park in the Forest Preserve, an … Read More

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On August 30, the Greenbelt City Council and city staff held their initial discussion on how best to spend the $22,881,666.47 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding that was provided to the city in July. In a memo presented … Read More

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At the regular meeting on August 9, the Greenbelt City Council voted 5 to 1 in support of the revised Detailed Site Plan (DSP) for Phase One of the redevelopment of Beltway Plaza. The support of this iteration was contingent … Read More

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