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31 Dec 2020

Pandemic Affects City Government

The actions taken in response to the pandemic had an immediate impact and potentially large future impacts upon city government. Many revenue sources such as income tax, recreation program fees, gas tax revenues, admissions and amusement tax, as well as … Read More

23 Dec 2020

Foundation Awards Emergency Grant to Good Samaritan Fund

by Stephanie Calhoun

The Greenbelt Community Foundation has awarded an unprecedented emergency grant to the City of Greenbelt. The Foundation’s Board, which usually awards grants to local organizations to operate their own programs, has unanimously decided to award $10,000 to the city’s Good … Read More

23 Dec 2020

Franklin Park Faces Multiple Pandemic-Enhanced Problems

by Matthew Arbach

On December 16, the Greenbelt City Council had, in the words of Mayor Colin Byrd, a tough, but important discussion with representatives of the Franklin Park (FP) management office. Covid-19 has put enormous pressures on both residents and Fieldstone, owner … Read More

23 Dec 2020

Holiday Season Council Talks Recycling, Maglev, Cameras

by Kathleen Gallagher

The regular Greenbelt City Council meeting on December 14 had some ups and downs. For starters, the first 35 minutes appeared only for those logged into the Zoom meeting, while would-be watchers on the cable channels or streaming from the … Read More

23 Dec 2020

MacGregor Christmas Tree Dedicated by Woman’s Club

– Greenbelt Cooperator, November 30, 1950 The Greenbelt Christmas Tree will be dedicated tomorrow night at the Center to the late Angus MacGregor, former landscape supervisor for Greenbelt, by the Woman’s Club. A bronze plaque set in a concrete base … Read More

16 Dec 2020

El ayuntamiento y Greenway Center Discuten problemas de inquilinos y Covid

by Matthew Arbach

Combined Properties (CP), propietario de Greenway Center, se compromete a asegurarse de que el centro comercial siga siendo un espacio en la ciudad saludable y lleno de energía, frente a los recientes desafíos económicos de la nación. El 7 de … Read More

16 Dec 2020

Council and Greenway Center Discuss Tenant Issues, Covid

by Matthew Arbach

Este artículo está disponible en español en nuestra página web www.greenbeltnewsreview.com. Combined Properties (CP), owner of Greenway Center, is committed to making sure the center remains a vibrant and healthy city stakeholder in the face of the nation’s recent economic … Read More

16 Dec 2020

GHI Installs Solar Panels On Administration Complex

by Deanna Dawson

The Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket and the Greenbelt Baptist Church soon won’t be the only establishments in town with a roof-top solar array. Solar panels are going up at the administration complex of Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) housing cooperative on Hamilton … Read More

16 Dec 2020

NASA Worksession Ponders Concerns and Reassurance

by Cathie Meetre

In the Greenbelt City Council’s annual worksession with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), held December 9, discussions ranged widely over the mutual interests of Greenbelt and GSFC. After Center Director Dennis Andrucyk described the center’s exciting upcoming missions … Read More

16 Dec 2020

Community Holiday CARE Drive Aids Tibetan Refugees

by From the Archives

Greenbelt News Review, December 1, 1960 An unprecedented holiday gift CARE campaign sponsored by the Greenbelt community will provide food packages for Tibetan refugees who have fled the Chinese Communist invasion of their country. Presently harbored in India, their plight … Read More

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