Residents at Parkway Gardens Apartments on Parkway in Greenbelt Center are also without heat. Residents Marayna Smith and Tyresa Simmons say the problem began several months ago with a broken boiler. Simmons said residents of the rental apartments knew city code enforcement staff had visited but were told no more by the apartments’ property manager, Pinacle Property Group of Bethesda, which Simmons described as unresponsive.
Greenbelt City Councilmember Jenni Pompi said on January 3 that city code enforcement officials have given property managers until January 20 to devise a permanent solution, telling Pinacle the property’s individual window units are inadequate because they blow fuses. After January 20 the city will begin levying fines, said Pompi. She added that city staff asked the property manager to keep residents updated, but since that didn’t seem to happen, City Manager Josué Salmerón planned to ask staff to prepare a statement to inform residents of repair status.