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Greenbelt one of “10 Towns that Changed America”

by Susan Harris | posted in: History |

Greenbelt was one of just “10 Towns that Changed America” in the PBS series “10 that Changed America.” Click here to see the 5:36-minute video about Greenbelt. Other towns in this series covered St. Augustine, FL; Philadelphia; Salt Lake City; Riverside, IL; Pullman, IL; Levittown, NY; Southwest DC; Seaside, FL; and the Pearl District in Portland, OR.

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Susan started blogging about Greenbelt soon after moving here in 2012, and that blog has grown into this nonprofit community website. She also created and curates the Greenbelt Maryland YouTube channel. She blogs weekly at GardenRant.com and in 2025 published "Hippies in Europe 1969: a Memoir."

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