Entrance to informational event in Beltway Plaza. (R) Speaker Alex Villegas of Rodgers Consulting is introduced by Kap Kapistan, general counsel of Plaza owner Quantum. Data demonstrate the potential for a renewed Beltway Plaza. I recently attended a public information event in Beltway Plaza about their planned redevelopment, and came away excited about the project, and impressed that the investment ...

I’ve heard so many raves from Greenbelters and other friends in the DC area about their visits to Richmond, just a two-hour drive away from us, that I decided to go for an overnight visit. I grew up just outside Richmond but hadn’t been there in almost 20 years, and never as a tourist. Here are my recommendations for your ...

by Sheila Maffay-Tuthill, Greenbelt Museum’s Education and Volunteer Coordinator. Greenbelt residents garden in their allotment plot. Library of Congress. In a small community surrounded by trees and bejeweled with a lake, a swimming pool, picnic areas, playgrounds, tennis courts, ball fields, and a movie theater, summers in Greenbelt could feel like a vacation without leaving home. The early residents were ...

Fabulous photos and videos of Greenbelt’s 2021 fireworks were posted to local Facebook groups. These photographers and videographers are generously sharing their works with Greenbelt Online. Videos by Amina Saad Khalifa and Diane Siegel Photos by Linda Ivy: Photos by Nate Jackson: Photos by Vlad Tchompalov: Photo by Bill Cornett from Kayak: Bonus Photo by Nate Jackson: Nate’s photo of ...

Today I’m thrilled to report that the Old Greenbelt Theatre held its very first Monday Matinee event in a loooong time. Here you see Greenbelters Ed and Abby Crowley arriving this morning, greeted by executive director Caitlin McGrath and office manager Amy Knesel. Monday Matinees, one of the OGT’s signature events, are free this month while the theater transitions back ...

Chrissy Wilkins and Dorian Winterfeld, treasurer of the New Deal Cafe, at Maryland Milestones in Hyattsville. Maryland Milestones Heritage Center in Hyattsville hosted its first in-person art reception since the start of the pandemic, and lots of Greenbelters showed up to support art, enjoy music and just get social! On display were “Mandala Paintings” art works by Chrissy Wilkins, a ...

Thanks to the Greenbelt News Review for printing the article below about Greenbelt Online in their June 17 issue. It’s titled: ”Introducing GreenbeltOnline.org.” (The other title I suggested was “Greenbelt Online is Ready your Eyeballs.”) Readers already familiar with Greenbelt Online may still learn something about Greenbelt’s history of community websites, and the growth of this one. Have you explored Greenbelt’s ...

Current – the building’s main entrance in Roosevelt Center. New Granite Building Coming Soon Yesterday two events occurred with potentially huge and overwhelmingly positive impacts on Greenbelt, especially on Roosevelt Center.  First, David Frauenheim (of BeSmartHomes) posted these images on Facebook, with this exciting news of closing on the sale of old Professional Building the next day: Tomorrow is a ...

A wonderful new event premiered last Saturday – a walking tour of Greenbelt Lake led by Greenbelt City Park Rangers. Attendees seemed unanimous in their praise of the event (especially our guides) and were glad to hear it’ll be repeated Saturday, June 19, at 10 a.m. (Meet at the stage.) Our Ranger guides that day were Patrick Mullen, who told ...

I’ve been enjoying making videos lately, especially since the pandemic made in-person garden-touring impossible for a while. Mostly I’ve videoed other Greenbelt gardens but last fall I made this one of my own front garden’s make-over – I replaced an arborvitae hedge with flowering vines and replaced old grey siding with Wedgewood blue paint over a newly restored original block ...

Help us archive Greenbelt’s experience of the Brood X Cicadas by sending us your photos and videos to add to the collection. (Photos are best sent at 1,000 pixels width, mailed to editor@greenbeltonline.org.) Or tag Greenbelt Online when you post photos or videos on social media. What we particularly need more of are photos of cicadas with people, animals or ...

Reference data suggest that the official ridership forecast is more than a factor of ten too high for the proposed Baltimore-Washington maglev A cartoon depicting the question: Is the maglev’s official ridership forecast accurate? With the maglev public-comment period drawing to a close, many residents in the area are rushing to submit their comments in time.  Greenbelt Online offers this ...

Last summer we reported on how the New Deal Cafe is weathering the pandemic., With life starting to resume here in Greenbelt, it’s time for an update. What We Miss Like so many Greenbelters and music-lovers across the DMV, I miss live music at the New Deal Cafe – award-winning live music. That’s what’s brought me to the Cafe two ...

Greenbelters may be gearing up for their happiest spring ever – we’re SO damn happy to be able to gather outside again!! Still safely, of course. Drumming for Wellness What a spirit-booster it was to see community drumming in Roosevelt Circle again! A big thanks to Katy Gaughan’s Drumming for Wellness for making this Earth Day Drum Circle happen. It ...

A simple calculation suggests that an individual would have to earn at least $363,000 a year for him or her to find the maglev ticket price worth the modest reduction in door-to-door travel time A cartoon depicting area residents reacting to the ticket price for the proposed Baltimore Washington maglev. Common sense tells us that few people would be willing ...

(Originally published in the Greenbelt News Review.) Enjoy spring and fellow Greenbelters in the spacious and beautiful lakeside garden of Mary Lou Williamson from 10 to 4 on Sunday, April 25 (using our rain date, since Saturday’s forecast isn’t promising).The address is 38 Lakeside Drive. Covid precautions will be in place, of course. Guests are asked to wear masks whenever possible ...

The goal is super-low-maintenance I’m sure you all recognize this 21 by 11-foot island bed around the GHI sign at Ridge and Hamilton Roads. It’s very prominent and as of yesterday morning, half-full of weeds. And here it is after two hours weeding and mulching – by me, since I’ve adopted it. Is there anything as immediately satisfying as this ...

According to the project’s draft environmental impact statement, operating the proposed Baltimore-Washington maglev would increase annual carbon dioxide emissions by more than 200 million kilograms, contradicting the claims of maglev promoters A cartoon depicting how operating the proposed maglev would increase greenhouse gas emissions. Many Greenbelters are concerned that a magnetic-levitation train between Baltimore and Washington would not serve the ...

Regular customers of the New Deal Cafe and fans of live music generally are SO eager to hear music in person again – not on  Zoom, thanks – that they’re willing to DRIVE to get to it. Which is what we have to do, since Greenbelt has been silent through the pandemic. Thankfully, some nearby towns have found ways to ...

Most maglev customers would start and end their trips near a maglev station, limiting the project’s utility to the region. The maglev’s draft environmental impact statement leaves it to the reader to piece this story together. How much time would riding the maglev really save you?  Enough that you’d pay the ticket price instead of driving directly to your destination? ...