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Prince George's County Planning Board

Monday, October 22, 2012

Greenbelt Sector Plan May Back Off on Widening Roadways

County planners think they may be able to mitigate the intersections that Greenbelt is concerned about by other means besides widening roadways, a planning coordinator says.

  On the heels of a letter from Greenbelt Mayor Judith "J" Davis that blasted tenets of the preliminary Greenbelt Sector plan, a county planner said changes may be on the way. New transportation guidelines may alleviate some Greenbelt and other communities concerns, according to Chad Williams, a planning coordinator with the Prince George's County Planning Department. The mayor's letter, sent on behalf of Greenbelt City Council to officials on the Prince George's County Council and the county's Planning Board, complained that the draft sector plan would transform Greenbelt into a city defined by the roads that separated it. Davis also conveyed City Council's dismay that the Greenbelt Metro Area and MD 193 Corridor Sector Plan disregarded …

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

New Park in Bowie a Dream Come True

The county, community and board of education worked together to make the region's largest fully accessible park a reality.

Almost four years in the making, what started as the dream of the former principal and the parents of the C. Elizabeth Rieg School became a reality last week when the Mitchellville South Park Playground officially opened for play in Bowie. The first fully accessible park in the Prince George’s County parks system, and the largest fully accessible park in the region, will be used by the children who attend C. Elizabeth Rieg, participants in a county therapeutic services program, and neighborhood children. “Is this not magical? Does this not bring out the kid in you?” asked Elizabeth Hewlett, chair of the Prince George’s County Planning Board. The 8,100-square foot park was built with $550,000 from the parks system although additional …

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Jenni Pompi

2:15 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Yes, it is adjacent to the C. Elizabeth Rieg School at 15542 Peach Walker Dr Bowie, MD 20716   more ›

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