Berwyn Heights
Beltway Plaza overhaul plans approved
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Beltway Plaza Mall is one step closer to redevelopment.
Policy primer: Should College Park go dockless?
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College Park could become a pioneer for dockless bikes and scooters in Prince George’s County. Under a proposal from its current bicycle sharing network provider, Zagster, College Park’s mBike bikehsare service would be rebranded as PACE–mBike. Part of the rebrand would include the introduction of dockless bicycles and scooters, available for pay-go rates starting at $1 per 15 minutes. It also would pave the way for the introduction of electric “pedal-assist” bicycles, which offer an extra jolt of power to move you along as you pedal.
Hyattsville’s Magruder Park rename effort moves ahead
As potential legal obstacles come into focus, Hyattsville City Council unanimously voted to explore its options to rename Magruder Park. Critics of the name say William Pinkney Magruder’s inclusion of racially-restrictive covenants in granting the park to public use disqualify him from being the park’s namesake. The measure was spearheaded by Ward Five Councilor Joseph Solomon.
Hyattsville mayor, Council races off to slow start
With less than two weeks to go until the filing deadline, Hyattsville’s City Council races are getting off to a slow start. So far, only one Council ward has a competitive race on its hand. Two other wards have a single candidate registered, while the other two wards have no candidates registered at all.
Planning Board deadlocks on Magruder Pointe
The most-contentious development debate in Hyattsville’s recent history has now split the Prince George’s County Planning Board, too.
News
Update: Suspect arrested in Hyattsville murder; Victim identified
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Prince George’s County Police have arrested 21 year-old Aberdeen resident Alexander Maskiewicz, who they say shot and killed 27-year-old Belcrest Road resident Salina Rivera near her Hyattsville home. Hyattsville City Police Department officers responded to a reported shooting at the 6200 block of Belcroast Road at around 7:55 p.m. March 12, 2019. There, they found Rivera in walkway, fatally wounded. She died on the scene, according to police. The address is near the Mosiac Apartments.
Economic Development
Restoring Kaywood Theater: Mount Rainier’s moonshot
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If Mount Rainier residents want to remake the Kaywood Theater into a new performing and cinematic arts hub for Prince George’s County, they’ll need to find between $15 million and $33 million to do so.
History
Hyattsville examines racist history
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Hyattsville’s institutional role in racist policymaking is being brought into sharper focus.
Development
Then & Now: Explore how Route 1 has changed since 1998
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Last week, we explored how massive engineering projects and car-centric post-war suburbanization transformed the Route 1 corridor over the past 70 years. Now, we’re going to focus on a more-recent phenomenon which has also fundamentally altered the built environment of the Route 1 corridor: urbanism.
Development
Hyattsville Council reiterates Magruder Pointe opposition
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Hyattsville City Council voted to strongly oppose rezoning plans for Magruder Pointe, a proposed residential redevelopment of an abandoned office building and parking lot near Magruder Park.
Hyattsville
Landy annexation passes first vote
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At its March 5, 2019 meeting, Hyattsville City Council unanimously voted to give preliminary approval to a measure annexing parts of a planned townhouse development into the city’s borders. The measure must pass two additional votes before it is official.
Elections
Alleged ‘racist’ records request rocks Mount Rainier
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A Mount Rainier City Council member is accusing a longtime political foe of racist intimidation for trying to use state open records laws to obtain a range of documentation about city officials, including citizenship status, background checks and security clearances. Documents obtained by Route 1 Reporter provide new details about the request, and the people behind it.
News
Real estate, roads and rivers: Explore Route 1’s changing landscape
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Compare 80 years of historic aerial photography to see just how much our region’s geography has been transformed over the decades.
Development
Developers don’t like proposed Prince George’s Planning tweaks
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Editor’s note: Please see correction notice at bottom of article.
Developers want the Prince George’s County Planning Board to tap the brakes on a proposed overhaul of the county’s procedures for reviewing new development plans.