- 15 Metro Stations: We kept up a major push for redevelopment of the County’s fifteen largely underdeveloped Metro stations.
- Addison Road Metro: A standing-room-only forum kicked off a campaign to for community involvement in planning the future of the station area.
- Front Page of the Metro Section: We showed that Beltway traffic results in large part from the east-west jobs divide, earning a great story in the Washington Post.
CSG organized a joint tour with Partners for Renewal in Central and Southern Maryland (PRISCM) of Prince Georges Plaza and Columbia Heights that was attended by over sixty community members.
2009 Year in Review: Prince George’s County
Prince George’s fifteen Metro stations are keys to economic growth in the county, which has been hit harder than other regional jurisdictions by the recession. The transit stations offer tremendous potential for new job centers, enhanced community amenities and walkable neighborhoods. We continue to lead an intensive effort to promote Metro station reinvestment to the community, media and elected officials. The story in the Post described that east-west traffic congestion results from a regional jobs imbalance, and that transit-oriented development in Prince George’s is a critical solution.
We supported a new plan for the New Carrollton station which offers connections to Metrorail, Amtrak, local and interstate bus lines, and the future Purple Line. Our close partners in PRISCM (Partners for Renewal in Southern and Central Maryland) joined us in championing this as a priority for the county in conjunction with the three Metro stations in the Central Avenue Metro corridor. Our Addison Road forum was an exciting step towards bringing the quality development residents want.
In Langley Park, a lower-income immigrant community, we provided policy expertise to CASA de Maryland and Jews United for Justice to ensure that thousands of renter families can benefit from the Purple Line rather than be threatened with displacement.
We coordinated with PRISCM to provide input on two major Prince George’s transportation plans. We also helped community members win support for improved walking safety by convincing Prince George’s planning staff to apply for and win a Council of Governments’ grant for creation of a toolbox of pedestrian safety measures.
Read on to learn what else we've been doing in the region in 2009:
