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Council and Greenway Center Discuss Tenant Issues, Covid by Matthew Arbach Inside Stories GREENBELT Artist Pragati Art: Hopes and News ReviewAn Independent Newspaper Godbole, p.12 Dreams, p.12 VOL. 84, No. 4 15 Crescent Rd., Suite 100, Greenbelt, MD 20770-1887 DECEMBER 17, 2020 Council and Greenway Center Discuss Tenant Issues, Covid by Matthew Arbach Este artículo está disponible while Covid-19 was a factor, PetSmart, have had to make seri- en español en nuestra página several of the recent closings ous adjustments to accommodate web www.greenbeltnewsreview. resulted from vicissitudes in the pandemic restrictions. com. retail environment, with Hunan CP and its staff of 65 man- Combined Properties (CP), Treasure closing before March ages around 550 tenants on both owner of Greenway Center, is and Modell’s at the beginning of the East and West Coasts. Of committed to making sure the March. this portfolio, around 380 ten- center remains a vibrant and Currently, there are five vacan- ants have made requests for rent healthy city stakeholder in the cies at the property, with three relief, which is now maxed out. face of the nation’s recent eco- new prospects in negotiations to According to Executive Vice nomic challenges. On December replace them. Property Manage- President of Acquisitions and 7, representatives met with the ment Vice President Holly Haley Development Andrew McIntyre, Greenbelt City Council to pro- said that while certain tenants “cash flow has greatly dimin- RECREATION GREENBELT COURTESY PHOTO vide a picture of Greenway’s like Capitol One and M&T Bank, ished,” yet many tenants are Megan Young places a candle in the Greenbelt Museum win- struggles, victories and short- and Safeway and various medical of- “still well capitalized,” with the dow as part of the video A Candle in the Window, directed by long-term future. fices have done well, the majority Chris Cherry and produced by Greenbelt Recreation. To see Their main focus now is ten- of other tenants, such as Ross See GREENWAY, page 11 the rest of the video go to https://youtu.be/DOmR_6S0zF4. ant retention. CP stressed that Dress For Less, Party City and NASA Worksession Ponders Scouts Food Drive Concerns and Reassurance by Cathie Meetre In the Greenbelt City Coun- divests facilities which cannot that moving the fence line back cil’s annual worksession with cost-effectively be re-tooled. was a desire, he stated categori- the NASA Goddard Space Flight Divested Property cally that there was no intention Center (GSFC), held December Councilmember Judith Davis to develop the strip between the 9, discussions ranged widely over referred to a “rumor” that GSFC fence and the road, saying “We the mutual interests of Greenbelt might pull the fence line back would never divest into anything and GSFC. After Center Director from Greenbelt Road and possibly like that. We would only increase Dennis Andrucyk described the sell the newly-exposed area to center’s exciting upcoming mis- businesses. While Rubilotta said See NASA, page 6 sions and initiatives in science and technology, attention focused on more earthly topics. Associ- GHI Installs Solar Panels ate Center Director Ray Rubilotta presented the current status of On Administration Complex PHOTO BY AARON MARCAVITCH AARON BY PHOTO the Preferred Master Plan for the Scout families from Pack 202 collect food for their annual food next 20 years, noting that council by Deanna Dawson drive, this year with social distancing in place. See story, page 7. should not assume the full plan would be built given that, of The Greenbelt Co-op Super- be set up in the yard behind the the preceding master plan, only market and the Greenbelt Baptist buildings. From the Archives about 30 percent came to pass. Church soon won’t be the only Sustainable Energy Systems Rubilotta also divulged that al- establishments in town with a (SES) of Frederick, Md., owns though the budget for missions roof-top solar array. Solar panels the solar panels and is installing Community Holiday CARE would likely increase, spending are going up at the administra- them at no cost to GHI. GHI has on infrastructure was expected to tion complex of Greenbelt Homes entered into a power purchase Drive Aids Tibetan Refugees decrease. Inc. (GHI) housing cooperative agreement with SES, who will The focus of the current mas- on Hamilton Place. According to sell the power produced by the by Russell Greenbaum ter plan, according to Rubilotta, Steve Skolnik, vice president of panels to GHI at a fixed rate that is engineering facilities, rather the GHI board of directors, solar is lower than Pepco’s. This lower – Greenbelt News Review, De- funds will be made. than the science and flight proj- panels will be installed on the electricity price is expected to cember 1, 1960 The Greenbelt drive ties in ects/programs theme, central to roofs of the main office building, offset about one-quarter of GHI’s An unprecedented holiday gift with CARE’s regular holiday the previous plan and now mostly warehouse and carpentry shop, CARE campaign sponsored by gift campaign, in which people completed. The new Master Plan and a ground-based array will See SOLAR, page 8 the Greenbelt community will are encouraged to send a food upgrades some existing buildings, provide food packages for Ti- package abroad in the name of creates some new facilities and betan refugees who have fled the someone else in place of a gift. Chinese Communist invasion of This helps to solve the problem their country. Presently harbored of the long Christmas shopping in India, their plight has been list. The purchaser of the CARE What Goes On previously little publicized. package sends a special greeting Organized by Seymour Ka- card provided by CARE to notify Thursday, December 17 plan, 71-H Ridge Road, who is the person that a gift package has 1 to 3 p.m. Free Produce Dis- serving as permanent chairman, been sent in their name. tribution, Community Center the campaign has received the The new twist, which has Monday, December 21 enthusiastic support of every never before been attempted by 8 p.m. City Council Work- church group in the city plus CARE, is that all of the food session: Public Education on leading civic organizations. Rep- packages bought by local resi- Collective Bargaining Process resentatives of these groups have dents will be distributed to one (non-police) formed the committee which will particular needy group abroad. All council meetings are vir- direct the campaign. All promo- The refugees from Tibet will be tual. See the meetings calendar tional expenses will be paid by told of Greenbelt’s great concern at greenbeltmd.gov for agendas the Twin Pines Savings and Loan about their difficult situation and and information on public par- Association. An unusual feature the city’s desire to feed as many ticipation in these meetings. PHOTO BY JILL CONNOR BY PHOTO is that no formal solicitation of See CARE, page 5 Solar panels on a GHI end unit Page 2 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Thursday, December 17, 2020 Correction The obituary for Christa Letters to the Editor Leckliter in last week’s is- sue contained some incorrect Ewok Displays His How did Greenbelt ever sur- information. Christa was born vive all those decades before the at Prince George’s Hospital in Buy Nothing Spirit! invasion of year-round, fossil-fuel Cheverly and grew up with her What a joy to see the full- belching “landscape” crews? family in Greenbelt. It wasn’t color photo of Ewok in the De- Looking for budget cuts in until much later in life that she cember 10 issue adorned in his the Greenbelt or GHI budgets? moved to Virginia to live with new Santa suit gifted to member I suggest cutting some of the her son Donald. She resided Flory Leitz on the local Buy unnecessary pollution, noise and in Fredericksburg, but actu- Nothing Project Greenbelt group! road blockages caused by these ally died in her son’s home in While Ewok doesn’t look par- oversized, out-of-proportion Locust Grove, Va. The News ticularly thrilled, 661 members “landscape” services. Get a rake! Review regrets the errors. of the community are currently If you can’t rake, hire a kid! If loving sharing treasured items, you can’t afford a kid, well, just friendship, expertise and gratitude leave the leaves where they lie. safely when it feels like we have Greenbelt will survive. Holiday Decoration become so isolated from each Jeff Lemieux other. As an affiliate group of Pictures Wanted! the Buy Nothing Project operat- Send us your high-resolu- ing across the state, country and tion photos of holiday lights internationally, we give where and decorations to add a we live and share gifts freely to splash of holiday connect us to each other. Not pizzazz to the next only gifts, we share gratitude too, two weeks of the which is both fun to do and so News Review. necessary in today’s world. With more than 24,000 people living in Greenbelt, we hope that this is one of dozens of Buy Nothing Project groups es- tablished in our community and beyond! Please feel free to search us up on Facebook and share your gifts of abundance. We are in a Buy Nothing Project desert which means administrators for Buy Nothing Project groups are Letters Policy dearly needed in surrounding The News Review reserves the right not to publish any letter communities such as Berwyn submitted. Letters are considered accepted when published. Heights, College Park, Lanham All letters must include the letter writer’s name, physical address and Beltsville. You can contact and telephone number. Only the name will be published; the News me at melissaehrenreich@gmail.
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