Uummm! Sooo Booliscious! Enjoy your Halloween Week and Weekend! Stay safe and be careful of the many scary monsters out there ready to eat your flesh! It might have flashed across your social media feed at some point over the past week: an image of a lifelike sculpture of two severed solitary feet — not fashioned…
Tag: Community
Apartment Development ‘Starting To Ramp Up’ In D.C.-Area Opportunity Zones
The 704 Hwy corridor that runs through the heart of Glenarden is prime for development as it is the location of the one opportunity zone area in the city. Mayor Estes is vigorously looking for growth and development to create jobs and encourage new retail and housing along this corridor. The opportunity zone program took…
There Are Over 1,200 Majority-Black Cities in the U.S.
Some urbanists believe large cities should subsume the small black cities in their orbit. But that won’t erase a legacy of discrimination. Can less populated cities on the outskirts of larger metropolitan areas be too small to succeed? Are urban municipalities with fewer than 100,000 people vestiges of a bygone era? Should small “inner-ring” cities…
Proposed $1.1B Clippers Arena ‘Final Piece’ Of Turning Inglewood Into A Sports And Entertainment Mecca
In a way, it seems fitting that the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, an upstart basketball team looking to create its own identity with a new arena, has chosen Inglewood. Like the Clippers, Inglewood is a city looking to revitalize its image. For years, the city, located about a dozen miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles,…
More than 250 mayors nationwide sign letter calling for increased solar power
As Mayor of Glenarden, I have also signed this letter with several Mayors, from large and small towns and cities. The letter starts off like this… We, the undersigned U.S. Mayors and local officials, resolve to make solar energy a key element of our communities’ energy plans. Accelerating the growth of solar will reduce pollution…