The University of Maryland in College Park is pausing a controversial housing project in Guilford Woods after months of protest. In an email last week, University President Darryll Pines and graduate student body president Tamara Allard wrote that they will continue to study the area to address environmental concerns about the 15-acre wooded site raised by protesters.
The College Park Arts Exchange has hired local artists to paint environmental messages on several storm drains along the Route 1 corridor.
Working with the University of Maryland, Gilbane Development plans to cut down around 1,000 trees on the 15-acre property known as Guilford Woods to build townhomes and graduate housing.
This week, the first electric garbage truck in the state of Maryland has been added to the City of Hyattsville’s vehicle fleet which also includes an electric police car.
Projects to restore eroded stream banks and wetlands and make it easier for fish to swim in creeks and streams on the Route 1 corridor will begin in 2022.
A boat house at Bladensburg Waterfront Park is home to several crew teams for local high schools and colleges and a community rowing school.
Local trails have seen a lot of use this year. You can pitch in this weekend, as the Anacostia Watershed Society in Bladensburg holds its annual Earth Day cleanup.
Some residents along the Route 1 corridor are coming out against a proposed high-speed train that would whisk riders from D.C. to Baltimore in just 15 minutes.
Paint Branch is getting some much-needed love as workers help restore the 14-mile stream that runs from Montgomery County through Route 1 into College Park and is a major tributary to the Anacostia River.
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Life on the Route 1 Corridor