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Here is what’s happening on the Route 1 Corridor

College Park

Mayor touts growth in State of the City address

College Park is seeing “energy, progress and pride” following a year of expanded services and new business growth, Mayor Fazlul Kabir announced in his State of the City address on April 7. “You can feel it across our city,” Kabir said. “This past year we saw new businesses open their doors. We saw new development…

by SHARON O'MALLEY

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College Park

Task force finds ‘crisis-level’ affordable housing gap

College Park faces a shortage of 1,265 affordable units for its lowest-income renters, a situation the city’s Affordable Housing Task Force has labeled a “crisis-level policy issue” that disproportionately affects essential workers, seniors and families with children. The task force, which the College Park City Council appointed in April 2025, offered a sweeping menu of…

Hyattsville

It’s going to get worse: Why Hyattsville must fund emergency immigrant relief

What is happening in Hyattsville right now is horrifying. Neighbors are being ripped from their families during botched U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids with guns drawn and children watching. A mother was taken during an asylum hearing, leaving behind a 1-year-old and a 4-year-old. Families are terrified to leave their homes, even to…

The Laurel Independent

Help save local news in Laurel

Laurel’s mayor, in planning the city’s $45 million budget, has told us he will reduce funding to our local news nonprofit from $50,000 to $20,000 per year starting July 1. We contract with the City of Laurel to print and mail a city newsletter, written and designed by city staff, that takes up a few…

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