Livable Communities Landscape Projects

The Livable Communities Initiative sponsored by the County Executive’s Office was launched on April 22, 2003, at the Drew Freeman Middle School in Suitland, Maryland. This Initiative will create communities that promote and support sound principles for economic development, environmental improvement, educational growth, and safe clean streets so that residents have an attractive place to live, work, plan and in which they have a sense of pride. To date, seventy-eight (78) projects have been aesthetic improvements to gateways into our County, medians, intersections and streetscapes. These projects have already received positive response from citizens and communities. In fact, last year (2003) the County received eleven (11) awards for beautification. Another sixteen (16) projects are scheduled for completion during this fiscal year. These projects are:

• Gateway Monument: MD 1A at Eastern Avenue
• Gateway Monument: MD 211 at Eastern Avenue
• Gateway Monument: MD 4 at Southern Avenue
• Gateway Monument: MD 210 at Southern Avenue
• Gateway Monument: MD 212 at Eastern Avenue
• Gateway Monument: MD 218 at Southern Avenue
• Gateway Monument: MD 500 at Eastern Avenue
• Gateway Monument: MD 201 at Lydell Road
• 85th Avenue at New Carrollton Metro
• Ellin Road at New Carrollton Metro
• Brightseat Road
• Campus Way South at the Community College
• Harry S. Truman Drive at Whitehouse Road
• Ager Road at Metro
• MD 210 at Swann Creek Drive
• MD 212 at Beltsville Drive

As an integral component of the Livable Communities Initiative, County Executive Jack B. Johnson proclaims the third Saturday of October as Gorgeous Prince George’s Day. This special event promotes the planting of trees, shrubs, and flowers by volunteers or organizations, businesses, schools, municipalities and citizen groups in order to beautify their communities in public areas.

“The benefit of trees to our environment is immeasurable,” said County Executive Johnson. Trees improve the air we breathe as well as attract birds and other wildlife to the area. By planting trees and shrubs, we create a clean, healthy environment for our citizens and residents to live, work and play.

Last year’s Gorgeous Prince George’s Day accomplishments include landscape upgrades for fifty-eight (58) sites.

Past and future projects demonstrate our strong commitment to the Livable Communities Initiative. The Initiative will create communities that promote and support sound principles for economic development, environmental improvement, educational growth and safe clean streets to that residents have an attractive place to live, work, plan and have a sense of pride. Our Department strives to make our roads safe and to provide an aesthetically pleasing experience for its users.

For more information regarding the Department’s involvement in the Livable Communities Initiative, please call 301-883-5642.