Some New Moves At The Intersection And Prince George's County - Issue #46

The Intersection Mag Update

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Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve (Delonte Harrod) been working on restructuring The Intersection's website. When supporters come to the website, they don’t directly come in contact with the news. To give supporters more direct access to our content, I am making the news the first thing supporters view on the website. When this page is launched, supporters will see the latest stories published on the website.

You may have noticed that when you visit The Intersection's website, you're met with a popup screen inviting you to sign up for the newsletter. We want supporters to see this opportunity as soon as they find the website. I have also embedded newsletter sign up opportunities within our news articles and feature stories.

Screenshot of the popup.

Furthermore, I will also shift the content of this newsletter. As you all may have notice, this newsletter is published randomly. Going forward, I will publish this newsletter every Friday. The content will include some community and government meetings, The Intersection Mag’s recent articles, and news that is directly and indirectly about Prince George’s County. Thank you so much for sticking with this newsletter and its content.

Also, I am looking to set up some time to do a live interview with some of the people I’ve written about. I will keep you informed about this. 

Trash Pick Up In Prince George's County

Late last month, Angela Alsobrooks announced a somewhat new trash pickup. This has been an ongoing concern in the county. It is possible that this was brought on by the citizens complaining about the lack of beautification of the county. NBC4 Washington reported on residents displeasure with lack of beautification in Prince George's County. This may have led to the County Executive's temporary changes in how the local government approaches cleanup.

"In an effort to tackle litter and support the County’s overall beautification strategy, the Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T) has embarked on a major litter blitz throughout all 9 Council Districts, which will run for at least 120 days. The County has quadrupled its efforts while continuing to provide education to residents about the negative impacts of littering.

The plan is to clean trash from a collector and arterial roadways, increase the frequency of mowing, and bring on additional contractors for street sweeping as part of a sustained effort to improve the overall aesthetics and environmental cleanliness of Prince George’s County. Some of these efforts started last week and are ongoing, and others begin this week. Our focus areas this week in the County for litter removal and mowing are Upper Marlboro, Fort Washington, and Suitland.

Points:

• Litter collection: We are moving from collection every two weeks on the off ramps of I-95/495 and U.S. 50 interstate highway weekly, to a now twice-a-week collection on 141 roadways with heavy amounts of litter. 

• Mowing: We are also increasing the frequency of mowing. Mowing is now taking place every two weeks on primary collector and arterial roadways.

• Roadways: We will have one cycle every month for all County primary collector and arterial curbed roadways and residential streets for the next 120 days. That change in frequency begins this week.

News:

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Tamoyia Ragsdale-Hashim, a long-time birth advocate and doula, has opened a business, partially, to address the needs of women in DC, Maryland, and Virginia who struggle with mental health issues during the postpartum period.

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A coalition of nonprofit Maryland service providers and policy experts is organizing a policy, personnel and spending agenda to assist the new chief executive.

'Wasting Our Waterways' takes statistics from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and puts the health of Maryland's waterways in the context of broader national environmental trends.

The speech pathologist believes that helping kids switch seamlessly between dialects is a key to their success.