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 Agenda : Department of General Services (4)
|  | | 31-CGL | Rick | Garber | | Support | NorthBay Education is a public-private partnership with MSDE and the MD DNR, committed to providing high quality environmental education, leadership and social emotional development programs to schools and students that would otherwise lack access. 81% of our participants are students of color, 72% live below the poverty line and 16% are english language learners. 90% of our funding goes directly to program delivery ensuring equitable access for our students. The capital grant program allows us to continue this commitment to high need communities while ensuring the safety and functionality of the NorthBay campus. In addition to the capital assistance provided through this program 5 years, NorthBay has invested $5.6m of private funds in capital improvements. The funds before the committee today are essential in updating and replacing electric door locks and security software that keeps are students safe. Thank you for your continued support and commitment to Maryland's students. | | | | 42-IT | Ninfa | Amador-Hernandez | | Oppose | Dear Governor Moore, Treasurer Davis, and Comptroller Lierman,
We Are CASA offers testimony on DGS Item 42-IT in efforts to highlight the increasingly concerning misuse of data by data brokers, including companies that the State of Maryland is contracting with.
Maryland’s ongoing contractual relationship with this company—regardless of the specific products at issue today —is troubling in light of the contracts Penlink has with federal agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a rogue agency run by masked, untrained, and unaccountable agents with a purpose to fulfill an unlawful and unconstitutional mass deportation and family separation mandate. In early 2026, ICE bought access to a Penlink product “designed to monitor a city neighborhood or block for mobile phones, track the movements of those devices and their owners over time, and follow them from their places of work to home or other locations,” according to public reporting.
We Are CASA also is alarmed by the lack of transparency regarding this item, which threatens to stifle public accountability. Specifically, We Are CASA is aware that this contract is not merely for Penlink’s PLX product, as the agency description represents, but may also include a Penlink product known as “Tangles,” described by Penlink as an “AI-driven OSINT [open source intelligence] platform.” The description in today’s agenda does not disclose this. If the contract, which names and describes only PLX, is actually for both PLX and Tangles, that would be analogous to asking the public and the Board to approve a contract for “knives,” when the contract is actually for both knives and guns.
The Board must not approve any contract for Tangles without seeking input from the public about whether procuring it is in Marylanders’ best interest. According to Penlink, Tangles provides access to the dark web. The dark web contains a wealth of stolen data—as the Chief Privacy Officer of the Federal Trade Commission explained, “when a business suffers a breach, the dark web is often the next stop that sensitive data makes after it’s been stolen.” For example, according to recent reports, a service on the dark web is selling scans of over 153 driver’s licenses from the United States and Canada, thought to have been obtained by a data breach.
Tangles may also have other features deserving of scrutiny. For example, according to reporting, in 2021 Meta banned Cobwebs Technologies—the company that originated Tangles and was acquired by Penlink in 2023—for using hundreds of accounts to snoop on Facebook and WhatsApp users, including activists and politicians. Leaked Tangles training materials from before Cobwebs was acquired by Penlink also suggested it could be used to monitor protesters.
Does this contract include Tangles? Does it include deep web data? Does it include stolen data, such as driver’s license or other data, or otherwise feed the marketplace that incentivizes bad actors traffic sensitive data? Does it include social media data obtained using dummy accounts that snoop on users?
If the answers to these questions reveal practices that Marylanders do not wish to support with their tax dollars or that violate Marylanders’ privacy rights, Marylanders may have ways to hold either Penlink or the Maryland State Police (MSP) accountable. But Marylanders do not even know to ask these questions because the description before the Board is incomplete.
We Are CASA requests full transparency, ongoing audits to ensure compliance with state privacy laws, and public assurance that any and all agencies and taskforces funded through the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention affirm their commitment fully to following State laws and the Constitution as it regards to information sharing without a warrant, and for the purpose of immigration enforcement.
| | | | 5-CGL | Aisha | Wilson | | Support | Agenda Item: OSP 5 | DGS Item: 26-429:
I respectfully submit this comment in strong support of God’s Best Family’s acquisition of 1121 Marshall Street in Baltimore.
I have supported God’s Best Family since 2023 and currently serve as Treasurer. Although I contribute through financial management, grant writing, marketing, events, and organizational support, my commitment to this work is deeply personal and extends far beyond my role.
I did not grow up in a traditional two-parent household. Addiction affected members of my family and, as a result I had to live with other relatives. I know what it means to experience instability and to move through life without always having consistent mentors to guide, encourage, or remind me of what was possible.
What made a difference was having a voice of reason at critical moments—someone willing to speak life into me and plant seeds that continued to grow long after the conversation ended. That experience taught me that one encouraging voice, one meaningful relationship, or one person who genuinely believes in you can help change the direction of your life.
That is what I see in God’s Best Family. The organization provides children with the encouragement, exposure, guidance, and consistency that many may not receive elsewhere. Through education, mentorship, enrichment, meals, family support, and simply showing up, God’s Best Family plants seeds in children throughout South Baltimore. We may not always see immediately how those seeds will grow, but we understand the lasting power of helping a child feel seen, supported, and capable of becoming more than their present circumstances.
That is why I show up for the children. I recognize parts of my own story in the young people we serve, and I believe every child deserves a voice reminding them that where they begin does not determine where they can go. God’s Best Family creates those moments through relationships grounded in trust, accountability, consistency, and genuine care.
In 2025 alone, God’s Best Family served more than 1,700 individuals while operating within limited and temporary space. Acquiring 1121 Marshall Street would give this work a permanent home and allow the organization to reach more children, families, and community members. The facility would provide space for education, mentorship, enrichment, family support, meetings, and expanded programming while helping God’s Best Family work toward serving the community throughout the day.
This acquisition is about far more than purchasing a building. It is about creating a place where children can walk through the doors and know someone sees them, believes in them, and is willing to invest in their future. It is about giving families access to trusted support and providing South Baltimore with a stable community resource built to serve for years to come.
I respectfully ask the Board of Public Works to approve God’s Best Family’s capital grant agreement and support the acquisition of 1121 Marshall Street. This investment will give God’s Best Family the capacity to reach more children, plant more seeds, and continue being the voice of encouragement that can help change a life. | | | | 5-CGL | Keme | Jones | | Support | Item 5-CGL | DGS items: 26-429:
I strongly support God’s Best Family and their request for funding to establish a permanent community facility\. I have personally witnessed the positive impact they have on our community and youth\. I have attended their Chat & Chews, where they address real topics and provide resources that help families navigate challenges\. My son also participated in their Boys Retreat, where he learned about self\-respect, respect for others, personal responsibility, and important life and survival skills\. God’s Best Family consistently gives back and creates opportunities that empower our youth and strengthen families\. A permanent community space would allow them to reach even more children and families in South Baltimore. I fully support this funding. | | | Agenda : Department of Natural Resources (29)
| | | 12A | Irene | Marsh | | Support | I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land that lies adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents. | | | | 12A | Allison | Corbett | | Support | September 13 2026 The Honorable Wes Moore Governor of Maryland The Honorable Brooke Lierman Comptroller of Maryland The Honorable Dereck Davis Treasurer of Maryland Request: Please Approve the Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health and Environmental Restoration Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis, I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land that lies adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically. This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain. Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources. Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents. Thank you for your time and consideration. Allison Corbett 5602 45th Ave Hyattsville [email protected] | | | | 12A | Robert | Duncan | | Support | My property at 4003 Buchanan St directly adjoins Driskell Park. The proposed development of the Parcel by the Park will greatly improve the natural area that receives water flow from this parcel. Thus improving my property, the quality of the immediate area and ecological balance of run-off and absorbance of the sun's heat. Please approve the full $3.5 million dollar grant. | | | | 12A | Leah | Wolf | | Support | September 13, 2026 The Honorable Wes Moore Governor of Maryland The Honorable Brooke Lierman Comptroller of Maryland The Honorable Dereck Davis Treasurer of Maryland Request: Please Approve the Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health and Environmental Restoration Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis, I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land that lies adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically. This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain. This is also a generational opportunity to save this piece of land from inappropriate development for the future. Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources. Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents. Thank you for your time and consideration. Leah R. Wolf 4211 Farragut Street, Hyattsville, MD 20781 [email protected] | | | | 12A | María Isabel | Dabrowski | | Support | September 13, 2026
The Honorable Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland
The Honorable Brooke Lierman
Comptroller of Maryland
The Honorable Dereck Davis
Treasurer of Maryland
Request: Please Approve the Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health and Environmental Restoration
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land that lies adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
María Isabel Dabrowski
5334 Baltimore Ave
Apt 661
Hyattsville, MD
20781 | | | | 12A | Danny | Schaible | | Support | September 13, 2026
The Honorable Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland
The Honorable Brooke Lierman
Comptroller of Maryland
The Honorable Dereck Davis
Treasurer of Maryland
Request: Please Approve the Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health and Environmental Restoration
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
The acquisition and restoration of this parcel is of paramount concern to Hyattsville residents.
The full $3.5 million grant will allow us to realize a dream that has been fought for for over 20 years, and allow the City of Hyattsville to expand our largest and most popular park, David C. Driskell park.
We are almost there. Please support in this final stage of acquisition.
Appreciatively,
Hyattsville Council Member Danny Schaible, Ward 2 | | | | 12A | Lisa | Davidson | | Support | Please approve the full $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to the City of Hyattsville. We have precious little open space in this part of Prince George's County and this grant is essential for reclaiming land that should be added to Driskell Park. | | | | 12A | Amanda | Eisen | | Support | Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land that lies adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Amanda Eisen, 4028 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville MD 20781 | | | | 12A | Greta | Mosher | | Support | September 13, 2026
The Honorable Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland
The Honorable Brooke Lierman
Comptroller of Maryland
The Honorable Dereck Davis
Treasurer of Maryland
Request: Please Approve the Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health and Environmental Restoration
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land that lies adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Greta Mosher
4002 Crittenden St
Hyattsville MD 20781 | | | | 12A | Steve | Larrance | | Support | September 13, 2026
The Honorable Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland
The Honorable Brooke Lierman
Comptroller of Maryland
The Honorable Dereck Davis
Treasurer of Maryland
Request: Please Approve the Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health and Environmental Restoration
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land that lies adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Steve Larrance
4002 Crittenden St
Hyattsville MD 20781 | | | | 12A | Mary | Ellsworth | | Support | Request: Approve the Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant.
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land that lies adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing community goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Approving this grant will enable the city to acquire this well situated parcel of greenspace, where local residents can relax, socialize and learn about the area's human history and natural resources.
Thank you for you consideration. I'm hopeful of your support.
Mary S Ellsworth, Retired Science Educator
Hyattsville, MD
| | | | 12A | Julie | Wolf | | Support | September 14, 2026 The Honorable Wes Moore Governor of Maryland The Honorable Brooke Lierman Comptroller of Maryland The Honorable Dereck Davis Treasurer of Maryland Request: Approve Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health, Climate Resilience and Environmental Restoration Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis, I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically. This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Almost all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain and restoring it to slow the flow of stormwater will be increasingly important. Driskell Park, located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources. Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents. Thank you for your time and consideration. Julie Wolf and Corey Twyman 4008 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville, MD 20781 [email protected] and [email protected] | | | | 12A | Leigh | Altman | | Support | September 14, 2026 The Honorable Wes Moore Governor of Maryland The Honorable Brooke Lierman Comptroller of Maryland The Honorable Dereck Davis Treasurer of Maryland Request: Please Approve Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health, Climate Resilience and Environmental Restoration Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis, I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically. This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain. Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources. Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents. Thank you for your time and consideration. Leigh Altman 4209 Farragut Street Hyattsville, MD 20781 [email protected] | | | | 12A | Trey | Sherard | | Support | The Honorable Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland
The Honorable Brooke Lierman
Comptroller of Maryland
The Honorable Dereck Davis
Treasurer of Maryland
Request: Please Approve Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health, Climate Resilience and Environmental Restoration
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
It is a rare opportunity in the Anacostia River watershed to protect more of the watershed from ever-increasing stormwater pollution. I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Trey Sherard
Riverkeeper
Anacostia Riverkeeper | | | | 12A | Allison | Kole | | Support | Request: Please Support Community Health and Climate Resilience by approving Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant.
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. With these funds we can win a rare achievement of adding land for ALL PG County residents and future generations.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. This land is vital to the long-term preservation of David C. Driskell Park, and will help communities downstream in a warmer and rainier Maryland.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. I am a U6 Soccer coach and the joy of the community gathering each Saturday there for games is contagious. Restoring this property just next to the recreation portions of the park will give kids access to nature that they otherwise do not have and will support the health of the stream system and Anacostia watershed. Please support the use of funds for health and mental wellness of residents years to come.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
| | | | 12A | Catherine | Anderton | | Support | I strongly support the proposal to provide a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to the City of Hyattsville for the purchase of land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. This parcel was previously used as a parking lot for a WSSC building which has since been torn down and replaced with housing. The lot has sat vacant for years. It would be a tremendous addition to Driskell Park and would provide green space to the growing population of Hyattsville. | | | | 12A | Christine | Blackerby | | Support | September 14, 2026
The Honorable Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland
The Honorable Brooke Lierman
Comptroller of Maryland
The Honorable Dereck Davis
Treasurer of Maryland
Request: Please Approve Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health, Climate Resilience and Environmental Restoration
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Christine Blackerby
3706 Jefferson Street
Hyattsville, MD 20782
| | | | 12A | Alexis | Banks | | Support | Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
Alexis Banks
5703 37th Ave
Hyattsville, MD 20782 | | | | 12A | Eli | Braun | | Support | September 15, 2026
Request: Please Approve Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health, Climate Resilience and Environmental Restoration
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
Thousands of people use Driskell Park in Hyattsville--teens playing basketball, older folks playing pickleball, kids swarming the ice cream trucks. There are youth soccer leagues on weeknights and on Saturday mornings. There are 100-person family reunions under the pavillions on weekend afternoons. There are hikers enjoying the only shaded trail in Hyattsville. In the summer, there's a line to enter the splash park.
Driskell Park may be the most diverse shared space in our City of Hyattsville--generationally, racially, economically, nationally, I hear so many languages being spoken.
Expanding the park is the right move for this community. We will invest in the expansion and make it a treasured, beautiful space.
I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources.
Thank you,
Eli Braun
Hyattsville, MD | | | | 12A | Lesley | Murdock | | Support | Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Thank you for your time and consideration. | | | | 12A | Sarah | Finnegan | | Support | Request: Please Approve Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health, Climate Resilience and Environmental Restoration
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sarah Finnegan
4409 Longfellow St
Hyattsville, MD 20781 | | | | 12A | Jennie | Reinhardt | | Support | September 15, 2026 The Honorable Wes Moore Governor of Maryland The Honorable Brooke Lierman Comptroller of Maryland The Honorable Dereck Davis Treasurer of Maryland Request: Please Approve Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health, Climate Resilience and Environmental Restoration Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis, I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically. This land is within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission's Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain. Driskell Park is positioned in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of hundreds of residences, including many apartments, and is a treasured gathering place where local residents rest, relax, socialize, play, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources. Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents. Thank you for your time and consideration. Jennie Reinhardt 4105 Gallatin St., Hyattsville, MD 20781 [email protected] | | | | 12A | Robert | Meyers | | Support | September 15, 2026
The Honorable Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland
The Honorable Brooke Lierman
Comptroller of Maryland
The Honorable Dereck Davis
Treasurer of Maryland
Request: Please Approve Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health, Climate Resilience and Environmental Restoration
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
For the 10 years I have lived in Hyattsville, this land was derelict and an eyesore. Chainlink fencing around a large empty space of broken asphalt. Nearby construction created flooding in rainstorms and now it has sat empty with concrete culvert piled about and eroding dirt.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Robert Meyers
3925 Nicholson St., Hyattsville, MD 20782 | | | | 12A | Maureen | Vosmek | | Support | September 15, 2026 The Honorable Wes Moore Governor of Maryland The Honorable Brooke Lierman Comptroller of Maryland The Honorable Dereck Davis Treasurer of Maryland Request: Please Approve Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health, Climate Resilience and Environmental Restoration Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis, I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically. This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain. Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources. Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents. Thank you for your time and consideration. Maureen Vosmek 5732 39th Ave Hyattsville, MD 20781 [email protected] | | | | 12A | Sarah | Harper | | Support | As a resident of Hyattsville for over 40 years, I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
Driskell Park is used by many residents of Hyattsville and from other towns. The walking trails, the playing fields, the playground. It will be more healthful for the whole area if the City of Hyattsville is able to buy the land parcel and turn it into green space. It has been paved over for decades.
Thanks for your consideration.
| | | | 12A | Jessica | Weiss | | Support | Request: Please Approve Hyattsville’s Request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity Grant. Support Community Health, Climate Resilience and Environmental Restoration
Dear Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis,
I am writing to express my strong support for the City of Hyattsville’s request for a $3.5 million Greenspace Equity grant to purchase land adjacent to the City’s Driskell Park. I urge you to approve the full amount requested by the City and recommended by the Department of Natural Resources. This grant is essential to long-standing goals of seeing the City acquire that land, add it to Driskell Park, and restore it ecologically.
This land is located within a few hundred yards of the Anacostia River’s Northwest Branch and is adjacent to a nontidal wetland, a forested stream valley, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissions’ Magruder Woods Park. Most or all of the land the City seeks to purchase lies within the Northwest Branch’s 100-year floodplain.
Driskell Park is located in the midst of a socially and economically diverse community, and is the City’s busiest park. It is within walking and biking distance of perhaps thousands of residences, including many apartments, and it serves as a treasured gathering place where local residents can rest, relax, socialize, recreate, and enjoy and learn about the area’s human history and natural resources.
Restoring this property ecologically and making it available for public use and enjoyment would enhance local climate resilience, support stream health, expand local habitat for native biodiversity, and create a welcoming green space for local residents.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Jessica Weiss
5606 43rd Avenue, Hyattsville | |
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