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Tag: lakeland community heritage project


College Park community center, lake natural area rededicated in honor of Lakeland

Lakeland is one of many communities where some residents had to relocate because of urban renewal, which displaced 104 Lakeland households.
  • Lillian Glaros
  • May 5, 2025

Haunted by Lakeland’s past, Maxine Gross is working to preserve her community’s history

Lakeland was a target of urban renewal in the 1970s. More than 50 years later, Maxine Gross still feels the effects.
  • Katharine Wilson
  • January 30, 2025

Lakeland family hopes for county historic designation of generational properties

The Prince George’s County planning board approved the request for the three homes’ historic site status in last week's meeting.
  • Katharine Wilson
  • April 18, 2024

Restorative Justice Commission seeks to rename local sites to honor Lakeland heritage

The commission was established in 2022 with the goal of reckoning with the city’s history and restoring the Lakeland neighborhood.
  • Eden Binder
  • March 6, 2024

Lakeland residents hope proposed community center celebrates neighborhood’s history

After more than a year of community discussions, Lakeland leaders were able to secure a space inside the development for a new community center.
  • Katharine Wilson
  • February 26, 2024

College Park City Council delays decision on controversial urban renewal policy

College Park has only ever used urban renewal in Lakeland — a historically African American neighborhood in the city — in 1970.
  • Eden Binder
  • September 7, 2023

College Park Council invites community to join Lakeland restorative justice commission

The deadline to apply for the Restorative Justice Commission is Feb. 14.
  • Grace Yarrow
  • January 23, 2022

For those raised in College Park’s Lakeland, the wounds left by its destruction remain

Major restructuring has made the once-thriving community fundamentally different.
  • Clara Niel
  • September 21, 2020

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