Taking the greener path

The tiny town of Edmonston, one of the Washington area's lowest-lying communities, has long been a victim of its environment.

Speeding freight trains cut through town along Route 1, and buses whiz by on Decatur Street, the town's main drag. The Anacostia River splits Edmonston in two, causing flooding during heavy rains. Located in Prince George's County between much larger Hyattsville and Bladensburg, Edmonston is not a place where money flows freely.

But Edmonston - an unlikely champion of the green movement - is now calling Decatur the "East Coast's greenest street," thanks to $1.3 million in stimulus money and a year of construction.