County Executive, City Councils Share Roundtable Discussion - College Park, MD Patch

Council members from Greenbelt, New Carrollton, College Park and the Town of Berwyn Heights met Wednesday evening in College Park over issues of mutual concern facing Prince George's County. Widening the Baltimore-Washington Parkway drove much of the discussion, as well as a visit by the county executive, Rushern L. Baker III, who talked ethics and the economy for about 90 minutes with the four-cities coalition.

"Clearly in terms of the emphasis on this administration is economic development," said Baker, isolating potential investments primarily around the county's metro stations. "If we do not grow our tax base then we're going to be in real trouble, and for far too long we relied on residential property taxes."