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This document is the third party of a multiyear study of the rural village of Piscataway, located in south Prince George’s County on Floral Park Road between Livingston Road and Piscataway Road. T1 report, published in July 1991, documented the history of the village, defined its unique character proposed design concepts and methods to protect its rural and historic qualities. The second report, put in February 1995, provided detailed architectural design guidelines to assist the residents of the com in protecting the character of the village. The third part of the study continued the previous efforts in : of community visioning workshops with local residents. Through a collaborative approach with parti< the workshops used drawings, photographs, images and charts to develop a consensus about the conm visual and physical qualities. This report documents the community visioning process undertake February to June 1995. This report is divided into seven sections, with each section documenting one of the community vi workshops. A process chart illustrating the chronology of the seven workshops is included in this doc The structure of the workshops was organized around the following broad categories: History and Inv Analysis, Alternatives, Implementation and Next Steps. Each section begins with the meeting minutes j workshop, followed by charts, sketches, maps and diagrams relating to the topics discussed by the we participants. Several workshops focused on identifying and analyzing the physical design features wit village. Topics included village integrity/character, infill development, open space, a "community" center, gateways, landscape setting, streetscape elements and circulation patterns. Other workshop disc concentrated on methods for protection of historic resources, implementation strategies and funding ( Products of the visioning workshops included design guidelines, landscape master plan recommendation< an implementation strategy chart. The letter requesting this work effort from the Piscataway Historic Preservation Group is included document. The project was carried out under the Planning Department's FY 1995 Community Preset and Design Workshops Work Program.

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Picataway Village Community Vision Process June 1995

During the 1996 celebration of the county’s Tricentennial, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission published the African-American Heritage Survey. The publication documented 107 historic properties and 14 historic communities of significance to Prince George’s County African-American history and heritage including residences, schools and lodge halls, churches and cemeteries, and urban and rural communities.The interviews are filled with rich detail about day-to-day life in Prince George’s County and will assist in the efforts of many groups to document and perpetuate the county’s African-American heritage for future generations.

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AA Heritage Survey

Located just inside the Capital Beltway and south of Branch Avenue (MD 5), the St. Barnabas-Beech Road study area encompasses a strip commercial corridor and a small industrial center flanked by mid-to-late twentieth century residential and commercial development. As with many of the county’s post-World War II commercial areas, new investment has moved away from St. Barnabas Road to farther-out suburbs, leaving behind obsolete commercial buildings, older infrastructure, and a corridor designed primarily for automobiles. The Beech Road industrial area has fared somewhat better since its development in the 1950s, but the proximity of residential development and the southern barrier of Henson Creek and the Capital Beltway has limited the expansion of industrial uses. Many of the industrial area properties also contain older structures, and its public infrastructure shows signs of deterioration. Additionally, development standards of previous decades have created an area with minimal landscaping and screening of operations areas.

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St Barnabas Ind Study

From October 1, 1986 through September 30, 1987, the Prince George’s County Historic Preservation staff conducted a field survey of Sears, Roebuck and Company mail-order houses in the County. The Sears, Roebuck mail-order house survey and a companion study of Victorian pattern book houses in Prince George’s County were comp orients of ongoing research projects of the Prince George’s County Historic Preservation Commission, implemented by the Planning Department of M-NCPPC with a matching grant from the Certified Local Government program of the Maryland Historical Trust. This survey of Sears mail-order houses was conducted with the advice and ongoing involvement of Raymond W. Bellamy, Jr., Cheverly Town Historian and Prince George’s County Historic Preservation Commissioner from September 1986 through January 1989. Mr. Bellamy became knowledgeable about Sears mail-order houses through his study of the 25 models constructed in the Town of Cheverly. His extensive research on those structures is incorporated into this report. I would like to acknowledge his help and thank him for his assistance on this project. Thanks also goes to the many Sears mail-order house owners who supplied information on their houses for this study, and to members of the Prince George’s County Historical Society who “found” and reported on Sears houses in the County for this study. The eighty-two Sears mail-order houses identified during this survey are not the total number of Sears houses standing in the County. More have been identified since this study’s completion. Identification and cataloging of Sears and other mail-order houses in the County will be an ongoing project of the Historic Preservation Commission. Some original drawings and text in this report are from Houses by Mail, by Katherine Cole Stevenson and H. Ward Jandl. These include pages 30, 34, 39, 42, 43, 45, 47, 49, 54, 56, 60, 64, 67, 70, 72, 74, 76, 77, 79, 83, 89, 91, 93, 95, 100, 102, 104, 105, 107, 109 and 111 of this study. These pages are reproduced with the permission of the Preservation Press of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Prints of the above pages can be ordered from the Preservation Press at a cost of $10 for each print. Contact Chris O’Neil at (202) 673-4057.

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The Community Planning Division of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George’s County Planning Department, conducted this study in response to an inquiry by the Prince George’s County Council on the status of the sand and gravel extraction industry and opportunities for adaptive reuse of closed sand and gravel mines. This report reflects information collected in literature searches, a geographic information system (GIS) survey of sand and gravel extraction sites, site visits to operating and closed sand and gravel mines, and interviews of state, County, and mining industry officials. This study describes sand and gravel mining in Prince George’s County and its impacts, and makes recommendations for its future, including how closed sand and gravel mines may be reused.

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Sand and Gravel Study

Prince George’s County Planning Department engaged Land and Community Associates (LCA) to undertake a model historic landscape and scenic road study. The purpose of this study is to analyze one rural historic landscape and one scenic road segment, identifying significant characteristics and the threats to them through a model that can be used for further evaluation and protection of historic rural resources throughout the County. This project was not intended to be a comprehensive study of all potential rural historic landscapes and scenic roads, but rather a model of how to undertake such analysis and a prototype to help better understand land use and scenic road issues.

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Rural Historic Landscapes and Scenic Roads Study Prince Georges County Subregion VI December 1988

This survey report was completed at the request of the Town of Riverdale Park under the Planning Assistance to Municipalities and Communities Program. The purpose of the survey was to collect general data about the architectural and historical character of the original 1889 Riverdale Park subdivision and a smaller adjacent subdivision platted in 1906 as West Riverdale. This report updates a similar survey completed in 1991. This report is designed to provide preliminary findings about the potential eligibility of the study area for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District and for potential designation as a Historic District under the Prince George’s County Historic Preservation Ordinance. The report contains general historical background information, a description of research methodology, a set of findings about the architectural character of the study area, recommendations on eligibility for historic district designation, and potential actions to follow this report. The report’s appendices include a detailed building inventory, a glossary of building forms and styles, and local, state and federal historic preservation policies and guidelines. The report is illustrated with maps and photographs.

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This report details the findings of a historical/architectural survey of the Town of Riverdale, requested by the Mayor and Town Council. The goal of the project was to document and analyze the age and architectural character of III residential buildings within the Town’s two older subdivisions. The report is divided into two primary sections: Background and methodology, and Findings. Background and Methodology includes a brief historical statement about the development of the area that became Riverdale ‘beginning with the establishment of the Riversdale Plantation in 1801, the rival of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in the 1830s and the sale of the plantation and the platting of Riverdale Park in the 1880s. It also includes n explanation of the project’s research methodology which involved a questionnaire to residents, the collection of archival tax assessment data, a comprehensive field survey, photography and the detailed analysis of a elected group of buildings. The section on Findings includes an expanded statement of the development and architectural character of the survey area in he twentieth century, a discussion of commonly found building forms and a apprehensive mapping of buildings by construction date and architectural arm. The report is supplemented with maps, plats, tables and photographs.

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Riverdale Historic Survey July 1991

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This study describes the problem of food waste; explains national and state efforts to reduce food waste; explores the behaviors and beliefs of Prince George’s County residents, businesses, institutions, and organizations regarding food waste. It presents policy recommendations and strategies, supported by national promising practices, to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste in the County. By creating awareness, this study seeks to reduce food waste in the County. Reducing local food waste may help eliminate food insecurity, protect the environment, and boost the economy.

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