Job Creation, Spring Break, Spelling Champion

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"Prince George’s County added over 6,100 jobs from the 3rd Quarter of 2016 to the 3rd Quarter of 2017. This is the fifth consecutive quarter in which Prince George’s County has led the State of Maryland in total new job growth over the previous year. No one would have imagined when I took office that Prince George’s County would lead the State of Maryland in job growth for five consecutive reporting quarters. Our success is based on a series of specific strategies and policies that we implemented to reform the way Prince George’s County does business with the private sector and through our collaborations.  I want to thank my economic development team for their outstanding efforts to provide Prince Georgians with opportunities to work in our own County.”

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County, NAACP sue Trump administration over concerns Census would undercount African-Americans

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Prince George’s County and the NAACP sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over concerns that its plan for the 2020 Census would lead to an undercount of African-American residents.

The preemptive lawsuit by Maryland’s second-largest county and the well-known civil rights organization comes as some members of Congress have raised concerns that cost-saving efforts will lead to less outreach in hard-to-count regions of the country.

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5th grader crowned as County spelling bee champion

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Kayden Wilkins, a 5th-grade student at Melwood Elementary School in Prince George’s County, was crowned champion of the county’s 2018 spelling bee presented by the Washington Informer Charities on Friday.

Kayden joined 5th- through 8th-grade students representing 33 schools across the county on the stage at the Clarice Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, College Park campus and vied for the opportunity to represent the county in the National Scripps Spelling Bee in June at National Harbor.

“I am so proud of all of you,” Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker told the students.

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Searching for a place in Prince George's to call home

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Buyers who find Montgomery and the District overpriced are increasingly looking at Prince George’s County, said Bryan Waters, a real estate agent with Redfin brokerage in Prince George’s.

“Buyers from the District are especially looking at areas in Hyattsville, Mount Rainier and Riverdale Park, to buy townhouses and single-family houses,” Waters said. “That trend has been happening for the past five years and is now extending toward College Park and Laurel, too. You can find townhouses priced in the $300,000s and $400,000s in walkable communities, which is much more affordable than in the District, Arlington or Montgomery County.”

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A first-generation college student heads to Wegmans for spring break

During the crush of studying for midterms, Antonio Cummings kept hearing about all the fabulous places his friends at Allegany College were going for spring break.

“Antigua, some are going to Bermuda, some going to Southern California, some going to Atlanta,” said Cummings, who is 20 and a second-year communications student at the Maryland college. “And there’s me, who is going to work.”

Cummings is home in Prince George’s County this spring break week, bagging groceries and greeting customers at Wegmans supermarket.

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Tomorrow's chefs compete for top honors

The Master Chefs and restaurant impresarios of tomorrow may soon emanate from Prince George's County. 

In the 2018 Maryland ProStart Student Invitational (the statewide team culinary & hospitality management competition), the team from Charles Herbert Flowers High (pictured) was the big winner in the Culinary Competition. 

And, in the Management Competition, DuVal High placed 2nd (Team B) and 3rd (Team A) respectively.  

Of the 12 high schools competing in the state Culinary segment, six were from Prince George's (Bladensburg, Bowie, DuVal, Flowers, Gywnn Park, High Point). Of the five teams competing in the Management segment, four were from PGC (Bladensburg, Bowie, DuVal, Friendly).

TEAM FLOWERS now advances to the 17th Annual National ProStart Invitational in Providence, RI on April 27-29. We wish them well.

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Spring 2018 Clean Up, Green Up - Saturday, April 28th

Each spring and fall, Prince George’s County hosts a countywide community clean up program. This event supports our initiative to make our community cleaner and greener by conducting individual community plantings and coordinating beautification activities throughout the County. “Clean Up, Green Up,” is held in collaboration with Keep Prince George’s County BeautifulPrince George’s County Public Schools and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

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