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Tag: Greater Cheverly Sector Plan

Fairmont Heights in 1950

Planning Department Program Funds Fairmont Heights High School Study

October 17, 2018October 15, 2018 Carly Brockinton0

In September 1950, 738 black students entered the new Fairmont Heights Junior-Senior High School—one of only two high schools in Prince George’s County for blacks during segregation, and the only one that offered twelfth grade. In 2017, the last students left that building, which now sits vacant. While the students have moved on, the community […]

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STEM students play lacrosse in Cheverly

Cheverly Draws D.C. Commuters with Small-Town Feel

May 30, 2018June 14, 2018 Carly Brockinton0

Cheverly embraces its small-town feel—the 1.35-square-mile area is mostly residential. This zoning mimics most of the surrounding area. The 2017 Preliminary Greater Cheverly Sector Plan states that 32 percent of the greater area (2,507 acres) is residential, and 87 percent of those homes are single-family residences.

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