Zoning
In late 2016, Prince George’s County legalised urban farms in certain residential zones. The Gateway Arts District corridor, where New Brooklyn Farms grows, was inadvertently left out.
That omission blocked a building permit for a high tunnel hoophouse the farm had already been awarded a USDA grant to purchase. In 2019, County Councilwoman Deni Taveras proposed CR-17-2019, directing the Planning Board to amend the Gateway Arts District table of permitted uses to allow urban farm uses in the Traditional Neighborhood character area.
A joint public hearing was held on 30 April 2019. That campaign is history; the resources below are kept because they are the public record of it.