SPACEs Planning

Significant investment in a new transit rail line, the Purple Line, has begun and the alignment for the portion that will serve the Northern Gateway area will run along University Boulevard, also known as the International Corridor. The International Corridor is a vibrant retail strip of African American, South and Central American, Asian, and African businesses that provide essential goods and services to area residents. Along with new investment in transit, the new alignment provides the opportunity to link the corridor to a greater network of improved access and circulation, and to integrate streetscape enhancements to a public realm that promotes a multi-modal environment and enhances a unique cultural and neighborhood identity.

The Planning Assistance to Municipalities and Communities (PAMC) program, administered through the Prince George’s County Planning Department, offers planning, design, technical and, in select cases, financial assistance for planning-related projects in response to specific requests from local municipalities and community organizations. 

The Northern Gateway CDC applied to the PAMC program and was granted planning, design, and technical assistance for a signage and wayfinding study for the Northern Gateway community. This project seeks to improve biking and pedestrian safety, better connect neighborhoods to the corridor, and enhance the public realm.

Developing a sense of place and community, improving economic opportunity, and raising quality of life in the Northern Gateway.