Of three New Deal-era “green towns” built across the country in 1937, only Greenbelt remained out of the hands of private investors. Today, it’s a diverse, modern community that demonstrates how cooperatives preserve affordability and sustain civic life for decades.
In a recent Washington Post feature, journalist Elliot Williams explores how residents of Greenbelt live cooperation as a daily practice, not an abstract concept.
“People don’t just sit back and let things happen here,” Greenbelt native Kim Kash says in the article.