In Prince George’s, 2024 Starts Now

County Executive Alsobrooks Launches FY24 Budget Listening Season

For over two hours, Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks did one of the things she does best: listen.

The county executive and the Office of Management and Budget Director Stanley Earley took in the comments, suggestions, requests and ideas of residents January 26 during a budget listening session for FY24—an annual process but the first of several in 2023.

“We want our budget to reflect our priorities. These priorities guide our work,” Alsobrooks said at the start of the session. “In our first term, these goals have helped us to achieve more for Prince George’s County.”

The chief executive plans to build on the successes of her first term, which included new libraries, breaking ground on the building of 10 new schools and historic education funding new initiatives along the blue line and future purple line.

“In FY2024, we will follow the same successful course that has helped us create historic opportunities in our community. This means greater investment and growth along the blue line corridor, greater investment in health and safety---especially to combat violent crime. We want to improve government efficiency, workforce housing programs, renewed investment in programs that help reduce gun violence,” Alsobrooks said being sure to discuss climate change, flood prevention, beautification and improved permitting processes for businesses.

Nearly all of the 125 residents in the cue to speak online got the opportunity to address their neighbors and the county executive (a handful were bogged down with technical challenges) and topics ranged from climate change and food insecurity to a request for midnight basketball, an increase in bike and walking paths, housing for people with disabilities and support for young entrepreneurship programs. Most of the testimonies were related to the environment, education, arts/culture, crime reduction and safer walking spaces.