Apartment Complex Goes Down for the Count in Blight Fight

OXON HILL, MD-A press conference today on the county’s Livable Communities Initiative has marked the end of the demolition of the Georgian Garden Apartments, a long-abandoned multifamily community on Maury Ave. Located just off Southern Ave. near I-295, the Georgian Garden complex became completely uninhabitable three years ago when several fires ripped through the property.

The tearing down of the apartment complex marked the first action taken under county executive Jack Johnson’s emergency “demolition bill,” or CB-40, that was passed by the County Council last summer. The law paves the way for the expeditious destruction of abandoned and dilapidated buildings. The legislation was proposed under Johnson’s Livable Communities Initiative, a plan that the county describes as a means to facilitate a” healthy, safe, litter free environment and promote more livable communities in Prince George’s County, one community at a time.” Today’s press conference, held just before the final demolition work, was a platform for introducing changes in the initiative.