Greenbelt Cinema subsidy

Longtime supporter urged council to fund the theater, citing its youth employment, Roosevelt Center benefits, and its Washington City Paper 'best nonprofit movie theater' honors.

A 20-year resident, she described how the theater has transformed Roosevelt Center's foot traffic and vitality.

A UMD professor and neighbor of Councilmember Pope, he praised the theater's ties to the university and its role in arts and humanities, calling the funding a worthwhile investment.

A Bladensburg resident who calls herself an honorary Greenbelter, she said the theater drew her to the co-op and New Deal Cafe and argued arts funding is worth it.

A former BSG library employee, she shared that colleagues in Bowie rave about the cinema and urged funding it rather than letting it close.

Agreed the theater is worth far more than it costs and argued the city should do all it can to retain ownership of Roosevelt Center properties owned by Mr. Christakos.