Brandon Ricardo Gordon and Kristen L.K. Weaver Selected to Serve Maryland Municipality
The City of Greenbelt inducted two newly elected members to the Greenbelt City Council on November 8, 2021. Brandon Ricardo Gordon and Kristen L.K. Weaver will serve the City of Greenbelt as elected council members.
Brandon “Ric” Gordon lives in the Franklin Park community and has volunteered in various roles in Greenbelt, including Chairperson of Greenbelt Voices Rising, board member of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, and as a member of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club. He works for the U.S. Department of Transportation in the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration.
“I’ve been giving back to my community for more than a decade and I’m honored to now represent other residents as I serve in an official, elected capacity,” Gordon said. “I’ve been a long-time advocate for my Franklin Park neighbors and I’m ready to get to work serving more residents of the City of Greenbelt.”
Kristen Weaver lives in the Greenbelt Station community and has held numerous community-based, volunteer roles in Greenbelt, including serving as secretary and chair of the Homeowner’s Association Activities Committee, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, and the Greenbelt Community Compost Program. Weaver is a former Montgomery County Public Schools teacher and education and outreach specialist at Goddard Space Flight Center.
“In my various volunteer assignments, I’ve discovered what I love about our city, and I’ve identified ways we can do better,” said Weaver. “As part of the Greenbelt City Council, I hope to bring neighborhoods together and build a stronger sense of community for all our residents.”
About Greenbelt
The City of Greenbelt is a diverse, welcoming community of 25,000 residents and 600 businesses located just outside of Washington, D.C. It is widely known as an affordable public cooperative community, founded in the New Deal era. Greenbelt prioritizes being environmentally friendly, and enjoys an abundance of parks, trails, and lakes. The 1,100-acre Greenbelt Park includes the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) and is managed by the National Park Service. The City has a national historic landmark district and is home to the nation’s first space flight complex, the NASA Goddard Flight Center. For more information on the city, go to www.GreenbeltMD.gov.
