WTOP/Jose Umana

WTOP/Jose Umana

WTOP/Jose Umana

WTOP/Jose Umana

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Volunteers shoveled up soil at one of two new gardens being added inside a Langley Park, Maryland, neighborhood Friday afternoon that officials hope will benefit the local community in multiple ways.

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The gardens — located on 15th Avenue outside of the headquarters of immigrant advocacy organization CASA — are one of four new greenspaces being built around the region through a grant by Natural Forward, a

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