Civil Municipal Magazine - Dec 2023

199 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 12 NEW CARROLLTON, MARYLAND “New Carrollton is a wonderful bedroom community for Washington, D.C. and Baltimore,” says Dodro, “as we are easily accessible to both cities. We are a multi-modal transportation hub. There’s Metro, Amtrak and MARC (Maryland- Area Rail Commuter), as well as easy access to I-95 and the Baltimore/Washington Parkway We recently spoke with Mayor Katrina R. Dodro and New Carrollton City Councilmember David Lai. They told us more about what makes their community of some 14,000 residents so special. Lai pointed out that the city just turned 70, earlier this year.