CALENDAR – Hold these dates!
Sat., April 19, 10 am-3 pm: Bolton Hill Garden Club Spring Plant and Garden Shed Sale , Fitzgerald Park.
Fri., May 2, 5-7:00 pm: First Fridays at the Fountain 1600 Park Ave. median
Sat., May 3, 10am-2pm: Bolton Hill Community Yard Sale is coming back! Seller spots must be reserved for $40 through the link. Carol Shrewsbury is coordinating. https://boltonhillmd.org/event/yardsale2025/
Sat., May 3, 9 am-12 pm: Bolton Hill Spring Tree Planting Fitzgerald Park, Bolton and Wilson
Tues., May 6, 7 pm: Last BHCA meeting before summer recess. Farnham Hall, Memorial Episcopal church.
Tues, Aug. 19, 5:30-7:30 pm: BHCA Crab Feast at Bolton Hill Swim & Tennis Club. Chris Ryder, Lisa Summers, and Christine Delise are coordinating.
Real estate announcement coming: a grocery?
MCB Real Estate and Blank Slate, a Bolton Hill-based partner firm, later this month may reveal plans for a grocery store and retail development to be constructed at 600 W North Ave., adjacent to the new Reservoir Square townhouse development.
The developers have scheduled an announcement for the morning of April 28 at 11:30 a.m., in the parking lot next to what is now a graffiti-splattered vacant brick building which has been acquired by Alex Aaron of Blank Slate. At a BHCA meeting a year ago, Aaron said that, working with MCB he hoped to develop a grocery and other retail shops there.
Blank Slate has its own office at 1758 Park Ave., near the North Avenue site. MCB has, since it began redeveloping the Reservoir Square site in 2022, signed a $16 million deal with the city to build a headquarters for the mayor’s workforce development center on space that was originally envisioned for retail and a food market. MCB is well along with the development of some 120 market-rate townhouses at the site, working with Ryan Homes.
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BHCA holds coordination meeting with area security forces
BHCA President Lee Tawney and safety committee chair Jim Prost held a coordination meeting with representatives of the BPD western district, MICA security and Midtown’s security coordinator. Besides BHCA, in attendance were: Maj. Natalie Preston, BPD western district commander; Sgt. Ernest McMillon, western district; Capt., Keith Harrisson, head of MICA security; and Curtis Ruiz, Midtown security coordinator. The meeting focused on improving communications.
MICA now has two-way radios allowing direct communication between MICA security and the western police district (as well as the Central and Eastern Police Districts, where several MICA facilities are located). BPD and MICA discussed a number of coordination activities, including joint assistance, ways to address potential “swatting” activities within the neighborhood, actions to reduce larcenies and shoplifting, and the utilization of the MICA camera network and emergency call boxes. MICA also is planning walking patrols in the neighborhood.
Midtown provides a two-person security detail; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and a three-person force from noon to 2 AM on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, using E-bikes and golf carts. Midtown maintains a database which includes criminal activity and 311 reporting within the benefits district.
Household hazardous waste collection coming
Got old paint, batteries, or automotive fluids? The Department of Public Works (DPW) will be accepting household hazardous waste on May 2 and May 3, from 9 AM to 5 PM, at the Sisson Street Residential Recycling Center, 2840 Sisson St, Baltimore, MD 21211.
About The Bulletin. . .
The Bolton Hill Bulletin is published monthly, except for July and August. It is designed by Elizabeth Peters. Paula Jackson is our proofreader. We invite others to help with writing, editing, or to provide photos or work on the business side. Contributors this month were, among others, Sam Getchell, Steve Howard, Chris Kingsley, Francine Marchese, Chris Mirkovich, Joyce Oliner, Sallye Perrin, Jim Prost , Linda Stirling and Lee Tawney. Errors, omissions and comments should be reported to the editor, Bill Hamilton, at bulletin@boltonhillmd.org.
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