Volume 53 • Number 6
Each year, five Baltimore City Public School principals are selected as Awardees at the Heart of the School Awards, an annual event highlighting exceptional principals. The five Awardees are joined by five Honorees, each of whom has demonstrated exemplary innovation, execution, and leadership.
At the June BHCA meeting, Matt Hugel with the Midtown Community Benefits District updated the community with the latest information about the lot renovation at Park and North Avenues. Part of the larger project called Unity@Park Avenue, the lot renovation aims to rejuvenate the southeast corner of the intersection and strengthen ties between Bolton Hill and Reservoir Hill. It will enliven the area around the bus shelter with improved hardscaping and native-plant landscaping while acting as a retention zone for storm water runoff.
The city’s long-awaited, streamlined e-permitting system, kicked off in February to make it easier and faster for homeowners and builders to get construction permits, is a flop, a survey by the Baltimore Banner illustrated this month. In Bolton Hill, the number of permits issued during the first half of 2025 plunged by more than 100 percent over last year.
🚲 City may renew consideration of bike lanes through Bolton Hill 🚲
🎉 Unity Hall party to celebrate progress, raise funds 🎉
🎶 BSO code get neighborhood residents 20% savings 🎶
💸 PNC Bank brings mobile van to Sav-a-Lot and St. Francis Center 💸
