
Nyweide: BHCA stokes loyalties that matter – if you participate
In my remarks at the May BHCA membership meeting, I referred to the “ring theory,” coined by Marc Dunkelman in a book called The Vanishing Neighbor.
In my remarks at the May BHCA membership meeting, I referred to the “ring theory,” coined by Marc Dunkelman in a book called The Vanishing Neighbor.
The next BHCA board meeting, which is open to everyone, will take place in-person at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, at Memorial Episcopal Church, 1407 Bolton Street, unless announced otherwise.
BHCA’s nominating committee has put forth a proposed slate of 19 officers and board members to lead the organization in the coming 12 months.
The 2nd annual Arts in the Parks picnic concerts and F. Scott Fitzgerald Birthday, organized by the Bolton Hill Community Association Greening Committee, will be returning to the parks in the neighborhoods of Marble Hill, Madison Parks and Bolton Hill beginning in July.
A cluster of BHCA members is looking for ways to create community-based support and promote resources available to residents who are 60+ and aiming to live a lot longer in their Bolton Hill residences.
The city’s Department of Transportation is planning bicycle lane “rapid enhancement” in and around Bolton Hill in the coming months, two city Department of Transportation planners told the BHCA April meeting.
BHCA has proposed dropping the annual Boltonstock celebration this year and instead supporting the No Boundaries Coalition block party to be held in June, as NBC moves its offices to the new Unity Hall on Eutaw Place. The party will take place on the Eutaw Place park median that fronts the renovated building.
Madison Park North is still on track, but the track has met obstacles along the way, said David Bramble, its lead developer.
Bolton Hill Community Association’s board has voted to oppose the fast-track effort by Baltimore City Public Schools to close Eutaw-Marshburn Elementary School on Bolton Hill’s western border at the end of this school year, June 15.