Sen. Hayes reports on legislative output
Sen. Antonio Hayes (D-40) told BHCA’s annual meeting on May 2 that he considered the just-ended 445th Maryland General Assembly “particularly historic” and productive.
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Bolton Hill Notes
Arts in the Parks; Fresh food source nearby; Garden Club speaker; Upcoming Midtown Town Hall; Yoga on Eutaw; Landlord Oversight
What are your hopes for the Inner Harbor, and for Baltimore?
Once a prosperous manufacturing center of steel and shipbuilding with a thriving, crowded port, the very old city had become a post-industrial cemetery.
Winter wonderland! Snow glistening! And a $50 or $100 fine.
In a Grinch-like holiday reminder, the city’s Department of Housing and Community Development sent out this notice for property owners and building managers…
Baltimore’s old-growth forest land needs your support
At long last, a vital physical asset to our health and well-being in this city is proposed for protection and conservation. City council member Kristerfer Burnett is readying legislation that would save from destruction or bulldozing for public or private development 842 acres of old-growth forest in Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park, one of the largest urban forests in our region. That’s most of the 1,000+ acreage that comprises Baltimore’s largest park.
A voyage of discovery: hanging with the recycling crew in Bolton Hill
The COVID crisis was tough on city services, but from a consumer (and taxpayer) perspective probably no disruption has been felt more universally than residential recycling collection.
Druid Lake refurbishment to bring new amenities to cherished park
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, my husband and I embraced nearby Druid Hill Park as an urban gem for outdoor recreation. We started playing tennis there, met friends for socially distanced outdoor hangouts, rode bikes in the wooded hills on the north side of the park, and volunteered to water trees for the city’s forestry division.
Bike lanes possible someday on Eutaw Place – or not
Eutaw Place neighbor Henri Daniels organized a meeting at Unity Hall last month to have members of the city Department of Transportation hear concerns about a bike lane that could be installed on Eutaw Place. Approximately 60 people attended the meeting.
Bolton Hill police coverage shifting from the central to the western BPD district
The mayor has approved a proposed city police redistricting map that will transfer Bolton Hill from the BPD Central District, which stretches south from the neighborhood and includes most of the Midtown benefits district and Downtown/Inner Harbor, to the BPD Western District.
Hogan offers the city crumbling State Center, after thwarting redevelopment
With his term-limited administration winding down, Gov Larry Hogan (R) has made the city an offer it probably should refuse: take possession of the aging State Center 28-acre campus once it is emptied out of all state workers.