🏠 BHCA creates committee on neglected, mismanaged properties; 💯 Parago family honored with Centennial Homes award; 🗿 Removing remnant of Confederate monument under discussion; 🕊️ Jim Craigen, Bolton Square resident, dies; 🌽 Two farmers markets are nearby on Wednesdays and Thursdays; ✈️ Brown Memorial Church is fundraising to bring Cubans to Bolton Hill
Maybe this is a good idea? Midtown Benefits District (AKA tax-supported Midtown Baltimore) is partnering with the owners of Fitzgerald Apartments and an arts consultant for a 12-month pop-up use of the long-empty former Barnes & Noble bookstore that served the University of Baltimore and the neighborhood.
On April 14 the Archdiocese of Baltimore unveiled its “Seek the City to Come” proposal which seeks to reimagine the Catholic Church’s ministry and reorganize Roman Catholic parishes across Baltimore City. The proposal would consolidate 61 parishes down to 21. Among those facing potential closure is the 144-year-old Corpus Christi parish, situated at the corner of Mt. Royal and West Lafayette Aves.
The refreshed strip mall on McMechen Street just east of Eutaw Place has a brand-new business – a laundromat with sparkling new equipment that provides drop-off wash, dry and fold services as well as self-service.
Bolton Hill Nursery has appointed a new executive director, Christy Barnes-Toprac, who started her new role in March. Christy has a long-standing relationship with BHN. She served as a teacher and assistant director from 2009-2017 before moving to Austin to become program coordinator for UTeach Fine Arts at the University of Texas.
The Rev. Dr. Alvin Hathaway has for several years now been leading an initiative to convert the historic PS 103 school in nearby Upton into an educational and empowerment center for West Baltimore.
Noona’s restaurant – now called Noona’s Curry & Pie – is open under new ownership, and for the first time in many years, Bolton Hill residents can get a table-served lunch or dinner and cocktails seven days a week.
Our neighbors in Madison Park have chosen a new, young leader: Omar Hamza is the new president of the Madison Park Improvement Association. MPIA represents the neighborhood abutting Bolton Hill to the West of Eutaw Place.
More than a year after former Gov. Larry Hogan agreed to transfer Maryland’s 28-acre State Center tract over to Baltimore City, city planners have selected an urban designer to start preparing a master plan to guide redevelopment of the property.
An Afghan family, settled in Bolton hill as refugees from that troubled nation, has opened a tailoring and alterations shop in the Bolton Street courtyard at Memorial Episcopal Church.
