In spite of a prediction of thundershowers, a dozen people showed up at the Battle Monument School in Dundalk on May 29 to take a tour of the proposed “Maryland Line Trail” with historian Robert Reyes. Robert has been spearheading the creation of the trail along Bear Creek since at least 2010. The reason: the […]
Among the many heartening recommendations contained in County Executive Olszewski’s Transition Report were two having to do with “increasing engagement with nonprofits …” and “establishing a Grants Coordinator in the Executive’s Office to seek resources in coordination with County departments and nonprofit partners ….” They are a recognition that the state of nonprofit activity in […]
You have to ask given our plans to launch a Bocce Ball League on Cinco de Mayo at a NeighborSpace site – DATE & TIME: Sunday May 5, 5 to 8 PM LOCATION: 138 Newburg Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228 FARE: Tacos from Catonsville’s El Patron, Mexican beer, wine & other beverages COST: No charge, but […]
In January, I was elated to receive an email from Shari Wilson, a former Secretary of the Maryland Dept. of the Environment and a former President of the NeighborSpace Board. The email announced the creation of a new website, Nuts for Natives, providing tools to help people buy, plant, and nurture native plants to make […]
In December, NeighborSpace and the Maryland Environmental Trust (MET) acquired an easement on 6.67 acres of the English property off of Brightside Road and adjacent to Lake Roland. This acquisition brings our property count to 20, including 10 properties owned in fee and 10 easements, and total acres protected to just over 97. The acquisition […]
Checking form boxes isn’t sexy. But every nonprofit that wants to succeed needs to show its supporters that its projects are advancing its mission. Ours is all about improving livability, which is thought to have 3 underlying goals that are sometimes described as pillars: social, environmental and economic. As we plan to officially open Powhatan […]
9 years $120,000 in county open space waiver fees. $150,000 in State bond funds. $15,000 in private grants and donations. Countless staff, board and volunteer hours. These numbers are impressive, but they don’t really tell the story of Powhatan Park. The story lies in the actions of people. People who live in the Powhatan Farms […]
At long last, construction is underway at Powhatan Park in the Powhatan Farms Community in Lochearn. This 1.5 acre property will feature a lawn area for active recreation, a play/gathering area, a native wildflower meadow, a native flowering tree grove and a native perennial meadow designed to attract pollinators. The park will also have a stone dust […]
The “back porch” of the community. That’s how a group of landscape architecture students referred to our Robin Hill Rd. site, now known as Powhatan Park, in 2010. Just hours before the “snowmageddon” of that year, a group of students from Morgan made its first visit to this 1.5 acre site in Lochearn and, working […]
A quarter acre and two apple trees. It’s a blank slate for the Graystone Community Association, which represents neighborhoods on either side of its borders, including Broadacres and Carlynn Heights. NeighborSpace purchased the land in 2009 and the Graystone Community Association formed to unite the above-named neighborhoods through activities on the site. The group has […]