I was thinking the other day about how much I love the neighborhood where I live. When my family and I moved to Baltimore, we chose a neighborhood based on the cost of housing, proximity to work, walkability, quality of schools, and the availability of public utilities. This seems like an exhaustive list, but one […]
I want to ask you to imagine that you are asleep in bed on a warm, spring night with a gentle breeze blowing through your bedroom window. Your peaceful slumber is interrupted, however, when the air becomes heavy with smoke. Once you come to your senses, you launch out of bed to look outside, where […]
[Editor’s Note: This is the first in what we hope will be a regular series of articles featuring research that is driving how we improve and manage the 100+ acres under our care.] Last year, a report came out providing concrete numbers for how to increase park usage. The report detailed the National Study of […]
With your help, every cherry in our Cherry Heights orchard ripened on #GivingTuesday. And this means we can start creating a park on Beech Avenue in Overlea next spring. THANK YOU! This park is important for the Cherry Heights neighborhood because of what it will do for quality of life, or “livability,” there. The graphic […]
When my spouse and I moved to the Baltimore Area in 2009 and were looking to purchase a house, our priorities were one we could afford in a good school system that had access to our jobs and to other lifestyle amenities. High taxes and the rankings of most public schools ruled out Baltimore City […]
My neighborhood has a “commons.” So does yours. The commons comprises those explicitly or, in some cases, implicitly shared resources in which the community as a whole has an interest. At a minimum, these include the community’s streets, sidewalks, and public facilities and I would add, among other things, important scenic vistas, architectural character, and […]
The fact that Baltimore County’s population has been steadily increasing for years is not breaking news. The fact that the County’s senior population has been increasing at a much quicker pace might be. Baltimore County already ranks first in the percentage of seniors in its population among Maryland’s ten largest counties and estimates are that […]
When 6.75 wooded acres was purchased in 1967, the idea was simple: protect greenspace from yet another townhouse development. In the years since, Dunmore Land Holdings, Inc. (DLH) has ensured to meet the goal; but with nominal dues and fewer buy-in from new home purchases this old growth forest needs a bit of a revamp. […]
Baltimore County is a quagmire of communities. The reason the URDL exists was due to a concerted movement to protect the rural areas north of the Beltway, which concentrated development and infrastructure investment south of the line. In doing so, we have also created areas where there is no nutritionally adequate and safe foods available […]
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 […]