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 […]
Annual Report Provides Highlights of Activities for FY 2018 We are pleased to share our Annual Report highlighting activities that so many of you supported in FY 2018, including outreach efforts related to food insecurity and opportunity youth, shown in the graphic below.
Poverty is Your Neighbor Twenty-three (23) percent of the county’s population lives at or below 200% of the federal poverty line. We’ve said that many times before; not new news. (And to reiterate what this really means, 100% of the poverty line is around $20,000. The United Way says a family of 3 needs an […]
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 […]
What do you do when you have a big problem to solve and limited resources at your disposal to do so? You need a plan and a really good one, especially if the money you’re spending is coming from the hard work of local taxpayers and the generosity of local donors. We have a big […]
… Are you sure you took the right exit off the Parkway? We’re sure. And, in addition to bees, there were chickens, loose and running all over the place at 9 AM in the morning. We actually took Amtrak and the longest 1.5 mile cab ride in the history of time. But board member Marsha […]
The Corner Store. We all have a mental image of one. If you’ve ever lived near one, you went there because you had a need that demanded quick and convenient fulfillment – cigarettes (God forbid), a six-pack (ditto), bread, milk, coffee, an ATM or just some of that world famous Royal Farms Chicken and Western […]