Collaborating effectively is a key success factor for land trusts and conservancies aiming to achieve ambitious goals …. In Baltimore, the diverse regional partnerships that NeighborSpace forged with Morgan State University, local landscaping businesses, and local nonprofits through the Baltimore County Green Alliance served to mobilize volunteers, generate funding through open space fees, and build […]
Last year, we wrote a series of articles telling the history of the Turner Station community in Dundalk. We had recently acquired a half-acre site there and were raising money to pay a Morgan Landscape Architecture student to develop a design for a park. The articles described a place “born in an out-of-the-way spot, before […]
Current and former leaders from our State are drawing attention to a bill before the General Assembly this session to create a State constitutional amendment to protect the right to a healthful environment in Maryland. Delegate Wanika Fisher, a sponsor of a bill, notes that: “There is a difference between regulations, which address a particular issue, […]
A. THE CHALLENGES You know the challenges: Most of us lack access to adequate open space. 65 percent of residences inside the URDL lack access to adequate open space within a five-minute walk. The open space that does exist is inequitably distributed. The Maryland Park Equity Mapper shows many areas of inequity, especially on the […]
This video stems from a talk prepared for the Leagues of Women Voters in Baltimore County and City in September, 2021. It shows how the demise of streetcars and the rise of the automobile hastened the development of the inner suburbs across the country, making them increasingly unlivable. The history of Baltimore County’s inner suburbs […]
Payton Schreiber-Pan is more than just a senior at Dulaney High School in Timonium, he’s a young man with a talent. Payton is a successful photographer who came recommended by our fellow Baltimore County Green Alliance (BCGA) member Irvine Nature Center. In his previous work, Payton collaborated with Irvine where some of his photography is […]
Last May NeighborSpace announced that it had plans underway for a new program, “The POP Project” or “Portals for Our Partners,” a way to foster engagement and cohesion in the communities where there are NeighborSpace sites. Owing to the generosity of the Quality of Life Giving Circle, NeighborSpace received a grant to fund the development […]
We are extremely excited to announce that NeighborSpace has received a $110,454 Battlefield Protection Grant from the National Park Service (NPS) to benefit a trail project in Dundalk, MD. The original research funded by the grant will be used to interpret the 1.25-mile Bear Creek Heritage Trail, shown above, providing guidance for the trail’s design. […]
National Night Out brought major excitement to Graystone Community Open Space and was followed shortly thereafter by an effort to commemorate the somber anniversary of 9.11. Over the past few years, NeighborSpace has made major efforts to make the park more useable, including building a ramp and leveling the ground. In recent months, the Graystone […]
Baltimore County is currently soliciting public input on the development of its 2030 Master Plan. To those of us reeling from recent ad hoc zoning decisions, putting parochial interests and the desires of developers ahead of the common good, that is a hopeful sign. A good master plan should guide development and lessen such shenanigans. […]