On January 11th, Towson University Associate Professor Dr. Sya Buryn Kedzior and students Ja’lyn Hicks and Collin Bates presented their team’s findings on the history of the Cherry Heights neighborhood in Overlea. NeighborSpace has a small park there named Cherry Heights Woodland Garden after the former African-American community of Cherry Heights whose boundary runs diagonally […]

Hello Friends of NeighborSpace of Baltimore County, I am excited to join the NeighborSpace team as the Community Engagement & Volunteer Coordinator. I am passionate about NeighborSpace’s mission to conserve and improve land and to increase community access to green spaces. My previous experience includes teaching middle and high school environmental science and working for […]

With Thanksgiving and the end of the year coming up, I am taking a moment to step back and appreciate the work that we do here at NeighborSpace. I am grateful for the natural beauty of Baltimore County and the land that NeighborSpace has conserved so far. I feel deep appreciation for our stewardship partners […]

The NeighborSpace event season ended gently on a moonlit evening in late October, with live music at Carroll Watkins Park in Gwynn Oak. Park supporters and neighbors joined us for wine, snacks, and the musical talent of jazz pianist Aaron Statham, amidst all of the park artwork by neighboring artists David Friedheim and Trisha Kyner. […]

Forever Maryland is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and advancing land conservation statewide through education, advocacy, and outreach. The organization underwent several transitions over the past year, but that did not keep it from hosting an invigorating Maryland Land Conservation Conference in Annapolis earlier this month. This year’s edition was centered around the theme […]

NeighborSpace is honored to have been awarded a $275,880 grant from the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Recreational Trails program. This grant will fund construction of the next phase of the Bear Creek Heritage Trail, which runs along the Bear Creek waterfront on an easement that NeighborSpace obtained in 2016. The Bear Creek Heritage Trail is […]

…Or should we say Fish Fry? When the fried fish food truck canceled last-minute for Powhatan’s Fall Fest on September 30th, NeighborSpace Board member and Powhatan Farms President Aaron Barnett stepped up and fried pound after pound of fish, to everyone’s delight. It was a sunny fall afternoon, and Powhatan Farms turned out for an […]

On Friday, October 20th, NeighborSpace staff and Board gathered with a group of intrepid volunteers and donors at the Carver Community Center in Towson. Though originally scheduled to be held at Ridgely Manor Park, we had to bow out and implement plan B once the forecast showed rainy, blustery conditions. Fortunately, we had a champion […]

NeighborSpace and Northeast Towson Improvement Association are excited to share that Adelaide Bentley Park has received a makeover! Thanks to the expertise and manpower of GWWOrks volunteers and the generous financial support of the Wiltondale Garden Club, Adelaide Bentley Park once again provides a place of respite in Historic East Towson. GWWOrks is a monthly […]

On sunny Saturday, September 16th, we joined our stewardship partners at Chestnut Park in Turner Station to host a Community Cookout. Hitting the weather sweet spot of sun, breeze, low humidity, and mid-seventies temperatures, it was an excellent day to spend time with neighbors in local open green space. We and our stewardship partners were […]