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Baltimore County: At a Crossroads … AGAIN!

I started out writing this article from the perspective of wanting to share with you a summary of items from the recently-released Baltimore County Government Transition Report (2019) that impact the NeighborSpace mission of improving livability in the inner suburbs. Maybe I would have stuck to that more limited scope had another document, the Report […]

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Nuts for Natives

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 […]

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Clean Healthy Environment

Making a Healthy Environment a Constitutional Right in Maryland

“Environmentalist and philanthropist Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin has teamed up with state legislators, interfaith leaders and environmental advocates to spearhead an effort to change Maryland’s constitution.”  So reads a January 25, 2019 article in the Baltimore Jewish Times. Rabbi Cardin, who has been a real friend to me and to NeighborSpace, put me on notice […]

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