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 […]
After speaking with Kelly Hodge-Williams a few weeks ago, I’ve felt compelled to get the word out about her organization. Kelly is the Director of Development for a group that is relatively new to Baltimore and also seeking to gain a foothold in Baltimore County: PCs for the People. I found Kelly as a result […]
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 […]
In a civilized society, people shouldn’t have to steal or grovel in order to have enough to eat. The social compact between the governed and their government should take care of that. But when that compact is strained … others must step up. In the 1930’s, a rather unusual court case came to pass in […]
With his warm smile, a twinkle in his eye and his enthusiasm for life, he has a genius for creating instant friendships.
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.
In late January, we received a call from Wendy Jacobs, a co-founder of the Green Towson Alliance and a great friend and supporter of NeighborSpace, asking whether we might be interested in a donation of a large collection of native plants. The plants, it turns out, had been planted and nurtured by Joanna Hastings-Kiessling, a local […]
The Rationale for Creating the Donald C. Outen Urban Tree Society When New York’s Parks Department assessed the value of the City’s urban tree canopy, the benefits totaled $120 million annually, 5.5 times the department’s annual budget. The breakdown included energy savings of $28 million, air quality improvements of $5 million, and storm water mitigation of $36 […]
Local architects Jane Willeboordse and Eric Lund bought their Catonsville home on Newburg Avenue, including a vacant 0.4 acre buildable lot, in 1995. As is true in so many neighborhoods inside the URDL, public open space that is within a short walking distance from home is in short supply. It is not surprising, then, that […]