A new tracking app allows Maryland residents to upload photos of flooding. MyCoast Maryland was recently launched by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources with the purpose of capturing real-time data of flooding events across the state. According to the DNR, the MyCoast app gained 400 new users during last month’s storm on January 9th […]
NeighborSpace has been partnering with the Graystone Community Association since 2009 when the Association reached out with the request to preserve a quarter-acre vacant lot as community open space. Since then, “the lot” – as it is affectionately called by neighbors – has hosted countless community meetings, movie nights, volleyball and badminton games, crochet circles, […]
On a chilly Saturday in late January, NeighborSpace staff, Board, and stewardship partners gathered in Dundalk for a facilitated retreat to start the process of developing our strategic conservation plan. The purpose of a strategic conservation plan is to guide our conservation priorities for the next 5-10 years. Outlining priorities and criteria helps to avoid […]
Outreach efforts are in full swing for the Community Climate Resilience in Turner Station project. This study is funded by a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and is a partnership between the Baltimore County government, Turner Station Conservation Teams, NeighborSpace, The Nature Conservancy, Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition. Since […]
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 […]