May 2020 Community Meeting Notes

GRIA Community Meeting 05/20/2020

Board Members Present: Maryanne, Aden, Josh, Corey, Nellie, Pete, Candance, Jed, Aaron

Total Attendees: 30

Start: 7:01pm

End: 7:44pm

Community Announcements:

• General Announcements
  • Craig CGA/ Food Pantry
    • Guardian Angel food pantry, if interested in volunteering Tuesdays 12-3 packing up food, please contact Jane O’Leary at 443.629.5743

  • Amanda, Charmingtons
    • Charmington’s online ordering site: charmingtons.square.site. Please email cafe@charmingtons.com if you have any questions about our grocery or carryout options, or if you need groceries delivered to your house! Grocery Needs Survey link: https://forms.gle/7EnVRk2jBFcf54VVA
 you can also just go to www.charmingtons.com and get to the ordering page from there

  • Corey,  Remington Self Quarantine Support Network
    • Looking for any vulnerable persons in the community

Votes:

• LOS for Spruce up Grants for
  • Wyman Park Dell – benches, Information sign
  • Greenmount School – path behind school
  • Flowering Tree Trusts -path along wyman park drive
• Slowdown of Wyman Park Drive

Agenda:

• BGE
  • They have begun doing outreach for their work on Hampden and Miles Between 28th street and GMS
  • This is emergency work that is necessary
  • Please as needed park at GMS 
  • This will involve entering homes
  • Please reach out if you have any concerns.
• Director of Neighborhood Initiatives (Amanda)
  • We applied for and received a grant for a community survey
  • Amanda will be leading the survey process
  • As it becomes safer, Amanda will be conducting this survey as directly as possible in the community.
• Nominees for Board 20/21 (Phong):
  • Phong Le (President)
  • Corey Jennings (Vice President)
  • Emma Simpson (Treasurer)
  • Aaron Brewer (Secretary)
  • Josh Greenfeld
  • Maryanne Kondratenko
  • Candace Griffin
  • Samuel Beirne
  • Peter Morrill
  • Aden Weisel
  • Matt Williams
  • Shayna Rose
  • Shannon Conway
  • Wynnona Engle-Pratt
• Community Vote
  • Community vote to affirm all candidates as a slate
    • 20 Approve
    • 0 Oppose
    • 2 Abstentions
    • Vote Passes
  • Community vote to affirm all 2020 candidates as board members.
    • 20 Approve
    • 0 Oppose
    • 2 Abstentions
    • Vote Passes