GRIA Community Meeting 10/21/2026
Board Members Present: Wynn Engle- Pratt (President), Corey Jennings (Vice President), Frances McGaffey (Treasurer), Samantha Horn (Secretary), Anne Rosenthal, Cheryl Knott, Michele Baskin (zoom), Peter Coyne
Staff: Jennifer McKenzie, Cat Litten
BPD
Councilman Jermaine Jones & COS Cristina Cortese
Cristina Cortese, CM Jones office (zoom)
Total Attendees: ~27
On Zoom: ~5
Zoom Recording Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/QhHKc1T8j0MsmpR5tL0JqGsHnh3KKMr2jiiGBIPwMGAMEok7yweCsz25EyDan7qR.hfCjQAJqLBKuDSjL
Password: eu?S%6hj
Start- 7:06
End- 8:29
Agenda
- Community Introductions
- BPD Northern District- Major Saunders, Officer Brown
- Sgt Olivo promoted and left Northern District- role posted and will take some time- seeing good candidates
- Crime stats- 2 commercial burglaries, larcenies up- shoplifting, from autos, auto parts, and some burglaries;
- Comments- Please lock your cars
- E bike thefts- Major Saunders recommends securely locking all e-bikes and bring inside if possible.
- Subarus have been targeted lately- get a wheel lock
- Q- in instances when we feel dismissed by officers/feel that things aren’t being handled- what should our follow up actions be?
- A- email northern@baltimorepolice.org or northerndistrict@baltimorepolice.org goes to Northern District leadership
- Village Learning Place- 4th grade students’ video for summer project! https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db8Z6n9Oq1U/?cplk=MWhrdXB5Y2xzZ2RlOA==
- Friends of the Wyman Park Dell- official rec n parks support group for
- SW master plan update
- Vision to connect the southern part of the dell (29th and museum Dr/29th St) to the neighborhood
- Goals include:
- Expanding park all the way to 29th and Howard and develop a ramp
- Propose closing the parking in former slip lane from 29th to museum drive- net loss of 39 parking spaces from today’s count, 8 net loss from before the road diet
- Q- will ramps impact the historical significance for the park? A- plan accommodates contemporary uses, while considering the historical significance
- Comment- love this! Often uses the dirt path and looks forward to the expansion
- Comment- fi we can focus on what the sweep path looks like for width/dimensions to accommodate future trail/bike accessibility plans- can you expand the width of the shared use path
- Been workingon the vision, currently workingon funding w/ rec n parks, DOT may be able to contribute, Requests a letter of support from GRIA for fundraising purposes
- Comment- the dell is a gem!
- Neighborhood Plan- survey open until the end of the month! Survey has been shortened- we are flyering, we’re at events, we have hard copies and people have been door knocking- email us and we can pick it up!
- Next Month’s community meeting will be replaced with
- Margaret Brent fundraising for field trips! Consider donating- Baltimore City does nto have yellow busses so the individual school needs to rent busses- goal of $5k so elementary kiddos can go on ONE trip. $3k so far
- Donate via zelle or venmo, or gria’s donation link and say ‘MB fundraiser’
- CM Jones’ office will match the $5k for busses!
- Hauntingdon October 24th! We’d love folks that can organize an activity- 2900 block of Huntingdon
- Welcome, Manager of Operations, Cat!
- Community Announcements
- Big Jump mural painting
- Wyman Park Dell tree planting 11/14
- Night Market Friday- Free drinks, food vendors, neighborhood musicians 5-9!
- Goats on the Slope!!! Kids event in the afternoon
- Hauntingdon 10/24/26
- Volunteer call out for flyer distribution! Please reach out to Jen at volunteers@griaonline.org to take a flyering route next month. Routes are ~2 blocks and a great way to meet your neighbors
- Have kids? Reach out to Anne for the Remingtots listserv!
- Church of the Guardian Angel thrift shop, runs 1st & 2nd Sat of the month, 10am – 2 pm, bring donations during open hours only, also seeking volunteers; Food Pantry, every
Wednesday from 9 am – 10 am, need volunteers for delivery drivers and some muscle on Tuesday mornings to unload trucks (9:30 – 10:15ish). Registration preferred but not required - Any child that needs a meal can go to a participating school for breakfast and lunch- best resource is a mdsummermeals.org:
- Thanksgiving at COTGA- 9-11am setup
- Friday 10/23- 9000lb of food coming 9-12 to food pantry
- CM Jones- early voting starts this week!
- Ballot Questions
- A-D- approval to borrow money
- E- eliminates requirement for the city to accept the lowest bid- currently businesses bid low and add expenses later; change could allow for best value/most responsible to be chosen
- Budget- moving the process away from BOE closer to city council and mayor
- City’s water- DPW includes both solid waste and waste water; city would like to split to separate agencies. Could help our bond rate bc water is a regional program (we provide water to balt and AA county). This could open the door toward a regional water authority
- Right of minor privilege- could change city charter to improve process for signage in public rights of way
- Q- Residential Parking Permit (RPP) passes d/t new building at 28th and Remington? A- unlikely d/t the RPP process. Residents in new building will park in Remington Row garage, seawall also rents out spaces there