Board Members Present: Shayna, Aaron, Corey, Maryanne, Matt, Michelle, Mike
Staff member – Amanda
Total Attendees: ~26
- Start: 7:05pm
- End: 7:59pm
Community Announcements:
- SURJ Baltimore Anti-Racist Legislative Day
- Speed bumps and stop signs are needed in the neighborhood.
- Neighborhood has experienced high speed car issues
- Church of the Guardian Angel
- Replacing the front porch.
- BGE has not provided the funds to fix the fox street alley
- Food pantry donations were free during COVID, but those funds have dried up.
- Looking for donations and forwarding any resources to shore up the food pantry services they provide.
- Volunteering available Tuesdays at 9am to 10am
- Please reach out to Craig at guardianangelremington@gmail.com and cgafoodpantry@gmail.com
- Please don’t dump garbage in the fox street alley, as the church needs to pay a private hauler to remove it.
- Mayor Liaison – Lia Lynch
- 410-545-7457
- lialynch@baltimorecity.gov
Agenda:
- Board Recruitment
- Please contact info@griaonline if you’re interested in becoming a board member
- Looking for fundraising and grant writing experience
- Looking for executive assistance such as note-taking and logistical support to replace our longtime board secretary.
- April is when we’ll be voting for the next slate of board members.
- Neighborhood Cleanups occur every 3rd Saturday of each month
- Trash has built up around the substation and Clavel area.
- Should be cleaned by the benefits district.
- The Yes program ended due to lack of funds
- Safe and healthy homes was piloted here in Remington, and it’s been expanded to the rest of the city
- Trash has built up around the substation and Clavel area.
- Job announcement
- Volunteer and Events Coordinator
- Part-time position for supporting monthly initiatives such as flyering, cleanups
- Also supporting yearly events such as hauntingdon and remfest
- 10-20 hour a week job
- Please reach out to info@griaonline.org if interested.
- Traffic Calming
- We’ve been working for a decade to slow down traffic within Remington
- Currently working to connect the Big Jump at Sission St. to the Maryland Ave cycle track.
- We received a grant to roll out this connection on 28th street.
- Staffing issues and departmental stalling has occurred which could cause our grant to be rescinded.
- Things are now moving, and we should be scheduled to install this bike lane in spring.
- We wanted DOT to present this plan tonight
- Community members have generated a digital campaign for residents to reach out to the mayor and the department of transportation:
- Meeting is coming up at a public community meeting on the 26th at 6pm