Board Members Present: Emma, Phong, Corey, Aaron, Sam, Shayna, Wynn, Shannon
Staff member Present: Amanda
Total Attendees: ~40
Start: 7:00pm
End: 8:25pm
- 7:10 – 7:20 (David Belew) Hauntingdon
- Flyering this week
- 4-7pm hopefully, currently getting permits finalized
- Looking for volunteers
- Should be on the friends of remington group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/402177894729736
- You can also sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuRVAkSkad7y5xiDre8ataNmy34-0yW0JTf36MzQ6DYihO6Q/viewform
- If possible, please move your car if your parked near the end of Huntingdon
- 7:20 – 7:30 (Nathan/Corey) Food Pantry & Community Kitchen
- Food pantry is looking for new volunteers
- Deliveries on Tuesdays
- Stocking on Thursdays
- Reach out to Nathan at nathanharpine@gmail.com if you’re interested in helping out.
- Community Kitchen
- Received personal donations and a recent $10k grant to sustain it into the future.
- Also looking for additional volunteers
- Wednesday evenings
- Please contact: vp@griaonline.org if you’re interested in helping out.
- If we can raise additional funds, we’ll be able to expand the program outside of RHouse
- Food pantry is looking for new volunteers
- 7:30 – 7:40 (Jo Ann) Made In Baltimore Holiday Shop
- Location at Previous Howard Bank space in Remington Row
- Trying to open starting in November 4th to January 9th
- Also open at https://madeinbaltimore.org/
- 7:40 – 7:50 (Liz Vayda) 1st Thursdays Remington Business Crawl
- Collaboration between many Remington small businesses
- Called “Rendezvous in Remington” which each business will offer a discount
- Flyer coming out next week
- Some participants include B.Willow, Greedy Reads, Mt. Royal Soaps and the stalls at R.House
- 7:50 – 8:00 (Logan) BNIA CSA Name Discussion
- At the April meeting, presented how to access and compare your data with other neighborhoods
- https://www.bniajfi.org
- Proposing to reduce the name of the neighborhood from “Medfield/Hampden/Woodberry/Remington” to “Medfield/Hampden/Remington”
- Any feedback on that change would be appreciated at the above website.
- 8:00 – 8:05 (Phong) Dumpster Day and (Amanda) Street Cleanup
- Dumpster Day: https://fb.me/e/2EzOitLxl
- Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 9am–11 am
- We work with the city to get a dumpster 4 times a year, this is our last dumpster day of the year.
- That morning, we’d like some help cleaning up some of the leaves and area around the dumpster.
- Come early! The dumpster fills up fast.
- Clean Up Crew: https://fb.me/e/1XUUS0A2S
- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2021 AT 9 AM – 11 AM
- Keeping our alleyways clean is very important to keep our rat population down
- [Phong, if board members can’t help Bill on the pickup truck we may want to ask for volunteers]
- Dumpster Day: https://fb.me/e/2EzOitLxl
- 8:05 – 8:15 (Wes/Amanda if needed) Mission Fit Row-a-Thon
- Oct 31 @10am. Teams of 6-10 sharing a rower, hopping on and off nascar style to try and row as far as possible in 90 minutes as a team.
- 10:30am-12:00 is the row.
- There will be music and sweating and fun. After the row, we may share some burgers and hot dogs in the park.
- There will hopefully be a community rower open to stragglers and community members – please come by and say hello and hop on a rower if you can.
- https://go.rallyup.com/grow/Campaign/Details
- Questions about the rowathon and missionfit in general: Wesley@missionfit.org
- Land Use Report Out!!
- 2 votes in the past meeting
- Support a zoning change for the anderson body shop, parking lots in the back are going to be turned into rowhomes
- Also supported by the CVCA
- Exemption for Industrial mixed use zoning in Remington
- Enforced small scale industrial/retail on the first floor to keep blue collar workers in the area.
- Developers came together and got the zoning code changed against that.
- Oppose a change that would allow surface parking lots to be planned at public parks without community input
- DOT has a special enforcement area in Remington since last week.
- If you see BGE or other construction in the area, please report it to: landuse@griaonline.org
- If you see BGE or other construction in the area, please report it to: landuse@griaonline.org
- Support a zoning change for the anderson body shop, parking lots in the back are going to be turned into rowhomes
- 2 votes in the past meeting
- 8:15 – 8:25 Community Announcements
- Michele Baskin – 2700 Block of Hampden Halloween Celebration
- will be decorated for Halloween and giving out candy! on the 31st!
- Home Repair Program flyer sent out this month
- If you own your home and meet the income requirements, please refer to the flyer for getting home improvements completed at no cost to you.
- If you or someone you know could use help with their home, reach out to: amanda@griaonline.org
- If you own your home and meet the income requirements, please refer to the flyer for getting home improvements completed at no cost to you.
- Matt Williams – Mount Royal Soaps is hosting a cross-party with Hauntingdon this year
- Will have a cotton candy machine
- Stop by before going to Hauntingdon
- November public safety and mental health conversation, would like feedback on any questions folks have about these new systems.
- Behavioral Health System Baltimore
- Present about what they do, who responds when calling 911 right now.
- Will be presenting a Q&A on November 17th
- To provide questions and get more information, contact: amanda@griaonline.org
- Michele Baskin – 2700 Block of Hampden Halloween Celebration
- 8:25 – 8:30ish (Phong/Emma/Amanda) Wrap-up
- Donation thank yous and asks
- https://griaonline.org/donate
- You can designate your donation to just the community kitchen
- Flyer volunteer thank yous and asks [need backups especially as we’re getting into cold and flu season – don’t forget to get your flu shot!]
- Thank you: Jen Heilman, Nike Carstarphen, Rebecca Ogus, Samantha Solomon, Liz Cronin
- Thanks for your attendance and we’ll see you at Hauntingdon!
- Donation thank yous and asks