A Place Called Poppleton Review
- Working with SWP since 2017
- Committee would like to do more projects like this
- “Buildings only matter because people inhabit them” – Nicole King
Historic Buildings in Poppleton
- Updates on voted-on next steps
- Walking tour date and time
- 17th afternoon
- 18th morning
- 21st afternoon
- 23 morning
- 25 either morning or afternoon.
- UMBC tour June 26th @ 11:30
Guest: Rodney Nesbitt
- Has history in Southwest Baltimore, father lived on Lombard St.
- Marketing Goals and Needs
- Storytelling
- Had a storytelling project at St. Luke’s church, there is an archive of the interviews somewhere
- Picture collection events, digitized photos
- Franklin Square sign – waiting for permission to install
- Mosquito project – partnered w/ local school and did a tree study and compared to trees studied by the Olmsted brothers
- Betsey: Tries to use the history of the neighborhoods to be a tool in marketing the neighborhoods.
- There is no place to store/share these stories we’ve collected
- Spent a good deal of time collecting content but not sharing it
- Rodney: we did the hard work of collecting the content
- Options to share content, long form, digital, etc.
- Content nuggets need to be digustable
- Not just where but how long?
- Authenticity, specific lens, storytellers, &
- Carrie: Let’s not shy away from the sad and unjust stories as well
- Next steps: Rodney reconnect with group to figure out where and how these stories live
- Redesigning website now, have a spot on new design for this content
- Rodney should connect with Curtis to find out where the content from Dr. King lives
- Rodney and Carrie connect w/ Elizabeth to find photos gathered
- Connect with other historic organizations in the area
- Website
- Storytelling
Summer Schedule
- No meeting in August
Updates and Announcements
- Franklin Square Sign
- Kimberly new art show at Zella’s July 7th 6-8pm
