Project Updates
Carey St Bridge: work is ongoing and tentatively will be installed and lights will be on early April
Model Park baseball field: approved by Baltimore City Schools, scheduled for this spring, will be natural grass field renovations
Franklin Square Comfort Station: have funding available for the renovation of the comfort station–will probably will be done 2025
Project Planning 2024
Community Health and Safety Works funding will support community spruce up projects. Committee discussed the priorities and requirements of the grant funding. Committee would prefer to keep projects community identified and led, and would like to be sure to apply for Spruce Up funding as well as string light funding.
Tree Planting: Donnell would like to meet with the association presidents to develop a plan for tree plantings across the SWP area, including tree well modifications as needed. SUsan asked if there is an inventory of existing street trees? That would be very useful–we can ask.
How are the trees being funded? There are free trees through the City, as well as through Chesapeake Bay Trust Urban TreesProgram.
South Baltimore Charter School students are doing a tree planting project around the neighborhood.
2024 Committee Projects:
Donnell would like to see a community clean up–even once in the spring and once in the fall
Susan–replacing the sidewalk on Carroll St in front of the Pigtown Food for Thought community garden. Committee discussed the challenges and opportunities of the space and the garden and basketball court.
Pigtown and Barre CIrcle are sharing dumpsters and Barre Circle will be holding 10 clean ups through the year. Pigtown will have two clean ups.
Brittany would like to do an area-wide National Night Out Event–Elizabeth will connect her with the folks who have been holding events in the past
Bike group will continue meeting–would like to get more bike lanes in the area
Scooter safety/sidewalk safety training
