Annual Meeting Update (video)
Guest Speaker: Kris Hoellen, B&O Railroad Museum
- Upcoming Exihibt – Connecting the Underground Railroad with the physical railroad and it’s stories
- Will be showing three movies this year, free to public; Amistad, Harriet, & 12 Years a Slave – Dates TBD
- Considering restoring the South Car Shop to open to public
- Planning for 200th Anniversary
- Large archive at B&O, looking to make that more accessible to the public, thinking about creating a sitting room where people could do their own research
- Would be interested in finding grants, interns, and volunteer to digitize the archives
- B&O could give committee a tour of archives
Amanda Talbott – SLYC
- Collaborative of W Baltimore families to make sure children have everything they need
- The only usable space at property is the basement, need to create more usable space, have applied for resources
- Walking Wednesday – community members lead a tour with the kids through pieces of the neighborhood, looking for hosts
Old Business
- 1401/1403 West Baltimore Street – Brick Storage
- 1504/1506 W Baltimore Name Review
- Storytelling Review/1504 Rename/Social Media
- Letter to City re: completion of MOU with La Cite
- Lord Baltimore Theater
- CHAP Update – Nicole King
- First hearing on CHAP designation is Feb 8th
- Sonia requests support from the Partnership at the hearing
- Paulette is in support of the CHAP designation
- Ms. Francine also in agreement
