7:00-7:10pm: Introduction & Attendance 7:00-7:10pm: Introduction & Attendance Meeting ground rules Minutes approval- Richard called for a motion, motion approved unanimously 7:10-7:25pm: Community Updates Barre Circle- Ryan and Otterbein Street “Beer Garden” BBQ October 2nd at 4pm Franklin Square- none Hollins Roundhouse- Black Cherry Puppet Theater will be doing some shows in the Parklet Tuesday, …
Resource Fair Planning Have scheduled two resource fairs–November 23rd from 5-6:30pm, and December 14th from 5-6:30pm. Can only fit about 7-8 people at the resource fair. If you know that you prefer a day for recruiting let us know now. Can have two people per table Intended to be ways for community members to …
Committee discussed the timing of the Committee elections and whether the Committee meeting link was accurate on the calendar. Franklin Square sign: not much of an update, still waiting to be installed, waiting for permission from the City. Bruce St Stable project: has been completed. Maybe in the spring the Committee can take …
Committee approved last month’s minutes Research on Topics of Interest from Last Meeting Richard has had a good amount of interest from folks at Abell, Baltimore Community Foundation, who had found some of the ideas that came up in the meeting interesting, and wanted Richard to take certain steps on where to proceed to …
Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition Presentation on the Red Line Samuel Jordan shared the importance of the now cancelled Red Line project–both in terms of transit equity and an economic boost to the area. BTEC began organizing immediately upon the cancellation of the Red Line project by Gov. Hogan. The cancellation was a gesture of ‘aggressive, …
Police Updates No one was in attendance from the police department Stopping Violence Experienced by Teenager JR is concerned about the rise of teen violence and wants to find productive activities for them to do. He believes in Rec Centers and wants to see more activities for young people in the area. Howard–soccer …
Revive the Red Line Presentation Encourage by the support the project has been receiving. Minister Glenn Smith and Samuel Jordan are founders of the Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition after the Red Line was cancelled. Biden administration has informed them that they are looking at the civil rights complaint filed after the Red Line cancellation. …
Workforce Policy Presentation and Discussion Kurt lead a discussion on the workforce development policy context in Baltimore and two readings: Scaling Workforce Development Programming in Baltimore (Abell Foundation) Pgs 59-63 The Criminalization of Poverty (Job Opportunities Task Force) Workforce Development Context in Baltimore: how do we grow workforce development work in Baltimore? Why is …
Community School Updates Southwest Baltimore Charter School: had good Resource Fair event, United Way and other partners came out, had a book bag giveaway. There have been challenges finding uniforms due to supply chain issues. Have been having great after school programming. (Need for khaki pants and blue polo shorts–especially smaller sizes and adult small, …
