Ashley Valis
Kelleigh Eastman
JR Lee
Scott Kashnow
George Kleb
Jane Shaab
Abigail Breiseth
Jane Buccheri
Chuck Callahan
Edith Gilliard-Canty
Gregg Herlong
Heather Kangas
Kris Hoellen
Laura Dykes
Bill Marker
Jose Resendiz (absent)
Donnell Nance
Richard Parker
David McGill
Sonia Eaddy/Liberty Henderson (non voting)
7:00-7:10pm:
- Introduction & Attendance(attendees listed above)
- Meeting ground rules
- Minutes Approval– Richard Parker opened the meeting and welcomed everyone at 7:10pm; Ashley took attendance after some technical difficulties with zoom
- Nate asked for a clarification of a vote taken- correction will be made (the for and against need to be switched- outcome of vote remains the same)
- Motion to approve the minutes made by George Kleb, seconded by Chuck
- Laura and Abigail abstain, minutes approved
7:10-7:25pm: Community Updates
- Barre Circle- New garden at the end of Ryan street
- Franklin Square – August 21st Kirby Lane Park 11am to 3pm Ms Edith will share a flyer- it is the 1800 block W Saratoga Street—Jane B commented that it looks amazing!
- Hollins Roundhouse- Jane B mentioned that War Horse has new partner in their development and will brainstorm with them on what the community wants to see – August 11th, community pot luck 7pm and movie night Spider Man 8pm; Drumming Lesson (circle park 2pm Aug 28th) and Paint Party ( August 14th parklet) are also coming- see HollinsRound House Facebook page for more details (the for and agai
- Mount Clare- Saturday July 17th First Mile Stable had an open house for the community
- Pigtown
- Groundwork Kitchen opened today for carryout and delivery; open 7am-3pm https://www.groundworkkitchen.com/
- SBGP announced $6 million in south baltimore area parks today; including Carroll Park
- $2 million going to fix up and open the rec center
- Pigtown Festival will be taking place this year – 9/25
- Yoga in Carroll Park for the next 5 Sundays at 9am near the field house
- https://www.facebook.com/events/3900657950060515/?ref=newsfeed
- Union Square- Sunday July 25th Sunday Sounds in the Park- Hot Mess jazz band 4pm to 7pm
7:25-7:40pm: Committee Updates
- Commercial – July 29th ABC’s of Local Investing (zoom) Entrepreneurship Conference August 21st contact Laura Dykes for more info
- Education- Fundraising Initiative (still in discussion) Discussing a Youth Internship – Coordinators are working on a number of projects, including the pool at VTTMA looking to hire lifeguards and other staff; long term UMB will be teaching lifeguarding for the students at VTTMA to gain this skill and be employed as lifeguards at the pool; There will be afterschool programming at Charles Carroll and Stuart Hill AA; James McHenry is getting a new playground through Kaboom- volunteer days on August 11th and 13th (on the Hollins Roundhouse website has a link to sign up) https://www.volunteermd.org/need/detail/?need_id=604052
Liberty asked about the community school updates- who manages the CSC’s? ; Abigail explained that SWP hires some of the community school coordinators and coordinates among all of them in the schools in the 7 neighborhoods
- Historic Preservation- NO update because all of the items they were discussing were in Poppleton, and given what the Board decided last Board meeting, he doesn’t have anything to report
**larger Poppleton discussion was brought up in the middle of committee reports– – Fixing the Poppleton situation is of the utmost importance**
- Housing- Pass this month
- Public Safety- Teen on Teen violence uptick, have to find a way to think about the Poppleton Rec Center and other ways to get out kids safe place to be and hang out; Thomas added that the gates are up on Stockton; Sharina doesn’t feel safe in her neighborhood in Poe Homes; August 1st– Town Hall on the violence in Poppleton;
- Vibrant Streets- Sub committee continues to be very active- biking and signs committee, public art subcommittee; neighborhood grants available in the fall- South Baltimore Gateway Partnership has given a grant for the lighting on the Carey Street bridge; Committee is looking into 311 requests that have been idle or closed but the work hasn’t been done; Donnell and Ms Wanda Elise will work together on the outstanding Poppleton requests
- Workforce- Training for Advocacy this fall led by Out For Justice and JOTF; Kurt Sommer will be providing an update at the September Meeting; current grantees have until next week if they need an extension or change to their proposal
7:40-7:45pm: President’s Remarks
- No August Board Meeting- Next Board meeting third Tuesday in September
- Monthly Community Meetings: Union Square – Monday, August 30th at 7pm
7:45-7:50pm: Executive Director Report
New media form- please send to SWP by the Social Media submissions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVf4g8qlb2LirJQGFZNzoi0tK7DaNM394VbMaugzFySj8CUA/viewform?urp=gmail_link
12 interviews to be scheduled with the DEI trainers- stay tuned, not sure who they will be contacting just yet- gave them about 20 names and they will pick 12 and go from there
7:50-8:20pm: Open Forum/Announcements
- Sonia Eaddy- Poppleton met and decided to have a new rep attend the SWP rep from Poppleton; July 29th Poppleton is having a town hall/public meeting- Morningstar Baptist Church 630pm 1063 W Fayette
- JR -Juice Lab is open every day in August 40 S Carrollton (Cold press juices, smoothies, etc)
- Mt Clare: Traci Atkins Park, Aug 3rd National Night Out 4:30 – 7 pm Food- Fun – Fellowship
- August 8th Community Days 10am to 4pm- FREE Museum (Christmas in July is this week, ice cream and snowballs etc) Street Art Caboose in the Roundhouse- so please come see it
- Mulberry’s has karaoke on Fridays from 7-10 pm
- Wanda- Hollins Market Parking meters- can we get some free parking for people just running in?
- July 30 Sunny Side Jazz Band (New Orleans style) with lessons [vaccine required] $15 at Mobtown Ballroom – https://mobtownballroom.com/event/show/1454
8:45pm: Adjournment & Executive Session
Donnell and seconded by Jane B 845pm- Public Board meeting adjourned, Executive session begins
