 On April 28, Planning Commissioners and DOP staff, as well as members of our Advisory Council and Community Engagement Leadership Team were hosted for a kick off event at Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm.
The farm is also a member of the Community Engagement Leadership team. Over the coming months, farm leadership will engage young people in the NW community and area schools on topics related to the Comprehensive Plan, amplifying voices of neighbors.
We all have a story to share.
The Storytelling Ambassadors will engage their neighbors, family and friends in conversation about their experience living in their Baltimore neighborhood.
We are looking for Ambassadors to amplify the voices of their own communities, particularly communities most impacted by disinvestment historically and today.
Join us a Storytelling Ambassador for Our Baltimore via this link. Ambassadors will be invited to participate in a FREE training hosted by storyteller Dr. David Fakunle at the Enoch Pratt Central Library, and will be compensated via honorarium for their time ($250). Storytellers are asked to convene their friends, neighbors and family in a storytelling space focused on neighborhood life in Baltimore.
 An image of Dr. David Fakunle at work, hosting a storytelling workshop for Baltimore.
The Department of Planning is hosting two more in-person and one online open house this Spring. Join us at Forest Park Sr High School and the Hoen building in East Baltimore!
 This spring, we are hosting a series of open house events across town. At these events, neighbors can learn about the Our Baltimore Comprehensive Plan process - why are we doing this plan? What are the goals? What is the focus? What is the timeline? All these questions will be addressed through conversations and activities at the Open House.
In addition, at the Open House events we are soliciting public input on the topics that should be included in the plan. We are also sharing a series of vision statements associated with each plan theme, and looking for input on this.
 Our team hosted the first public event in more than two years this May at Cherry Hill Elementary School. We loved seeing and talking to South Baltimore neighbors who joined us to learn more about the Our Baltimore planning process!
Have you heard about the B’More Summer Information Hub? The Mayor’s Office of Children and Family Success (MOCFS) partnered with Baltimore’s Promise, Baltimore City Public Schools, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore City Recreation and Parks, and other government agencies, nonprofit organizations and philanthropic leaders to organize the city’s summer resources for young people and their families in one location! With just a few clicks you can access information to help you plan your summer fun. Use the searchable map to find programs, activities and events near you or visit the teen zone to find out what’s happening in the city just for teens! The site will be updated throughout the summer with new exciting events and resources for young people and their families, so check back often to keep track of all of the summer fun happening in Baltimore City!
Visit: www.bmorechildren.com/bmoresummer to see what’s happening near you! #bmoresummerinfohub #bmorelitsummerseries #bmorechildren
The Food Policy and Planning team is excited to announce we have received approval for the ARPA proposal. Our quarterly Food PAC meeting is scheduled for June 9th and will be focus on explaining the different pillars of the proposal and getting feedback.
Date: Wednesday, June 8th
Location: Shake & Bake, 1601 Penn. Ave.
The city's annual Sustainability Open House will feature interactive sustainability displays, free giveaways, free food and much, much more! The theme of this year's event is The Art of Climate Action. Come learn how Baltimore is becoming more sustainable, more resilient and more equitable. You won't want to miss this FREE event full of fun, educational and engaging activities for all ages. Register to attend by clicking here.
Each Planning Academy cohort visits a different part of Baltimore to talk about development in our city. This May, our current cohort visited Park Heights and the neighborhood adjacent to Arlington Elementary School. Our colleagues at DHCD provided a great overview of the City receivership, acquisition and development process!
Recently, we lost one of the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation’s (CHAP) founders, Romaine Sommerville. She was 91 years old. She took over as Executive Director in 1966 and established five local historic districts. She then went on to become the first woman director of the Maryland Historical Society (now known as the Maryland Center for History and Culture). She went on to head the Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell’s Point Inc., and later in life she helped found the Peale Center and helped raise funds for the 5.5 million dollar restoration. Although, she moved on from CHAP in the mid-1970s, she was a frequent visitor in the office, lending her expertise and wisdom to the CHAP staff. She will be sorely missed by all in Baltimore’s preservation community.
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