waltherson september 2012 newsletter

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WALTHERSON IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONP.O. BOX 3622BALTIMORE, MD 21214

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WALTHERSON IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETINGWhen: September 5th, 2012 @ 7:45 PM

Where: Harbel 5807 Harford Rd

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September 2012

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The Walthersonian September 2012

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Next Meeting:Our next meeting will be at 7:45 PM on September 5 th at Harbel. The meeting will be an open

forum to discuss your issues and concerns.

Presidents Letter

Hello,

Our meeting will be an open forum again this week but we have a lot to discuss. In August, wetested a Waltherson Meet- up at Zekes coffee on a Sunday that turned out to be a great smallgathering of neighbors. The event was well received so we are going to start planning themregularly as an informal way to meet neighbors and build community. I hope to see you at ournext meet-up at Zekes Coffee on Sunday, September 2 nd between noon and 2 PM.

Live Baltimore held a pop-up in the area last month showcasing the neighborhoods of HamiltonHills, Lauraville, Arcadia, Mayfield and Waltherson. Rob Walshe and Helene Quinn attendedand made a presentation for the neighborhood and talked with prospective homebuyers. We willalso have a table at Live Baltimores buying into Baltimore event on September 8 th.

Finally, a couple of things to note: We have been asked by our neighbors in Westfield & Glenham-Belhar to support them in

their opposition to the Royal Farms planned at Harford Rd & Glenmore Ave and haveagreed to do so.

We are having a clean-up of the Biddison Family Cemetery on October 6 th at 9 AM.

Hope to see you all at the next meeting.

ThanksRonnie Lesperance

IN AND AROUND WALTHERSON

Note about Styrofoam Recycling

If you want to recycle Styrofoam but cannot make it to the sanitation yard, Waltherson memberLouise Harmony has offered to drop it off. Please get in touch with Robert Walshe at a meeting

or by e-mailing us at [email protected] if you are interested. Please be patient, we willreply to e-mail towards the end of the month. You can also leave a message for us on Facebook or tweet us @WalthersonAssoc.

Note: CHECK THE BOTTOM OF THE STYROFOAM CONTAINER FOR A NUMBER6. Only number 6 items are accepted. No peanuts or packing material.
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Upcoming Neighborhood Events:

AUGUST 1st, Waltherson Community Meeting 7:45 @ Harbel Tuesday Farmers Market 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 4500 Harford (weekly)

3rd First Friday Art Crawl: Art openings at Hamilton Gallery, 5502 Harford; Studio 55,5529 Harford; Charmed Life Studio, 4505 Harford; Hamilton Arts Collective, 5440Harford

SEPTEMBER \ 5th, Waltherson Community Meeting 7:45 @ Harbel Tuesday Farmers Market 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 4500 Harford (weekly)

7th First Friday Art Crawl: Art openings at Hamilton Gallery, 5502 Harford; Studio 55,5529 Harford; Charmed Life Studio, 4505 Harford; Hamilton Arts Collective, 5440

Harford 22nd Hamilton Lauraville Yard Sale @ 4500 Harford Rd - 8 AM to 2 PM

29th Lauraville Fair & Harbel Flea Market @ 5807 Harford Rd - 9 AM to 2 PM

OCTOBER 3rd, Waltherson Annual Pot Luck 7:30 PM @ Location TBD Tuesday Farmers Market 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 4500 Harford (weekly)

5th First Friday Art Crawl: Art openings at Hamilton Gallery, 5502 Harford; Studio 55,5529 Harford; Charmed Life Studio, 4505 Harford; Hamilton Arts Collective, 5440Harford

20 th Harford Road Zombie Pub Crawl, starting at Kocos Pub, 4301 Harford Rd

27th Morgan State University Kick-off event

28th Indie 900 Down Hill Derby

30th Boo Fest 4500 Harford

NOVEMBER 2nd First Friday Art Crawl: Art openings at Hamilton Gallery, 5502 Harford; Studio 55,

5529 Harford; Charmed Life Studio, 4505 Harford; Hamilton Arts Collective, 5440Harford

7th, Waltherson Community Meeting 7:45 PM @ Harbel

DECEMBER 5th, Waltherson Community Meeting 7:45 PM @ Harbel 7th - First Friday Art Crawl: Art openings at Hamilton Gallery, 5502 Harford; Studio 55,

5529 Harford; Charmed Life Studio, 4505 Harford; Hamilton Arts Collective,

*Please check with businesses for details of their events


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LiveBaltimore Pop-up

We had a fantastic time promoting the neighborhood at Live Baltimores Pop -up. There is a fullgallery of pics you can see on Live Baltimore s website. You can see a photo gallery of the

LiveBaltimore Pop-up held in the neighborhood here. Just click on the Lauraville link.http://www.flickr.com/photos/livebaltimore/sets/

Addressing Neglected Properties in Waltherson

We have contacted Councilman Currans office regarding a number of neglected properties in theneighborhood and would like to share their updates. Code Enforcement has looked into the status of these and is working to issue citations with associated fines, or have attorneys take action.

5215 Harford Road is currently going through the receivership process and will be auctioned tonew owners imminently. Their court date is 9/25/12.

4817 Arabia is currently going through the receivership process and will be auctioned to newowners imminently. Their court date is 9/11/12. 3502 Echodale: The owner was most recently issued a $900 citation on August 24 th for not

abating the vacant building notice. The citation requires the owner to pay the fine and abate theviolation or face legal action from the City.

3100 Rueckert: Were working on confirming ownership so that we can take action; in a recentconversation with our inspector, the owners wife informe d us that the bank had sold theproperty. We need to determine what occurred so we can follow up with the appropriateresponsible party.

3706 Southern: A vacant building notice was issued earlier this year; well follow up to beginissuing citations right away.

3814 Southern Ave. is going through the receivership process as well. We just received theresults of our title search, so unless hurdles are encountered, a case will be filed in 2-3 weeks,and a court date will be set for 8-10 weeks from now.

3900 Southern Ave. appears to be owned by the same entity, but were currently working toclarify ownership and status and pursue legal action if warranted.
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Join the fight for a Healthy Harbor!

Everybody knows that Baltimore Harbor is polluted, but did youknow that theres a movement underway to make it safe forswimming and fishing by the year 2020? The Healthy Harbormovement was started by the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, and is supported by Baltimore City as well as areabusinesses and nonprofit organizations.

To see an example of what the Healthy Harbor movement hasaccomplished so far, you need only take a stroll down to the InnerHarbor to see the two thousand square feet of floating wetlandsthat have been installed next to the World Trade Center. Theseislands float on plastic bottles that were recovered from theHarbor and use natural processes to remove pollutants from thewater while providing native habitat for birds, fish, crabs, andother marine life.

Waterfront Partnership, in collaboration with Blue Water Baltimore, is also working with neighborhoodsupstream of the Harbor to help them become Clean Water Communities. Neighborhoods are spreadingthe word and making a difference by cleaning up vacant lots, installing rain barrels, and painting stormdrains. Storm drain art engages neighborhood youth and helps neighborhoods keep their streets cleanby reminding people that anything going down a storm drain ends up in the Harbor and the ChesapeakeBay. Neighborhood storm drain murals often depict fish and crabs and include catch phrases like trashin the street pollutes what we eat, others remind residents of long buried urban streams that still flow

beneath City stree ts with phrases like Harris Creek is under our feet.

To learn more about how to get yourself, your community or your business involved in the HealthyHarbor movement visit HealthyHarborBaltimore.org , follow Healthy Harbor on Facebook or contactAdam Lindquist at [email protected] .
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HARBEL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION INC

CRAFT FAIR & FLEA MARKET SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2012

9AM TO 2PM

AT5807 HARFORD ROAD

BALTIMORE, MD 21214(FRONT LAWN)

(RAINDATE: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30th NOON TO 5PM) FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE OFFICE

@ 410 444 2100 ORDOWNLOAD A FLIER AND CONTRACT FROM OUR

WEBSITEWWW.HARBEL.ORG

CLICK COMMUNITY SERVICES, CLICK CRAFT FAIR10 X 10 SPACE FOR $25.00

ALL SPACE SALE PROCEEDS GO TO THE HARBEL PROGRAMSCOME JOIN US FOR SOME

FUN, FOOD, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS!

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IT'S YARD SALE TIME AGAIN

Get ready for the Hamilton-Lauraville Yard Sale

on Saturday, September 22 from 8 am - 2 pm.

at the Tuesday Farmer's Market lot at 4500 Harford Road.

The cost is $10 per space and the donation is to benefit Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street. We donot provide tables, chairs or tents. There is no electricity available.

They will try to get a donation truck to come by at the end of the day. This was not successfullast spring but I will try again this time.

All of the above information is on our website: www.bmoremainstreet.com. Just click onCommunity Events then click Events and you will see the link.
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