WALTHERSON IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

P.O. BOX 3622

BALTIMORE, MD 21214

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NEXT WALTHERSON IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY MEETING

When: Monday, December 7th, 2015 @ 7:30 PM

Where: Harbel (5807 Harford Road)

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December 2015

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Special Community Meeting: December 7th 7:30 PM at Harbel (5807 Harford Rd) Agenda:

Speakers o 4803 Harford Road: We will be meeting with Samuel Polakoff, a developer who is proposing a

mixed use development at 4803 Harford Road (previously Johnny's Used Cars at Harford & Southern). The proposed development would be a three story development with retail on the first floor anchored by a full service restaurant with two story apartments above.

o 4915 Holder Ave: Representatives from Arts & Ideas Sudbury School will discuss their school and their plans for the former Zion Christian Middle School at Holder/Walther & Ailsa that they recently purchased.

President’s Letter Happy December Waltherson! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I’d like to start out by thanking Helene Quinn for her years of service to the Waltherson Improvement Association and her recent tenure as our president. We’ll miss having her input and seeing her at the board meetings. Thanks for all you’ve done over the years, Helene. I’d also like to welcome our newest board member, Ben McKinzie. We’re thrilled to have him on board and I’m sure he’ll do a terrific job as member-at-large over the next year. Unfortunately, we did have tragedy strike on the 4000 block of Belwood back on Thursday, November 12th when a 21 year old honor roll student in college named JaQuan Holt was shot and killed simply sitting on the sidewalk. My understanding is that this is still an open case, please talk to your neighbors and if anyone knows anything at all about this case contact detectives at 1-866-756-2587 so we can get his killers off the street. On a positive note, we’ve seen a lot of interest and investment in the neighborhood over the past few weeks. DOT was out at our last meeting to discuss improvements to the intersections of Frankford & Hamilton as well as Frankford & Course. A neighborhood tree planting helped increase our tree canopy. We have new businesses looking at our neighborhood, some new businesses are in the process of opening while old businesses renovate. Hamilton Liquors has completed interior renovations making their store more inviting and Walther Gardens is preparing to open their holiday shop and sell Christmas trees. Waltherson residents are in the process of opening a new restaurant in the old Cosmos space called Silver Queen Café while Charles Boadu, a Hamilton Hills resident, has just opened the Royalty International Market at the old vacant Eko Market at Haford & Ailsa. We have a special meeting scheduled on Monday, December 7th to meet with Arts & Ideas Sudbury School, the new owners of the former Zion Middle School at Holder & Ailsa. We’ll also meet with Samuel Polakoff who is interesting in developing the lot at Harford & Southern and will present the plans for his mixed use project. It’s fantastic to see so much interest and activity in our area. Remember, 2016 is right around the corner so make sure to send your dues in if you haven’t already to maintain your membership and voting rights. I look forward to seeing all of you on December 7th. Season’s Greetings, Robert Walshe, WIA president elect president@waltherson.org | 443.939.6243

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IN AND AROUND WALTHERSON Upcoming Neighborhood Events:

December 4th – First Friday Art Crawl

o Hamilton Gallery 5502 Harford Road o Hamilton Bakery, 5414 Harford; 5-9 http://www.hamiltonbakery.com/events-and-specials/ (free

cupcakes!) o Mutt Mart Yappy Hour. Bring your dog for a free treat! 2904 Hamilton Ave. o Creative Arts of Maryland 5424 Harford Road https://www.facebook.com/creativeartsofmd o 4300 block of Harford Road and the Market Connection Space September 5th, 6-9 pm. Food,

Wine, Shopping at the The Gift Cellar and Market Connection, Art Openings, "side-walk snips" a la the The Chop Shop!

o Charmed Life Gallery, 4505 Harford; o Additional details http://www.hamiltonlauravillemainstreet.blogspot.com/

5th – Tree Lighting at Walther Gardens. 3501 Southern Ave o Crafts at 5 PM, Carols at 5:45 PM, lighting at 6 PM

7th – Waltherson Special Community Meeting – 7:30 PM at Harbel (5807 Harford Road)

12th – Holidays On Harford

At the Pratt

Book Discussions:

A Christmas Secret by Anne Perry.- o Thurs, 12/17 6 PM

Movies

Cinderella (2015) – Monday 12/7 4 PM

San Andreas – Monday 12/14 4 PM

Spy – Monday 12/28 4 PM Events

Celebrate Kwanzaa - Thursday 12/10 5PM Programs for Adults:

Paint Night – 11/9 6 PM

o Join us for a "step-by-step" painting class. Call 410-396-6088 to register. Genealogy 101: Family Search Database 11/12 5:30 PM

Programs for Children:

Snow Painting – Monday 12/21 5 PM

Lego Club – Mondays @ 3 PM

Mother Goose Baby Steps – Wednesdays @ 10 AM

Preschool Leaps – Wednesdays @ 11 AM Just for Teens

Makerspace – Mondays 6 PM o A place for creation, innovation, and collaboration

Wii Wednesdays – Wednesdays @ 3:30 PM

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Reconfigurations on Frankford Ave As discussed at our November community meeting, the intersection at Frankford Ave & Hamilton Ave and the intersection at Frankford Ave & Course Ave are scheduled to be altered. Below are the pictures DOT showed us at the community meeting. Frankford & Course:

Frankford & Hamilton

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Updates from our neighbors Hamilton Hills Our neighbors in the Hamilton Hills Neighborhood Association noted that work has been completed on Hamilton Ave and the street has been reopened. The panoramic below was taken by HHNA president Gavin Schmitt and shared on the HHNA Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/hamiltonhillsbaltimore/

Mayfield, Arcadia & Herring Run Park Arcadia and Mayfield both shared that the new pedestrian bridge in Herring Run Park is now in place. The photo to the right was shared to Mayfield’s Facebook page by Jim Veach. Additionally, Blue Water Baltimore posted an article featuring a success story on Arcadia resident and Friends of Herring Run Park board member Bob Mayes fighting illegal dumping in Herring Run.

“Bob photographed and documented the illegal activities as they were occurring, and made a report via Blue Water Baltimore’s online Pollution Reporting Form.

“From there Blue Water Baltimore reported the incident to our contacts at Baltimore City, who pursued enforcement actions against the contractor in question.”

If you see dumping activities in the park, please report them to Blue Water Baltimore at this link: http://www.bluewaterbaltimore.org/take-action/report-pollution/ or by calling 911 or the pollution reporting hotline at 443-908-0696. Blue Water Baltimore Article: http://www.bluewaterbaltimore.org/blog/illegal-dumping-in-herring-run/ Mayfield Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/mayfield.update Arcadia Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ArcadiaImprovementAssociation/

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November’s Tree Planting on Harford Road We had a great tree planting with Hamilton Larauville Mainstreet on Sunday, November 15th. About twenty volunteers helped plant an additional fourteen street trees along Harford Road that morning! Thank you to everyone who came out and helped us work to increase the tree canopy.

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BaltimoreLINK – New Bus routes coming June 2017 In October Governor Hogan announced a complete redesign of the Baltimore Bus system that includes some major changes to mass transit in our neighborhood. Changes to the bus lines in Waltherson are detailed below:

The 15/47 lines on Belair Road will be replaced with the Brown CityLink line. It would run from White Marsh Mall to the West Baltimore MARC station by way of downtown.

The 19 line on Harford Road will be replaced by the 55. It runs from Perry Hall to State Center, connections to downtown and Goucher/Taylor would be eliminated.

Echodale Ave’s 44 line will be replaced by the 30. It would no longer go west of Belvedere Square and will go south to Bayview.

Moravia Ave’s 33 line will be replaced by the 28. It would run from the West Cold Spring Metro station to Moravia Park.

The new 33 line will touch our northeast boundary at Belair & Hamilton connecting us to Mount Washington and Rosedale via Northern Parkway.

So far no announcements have been made concerning bus stops. We are told that the numbered LocalLink lines would have more stops than the colored CityLink lines. This suggests that there will be fewer stops on Belair Road than Harford Road when the plan is implemented. The new schedules would have a bus on Harford Road each 15 minutes and one on Belair Road each 10 minutes while current schedules list 5 local, 2 express, and 4 quickbus stops at Belair & Frankford and 6 local / 8 express buses at Harford & Echodale between 7 and 8 AM raising concerns whether the new system will be able to meet existing demand from commuters and schoolchildren. Michael Walk, Director of Service Development for MTA, tells us that “this will likely be fine-tuned as we move forward and get a better handle on anticipated needs. Second, we are analyzing the Harford Rd. corridor closely, because we do realize there is a good deal of ridership along that corridor. So, we'll keep this in mind as we're crafting the final service plan based on public input.” Workshops will be held over the next two months: http://mta.maryland.gov/baltimorelink-workshop-locations The closest workshop will be at the Northwood Library (4420 Loch Raven Blvd) on Wed. Dec. 9 from 5:30-7:30 PM New Northeast Sector Transit Map:

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Cellar Stage (5315 Harford in Faith Community)

Friday, December 11th A CELTIC CHRISTMAS Maggie Sansone, Andrea Hoag, Abigail Palmer & Patrick Egan

Tickets $23.00 ~ Showtime 8:00 pm

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Celebrate the many moods of the holiday season with a unique blend of Celtic and American

roots music. Music and songs for the holiday season includes songs and instrumentals from

Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Shetland Islands; old time Christmas music from the Southern

Appalachians; medieval carols and traditional favorites.

The band is a multi-cultural mix featuring Maggie Sansone, one of America’s finest hammered

dulcimer players and well known for her Celtic and holiday recordings; Andrea Hoag, a

GRAMMY®-nominated fiddler known for Celtic and old-time styles; Abigail Palmer brings a

fresh and innovative approach to the harp, covering many different genres of music and is a

dynamic and eclectic performer; and Patrick Egan, an Irishman whose singing and guitar

playing has garnered him a WAMMIE® award for best Traditional/Irish musician from the

Washington Area Music Association.

This concert will celebrate the new release: Cold Frosty Morn at West River on the Maggie’s

Music record label, which is known for its succession of holiday bestsellers including A Scottish

Christmas and Ancient Noels.

To Purchase Tickets: http://uptownconcerts.com/cellar-stage/shows/

3rd District Baltimore City Council Candidate Forum Our neighbors in Hamilton Hills hosted a Candidate Forum for the 3rd district Democratic City Council Candidates on Nov. 18. A video of the event can be found at the link below.

https://youtu.be/sVQ88biBOMY

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Walther Gardens Holiday Shop 3501 Southern Ave More great things at Walther Gardens! They are now selling Christmas Trees and have opened their holiday shop at Southern & Walther. Meaghan Grace and some of the moms from HL Sprouts got a sneak peak of the store and were kind enough to share the pictures below. Make sure to check them out, they will be open from Black Friday to Christmas operating from 10 AM to 9 PM seven days a week. A tree lighting ceremony will be held at 6 PM on Saturday, Dec. 5th.

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The Silver Queen – 5426 Harford Rd https://www.facebook.com/silverqueencafe/

The Silver Queen Café is a new kid-friendly Hamilton Resturant run by the former brunch chef and Waltherson resident, Jason Danilowski. They are located at the space formerly occupied by Cosmos and Herb & Soul Express. They’ve stated on Facebook “We take reservations for parties of 6 or more. We are BYOB, so bring your favorite wine or beer. Our corkage fee is $5 per table, which we will be waiving during opening weekend.” Their menu will “include yummy things like stuffed trout, mussels, Maryland fried chicken and gravy, roasted vegetable carbonara, garlic parmesan fries, roasted tomato and garlic bisque, and other delicious things.” Be sure to check out this great new addition to the neighborhood!

Royalty International Food Market 5007 Harford Road A new market is open at 5007 Harford Road. Charles Boadu, a resident of Hamilton Hills for over 17 years is the owner of the new Royalty International Food Market across from the BP at Harford & Ailsa. He looks forward to bringing high quality international foods back to Harford Road.

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The Gift Dept by Drexler - 4339 Harford Rd

Baltimore-based creative agency Drexler presents The Gift Dept.

This holiday season, Baltimore-based creative agency Drexler has partnered with a few of our favorite local brands to open a special holiday pop-up shop at 4339 Harford Road. The Gift Dept. – which will be open Friday-Sunday between Thanksgiving and Christmas – will offer goods from companies including Almanac Industries, Fischer Clothing, Dylan Design, and Majer Home Supply (a collaboration between Majer Metal Works and Drexler).

From handmade leather wallets and bags to limited-run women’s and men’s clothing and accessories to furniture, lighting and home accessories, The Gift Dept. features great American-made gifts for everyone on your list.

Visit dept.drxlr.com for more information, directions, and details on special events.

Hamilton Liquors – 5420 Harford Rd Have you been in Hamilton Liquors lately? Now under new ownership, the store has changed quite a bit! The brighter, cleaner appearance is more enticing. The shelves are not full yet, but things are different! Stop in for a look, then keep stopping back as things develop.

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----- FIRST FRIDAY ----

TruAx Frames - 4715 Harford Rd

Hamilton Bakery – 5414 Harford Rd Free cupcakes after 6 PM while supplies last.

Four Hour Day Lutherie - First Friday Show 4305 Harford Road

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Hamilton Gallery – 5502 Harford Rd

Hamilton Gallery is excited to present the 3rd Annual Holiday Art Exhibition featuring art works and gift items for the gift giving season. Unique gifts priced between $15 and $150. This is a wonderful opportunity to begin your art collection with very affordably priced original artworks.

December 4 – December 27, 2015 First Friday Opening Reception – December 4, 5-9pm

The Holiday Art Exhibition includes works by guest artists Nick Aumiller, Val Lucas, and Tanya Ziniewicz.

Also exhibiting this month Hamilton Gallery artist members: Jude Asher, Ron Cohn, Salvadore Delvisco, Donna DiSciullo, Ned Epps, Marcus Dagold, Amy Klainer, Ania Milo, Charles Mens, Bob Paulding, Lynn Poshepny, Angela Raincatcher, Theresa Reuter, Cara Sue Richard, Valerie Smith, Grace Sweeney, Bridget Z. Sullivan, Richard Sullivan, Maxine Taylor, & Alex Vanicky.

Hamilton Gallery welcomes all guests and neighbors to join us in enjoying our neighborhood and our city.

Hamilton Gallery 5502 Harford Road Baltimore, 21214

GALLERY HOURS Friday 4-8pm, Saturday noon-8pm, Sunday 11am-3pm Hamilton Gallery will be closed November 27th and December 25th.

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NECOP – Northeast Citizens on Patrol In Northeast Baltimore we have a district wide Citizens on Patrol program called NECOP. The reasoning behind the COP program is that regular neighborhood patrols can make criminals feel uncomfortable and drive them out of our neighborhood. Communities with regular NECOP patrols, such as the North Harford neighborhood, also see significantly less crime than communities with inactive patrols. Participants meet at the Northeast Police station at 1900 Argonne Drive near Morgan State and an officer will give you a direct number to keep them in contact with the Police. You would then proceed to patrol the neighborhood in your car. Patrols normally go out each Thursday and Friday from about 7:30 - 10:30. For anyone interested in the Citizens on Patrol program, please contact Rob at Robert.walshe@gmail.com

Proud Member of:

WIA Volunteers Officers:

President 1st Vice President

2nd Vice President

Secretary Treasurer Parliamentarian Sergeant at Arms

At-Large Member

Helene Quinn

Frank Williams

Ronisha Moore

Rob Walshe

Sue Kessel Lisa Hom Francis Beane

Irona Thompson

Standing Committees and Representatives:

Housing Traffic Schools & Child Advocacy

Harford Road CRP Rep.

Garden Sign & Projects

Digital Outreach &

Communications

Police Liaison / NECOP

Chairman

Robert Walshe, Sue Kessel, Helene Quinn, Frank Williams

Terrye Muratore

Vacant Main: Sue Kessel Alt: Rob Walshe

Ron Derr Robert Walshe Sam Kimani