Jones Falls Trail Update - and trail walkthrough Dec. 8 at 1:00 p.m.
David Conn
Please read the important information below about the Jones Falls Trail proposal, and visit the website indicated below for more information. Your feedback is needed on this important proposal . And, be aware that the City will lead a walkthrough of the original trail route, starting at the Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, on Saturday December 8, at 1:00 p.m. All are welcome; some may then walk the alternative route at the Northwest Park afterward.
REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED JONES FALLS TRAIL
Last May, the Mount Washington Improvement Association ("MWIA") voted to support the Jones Falls Trail proposal presented by the City. In June, the City agreed to consider alternative routes submitted by the community. The original and the alternatives were presented and discussed at a City-sponsored community-wide meeting on October 18.
The City is now conducting a thorough comparison of the trail proposals, and will present its analysis to the MWIA in early December. To proceed with the trail, the City must complete 30 percent of the trail's design before the spring 2008 deadline for federal funds. For the City to meet this deadline, the community must designate a preferred route by the end of this year. Failure to meet the grant application deadline means the trail will probably not be built.
Information about the trail proposals can be obtained by calling your area captain or a board member, and is available electronically at:
http://groups.google.com/group/JonesFallsTrail/web/two-trail-routes
(Check back to this website in the coming weeks for updates and new information.)
KEY DATES:
*** On Saturday December 8 at 1:00 p.m. the City will lead a trail walkthrough. Meet at the Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital parking lot.
*** On Thursday, December 13, at 7:00 p.m., at the Mt. Washington Elementary School, the MWIA trail committee will meet to discuss the proposals.
*** On Tuesday December 18, at 7:30 p.m., at the School, the MWIA will hold its regular open meeting and decide which trail proposal, if any, to support. Everyone is welcome at both meetings.
The MWIA Board wants to know what you think, and why. Written feedback from the community, along with the City's comparative analysis of the proposals, will play important roles in the Board's decision. Please contact your MWIA Board members (see below) with any questions or comments about the trail, and also send them to:
David Conn, Jones Falls Trail Committee Chair
2222 Crest Road, Baltimore, MD 21209 ….
or …
By email to: dhc...@gmail.com
This is your chance to make your voice heard.
MWIA Directors
Board
President: Mac Nachlas 410-542-8766
Vice Pres: Aaron Meisner 410-664-0707
Secretary: Carol Berkower 410-466-8699
Treasurer: Eric Seaberg 410-466-1548
Taliya Adelstein 410-367-4539
Jim Carroll 410-466-5133
David Conn 410-466-8462
Jill Feinberg 410-466-9225
Cindy Freeman 410-664-7774
Shea Lyda 410-664-6516
Linda Panlilio 410-367-3802
Salem Reiner 410-664-2349
Rebecca Saybolt Bainum 410-664-7159
Joe Smith
Leslie Sporn-Symonds 410-542-1892
Roberta Strickler 410-367-8666
Sally Staugaitis 410-664-2212
Trent Zivkovich 410-542-5147
Honorary Directors
Jan Franz 410-664-5254
John Mack 410-466-3824
Cliff Mitchell 410-466-0529
Area Director
Stuart Caplan 410-367-4907
Area Captains
1. Cliff Mitchell (acting) 410-466-0529
2. Liz Hopkins 410-542-0927
3. Ira Kolman 410-664-5078
4. Curt McKnight 410-367-5007
5. Laura Barrientos 443-869-4953
6. Indira Kotval 410-367-4352
7. Stephanie Regenold 410-367-0133
(Go to page 3 of this MWIA newsletter to see a map of the community's seven areas.)
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MWIA Open Meeting: December 18, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.,
Mt. Washington Elementary School
Other Important News: The Citizens Patrol is back in gear.
Contact coordinator Karen Brown at
mtwashco...@gmail.com to volunteer.
Please consider joining the Improvement Association and making your voice heard. Send a check for $25 payable to "Mt. Washington Improvement Association"
P.O. Box 10404, Baltimore , 21209