YRP General Mtg. Wed., 7:15 pm: Push for new Rec Center; listening, including envision 5723 York Road!

[York Road Partnership]

York Road Partnership Members & Neighbors,

We hope you can join us this Wednesday, November 5, 7:15 pm for the York Road Partnership General Meeting at Govans Boundary United Methodist Church at 5210 York Road (enter from the back parking lot through the red door on the right as shown on street view here). You can also register for the Zoom option if you need to.

We'll have some updates from our committees. In particular, our Youth Development Committee has been talking about pushing for the redevelopment of DeWees Park Recreation Center, which was built in 1953 and is one of the oldest in the City. With the loss of the recreation center at Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School as that school was redeveloped, DeWees is our one resource like that on the corridor, and we think young people on our corridor deserve a bigger and nicer facility.

And then we'll have updates on our listening along the corridor, and we'll want to hear from you specifically about new ideas for 5723 York Road, the former Flight Restaurant/Fields Old Trail/Maenner's Market. You have heard before that we wanted to partner with Invest York Road to buy and renovate the property for a new, larger restaurant. But we learned we can't use State bond funds in that kind of partnership, and the restaurant business is challenging these days. 

As a result, York Road Partnership is exploring purchasing the property with some of the State bond funds awarded to YRP and looking together with the York Road Collaborative at some alternative uses. Could part of the space be an office for the Collaborative and possibly meeting space for communities? Could a smaller corner food space be less risky and help liven up that corner? Could the second floor be apartments, perhaps marketed to new teachers at nearby Govans Elementary School?

We hope you can join us Wednesday night to explore these ideas and bring your own! Please let me or other YRP leaders know if you have any questions.

Dan Pontious

President

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In community,

York Road Partnership

401 Woodbourne Ave

Baltimore MD 21212

yorkroadp...@gmail.com

York Road Partnership is a membership network of 30+ neighborhoods and affiliates promoting the vitality of Baltimore City’s York Road community as a great place to live, shop, work and worship. 

Join us. Meetings every first Wednesday of the month at 7:15pm.  Free & Open to all. 

[York Road Partnership]

York Road Partnership Members & Neighbors,

We hope you are enjoying this beautiful fall day, and we hope to see you in just a few hours! 

Here is our agenda for TONIGHT's 7:15 pm York Road Partnership General Meeting at Govans Boundary United Methodist Church at 5210 York Road (enter from the back parking lot through the red door on the right as shown on street view here). You can also register for the Zoom option if you need to.

More detail on this meeting in my email below. There are also links in the agenda to a new survey by the York Road Improvement District and volunteer opportunities for a fair next week to help people on our corridor struggling with homelessness.

Lots to talk about tonight! We hope you can join us in person or virtually.

Dan Pontious, President

York Road Partnership