Blue Water Baltimore and MedStar Harbor Hospital are pleased to announce that we have selected Stormwater Maintenance, LLC as the prime contractor for the Clean Water Community Healing Project! This is a major milestone in what will be our largest restoration project to-date, and we are thrilled to have such an excellent team of partners…
Blue Water Baltimore’s advocacy efforts resulted in some major wins, some disappointments, and some hopeful signs for the future this legislative season. As always, we are deeply grateful to all our members, supporters, and community partners who wrote letters, made phone calls, came to our rally days, and made donations to help support our efforts….
Investments in stormwater management projects are paying off according to a first-of-its-kind study of water quality in the Gwynns Falls watershed. This analysis from Blue Water Baltimore, the United States Geological Survey and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, shows real impact in curbing pollution but also the challenges we face from aging infrastructure and climate…
I grew up in public housing in Cherry Hill. Back then we had cherry trees all around, with little tiny cherries. Then the blight came along in the sixties and wiped them all out. Cherry Hill was the city dump for Baltimore then too. Where I grew up was 200 yards away from that dump….
The president of the Mondawmin Neighborhood Improvement Association called me up about PhotoVoice. She said Blue Water Baltimore had this project going and they were asking residents to go around the community and take photographs of things, both positive and negative, from the resident’s perspective. And I said, “Well, that’s something I really want to…
People might have heard of us, but they just don’t know. Even when you look at maps of Baltimore City, Belair-Edison isn’t on there. They stop at Clifton Park and leave us out. But we have two of the major parks in the city, two major high schools that have been here for nearly a…
I’ve lived in the Greater Mondawmin area for the past 32 years. We have so many assets here; people just need to see it. My first project with Blue Water Baltimore was a stenciling project for stormwater remediation. We got the kids together, got 18 stormwater drains stenciled. Then we went back and cleared the…
Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) recently announced several changes to the City’s Storwmater Remediation Fee, based on citizen feedback. Blue Water Baltimore supports these policy changes, and appreciates DPW’s approach to making changes, which include: Tax-exempt veterans’ organizations are now exempt from paying the stormwater fee; Charitable, nonprofit organizations may be eligible for…
For a long time, I stood on the sidelines. A lot of people do. When you look around, people may assume, “Oh people don’t care,” but it’s not that. Because, when you talk to people, you really realize how much they really do care, which is inspiring. I think people are just frustrated. They don’t…
My name is Barbara Anderson-Dandy, and I bring greetings from historic Auchentoroly Terrace. We are the beautiful community facing Druid Hill Park, and our tree canopy is like that of no other in the city. Our partnership with Blue Water Baltimore started three years ago when Darin Crew came to our monthly meeting to suggest…