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…
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…