Quarterly Newsletter 2016 APRL - JUN MONDAY APRIL t h 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Faith Community Join moderator Joseph T. “Jody” Landers and ‘oh so many Baltimore City Methodist Church mayoral candidates for a night of verbal fireworks. Do you have questions for the candidates? Send them to: Hamilton.Forums @ gmail.com 5315 Harford Rd. 21214 Confirmed candidates include: Carl Stokes, Sheila Dixon, Nick Mosby, HHNA OFFICERS David Warnock, Elizabeth Embry, Calvin Young, Gersham Cupid, Mack P r e s i d e n t Gavin Schmitt Clifton, Patrick Gutierrez, Joshua Harris, Frank Logan, Emanuel McCray, V.President Dian Combs LaVern Murray, Nicholas Caminiti and Alan Walden. Candidate Catherine S e c r e t a r y Mia Blom Pugh will attend for a short period of time before returning to session in Tr e a s u r e r Tori Longo Annapolis. Candidate DeRey McKesson is likely. www.Facebook.com/ HamiltonHillsBaltimore This event was organized by Hamilton Hills Neighborhood Association, Twitter @HamiltonHills in partnership with Glenham Belhar Community Association, Waltherson Improvement Association, North Harford Road Communities Association, P.O. Box 24643 Hamilton Lauraville Main Street, HARBEL, North East Community Baltimore, MD 21214 Organization and the York Road Partnership. APRIL - JUNE CALENDAR SAT APRIL 9 WED MAY 18 WED JUNE 15 Herring Run Clean-up from 9am-12. Starting Join us at Hamilton Elementary Middle Join us at Hamilton Elementary Middle School at the corner of Echodale & Herring Run Dr. School from 7:00 - 9:00 pm for our monthly from 7:00 - 9:00 pm for our monthly meeting. call 802-522-3863 for details. meeting. Health Department guest speaker We’ll be talking about Speed humps and Kelleigh Eastman will talk about city efforts bumps, Street Paving, Public Safety, the status of SAT APRIL 23 to address sugar-sweetened beverages, the Hamilton Branch Library, NoRoFo, how to get Mayor’s spring cleanup day! Contact: DOT will talk about speed bumps and Itty-bitty libraries, and getting ready for [email protected] for details. alternatives, and we’ll be scheduling a Hamilton Festival 2016. neighborhood seed-swap and the Hamilton TUE APRIL 26 Go Vote! community yard sale & Summer garden tours. visit HamiltonHillsMD.org and stay informed! HAMILTON HILLS SURVEY Between February 10 and March 16, Gavin Schmitt, Mia Blom, Taronda Wagstaff, and Block Captains Heather Riley and Chrystol Norton knocked on 1,100+ of our neighbors’ doors and made 300+ phone calls. Your responses to their survey helped identify vacant properties, un-repaired street lights, drainage issues, and more. You shared history, cheer, and 87 more residents joined HHNA’s email list. 199 residents also responded to our voter survey, which included all filed candidates in all parties for Mayor, Council President, Comptroller and 3rd District Council. The results were shared with Yvonne Wenger and Luke Broadwater of the Baltimore Sun and a poster is planned for the March 24 and April 4 candidate forums. For more details about the survey, visit our new neighborhood website: www.HamiltonHillsMD.org SURVEY: CITY COUNCIL (3rd District) Politics at it’s most local, an unsurprising number of residents sided with Ryan and George, who have lived here the longest and are the most accountable candidates in our community. Roughly 20% of undecided residents are torn between Ryan and George, with another 10% who would also consider Marques. RYAN DORSEY 26% GEORGE VANHOOK 16% UNDECIDED 52.5% MARQUES DENT 2% ALICIA JOYNES 1.5% BEATRICE BROWN, STEVEN MITCHEL ANDREAS SPILLIANDIS 1% JERMAINE JONES 1% and RICHARD RIHA received no votes SURVEY: BALTIMORE CITY MAYOR CAT PUGH 11% SHEILA DIXON 6.5% In our survey, Pugh, Mosby and NICK MOSBY 6.5% DAVID WARNOCK 6% Stokes were significantly more CARL STOKES 4.5% ELIZABETH EMBRY 4.5% popular with women than men and Dixon was significantly more popular DEREY MCKESSON 4% CALVIN YOUNG 2% with men than women. Of the PATRICK GUTIERREZ 1.5% JOSHUA HARRIS 1% remaining 18 candidates, none ALAN WALDEN 0.5% UNDECIDED 45% received votes. SURVEY: CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JACK YOUNG 7.5% Very few residents know what Learn more about your candidates! KIM TRUEHEART 0.5% these two positions do and SHANNON WRIGHT 0.5% fewer were familiar with the Check out the Sun’s voter guide at: candidates. This is either good data.baltimoresun.com/voter-guide-2016/ CONNOR MEEK 0.5% for Mike King or his SURVEY: CITY COMPTROLLER participating in the Hamilton See your Council Candidates live on community events may simply March 24th and your Mayoral JOAN PRATT 5% be distorting due to the low Candidates April 4th. Both events are number of decided voters. at Faith Community Church 5315 MIKE KING 2.5% Harford Rd. from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Community Resources THE HAMILTON GREEN-THUMB by- Joe Stolkovich Rodent problems, clogged storm drains, Spring is rapidly approaching, and many local gardeners are thoughtfully open fire hydrants, flooding, housing plotting this year’s landscape from fluorescent lit cubicles around the state. violations, abandoned vehicles, traffic Apart from planting locations, the decision as to where and how to obtain signals & signs, park maintenance, bulk your seedlings will be of first order. Whether gardening for food or trash collection, street & alley cleaning, graffiti removal and sanitation enforcement aesthetics, growing annual flowers and vegetables from seed offers call: 311 significant savings and varietal choice over plantings from store bought seedlings. With the exception of constraint, starting your own seeds should Community affairs .........410-396-5819 be an easy endeavor when considering the following: Homeless shelters ...........410-361-4677 Lead paint abatement ....410-396-5716 Choice of plants Choose plant types and varieties suited for our climate zone, Illegal drug activity ........410-666-DRUG 7B. Quality seed packets will list detailed descriptions of the growth habit and Potholes .........................443-324-6926 Energy assistance ..........410-396-5555 maturation schedules of the seed contained. Recycling schedule ........410-396-5916 Potting media Use potting soil not garden soil. These are two different products Contact Information with garden soil intended as a soil amendment for your garden and not for use in Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake containers. Specific seed starting soils are also available, although I recommend City Hall Room #250, 100 N Holiday st against their use. Baltimore, MD 21202 [email protected] 410-396-3835 Sanitation The greatest threats to the success of seedling survival are the various types of fungus that cause damping off. Damping off can be virtually eliminated City Council President “Jack” Young [email protected] with the use of clean, sterile potting media. Make sure re-used containers have adequate drainage, and sterilize in the dishwasher before using. Andrea C. Curley - Mayor’s Neighborhood & Constituent Services, NE liaison [email protected] Ventilation Another important consideration to prevent damping off. Seedlings 443-984-3965 (o) 443-826-2260 (m) should be grown in a well ventilated location. Fungus loves a damp, stagnant target. Tony Savage - City Council President’s Neighborhood Relations Liaison Lighting A bright, south facing window sill is adequate. Supplemental lighting is 410-396-4826 (o) 410-926-6938 (m) not necessary. If used, obtain better results by using both cool and hot florescent tubes. 3rd District Councilman Robert Curran [email protected] 410-396-4812 Timing The Maryland Cooperative Extension has some great publications on their website http://extension.umd.edu/growit/vegetable that lay out the optimum times NE Police Major Richard Worley [email protected] for seedling transplant into your garden. The charts assume 4-8 weeks of indoor 410-396-2440 growth if not direct seeding into your bed. NE Community Police Liaison [email protected] All that said, probably the most important diligence will be maintaining 410-396-2444 sufficient soil moisture in a dry, indoor winter environment. Good luck! Email me with any plant or gardening questions you may have at 45 District Delegate Cory McCray [email protected] [email protected] 301-858-3486 43 District Delegate Mary Washington [email protected] Renew your 2016 Membership! Please pay your $10 dues at our 410-841-3476 next meeting or mail to P.O. Box 24643, Baltimore, MD 21214 Mac Love - Governor’s Office of Community [email protected] Name Phone 301-536-1885 Address Email Volunteer: Block Captain Other HAMILTON SURVEY: WHAT ABOUT THE JUDGES? Circuit Court Judge appointments are made by the Governor from a pool of applicants chosen by the many bars and legal boards of Maryland. These judges serve 15 year terms. However, they must run in an open election, in the first election after they are appointed. On April 26 you will be able to vote for up to 6 of 8 candidates, which include 2 challengers who were not appointed. While all 8 candidates have attended HHNA’s meetings, we chose not to collect information on the judges race. It’s confusing, few residents know about the candidates and the survey was long enough already. R.C.Clark Construction Inc. DIAN M. COMBS, ABR, GRI Quality Concrete Construction REALTOR* BOB CLARK OWNER Office: 410-675-5500 Fax: 410-675-8136 P.O. BOX 28216 Home: 410-254-6580 BALTIMORE, MD 21234 MHIC # 98810 Cell: 410-294-3440 [email protected] PHONE 443-622-1481 FAX 443-869-5814 LONG & FOSTER REAL ESTATE, INC. E-Mail [email protected] FELLS POINT OFFICE Website www.RcClarkconstruction.com 701 South Broadway/Baltimore, MD 21231 First Friday in the City! Brent Francis Funeral Director & Owner A high energy, JOYFUL, uplifting worship 7527 Harford Road encounter that’s full of Praise for an Baltimore, MD 21234 AWESOME SAVIOR! Phone: 410.444.4683 Fax: 410.444.4684 parkviewf [email protected] www.parkviewf h.com Every First Friday Eastern UMC at Faith Community Chruch 5315 Harford Rd Baltimore, MD 21214 repairs .