In advance of the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Civic League, the new slate of board nominees and is now available for community review.  Note that the annual meeting will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, May 20th at 7PM (link details to follow).  There will be a vote on the slate, so residents are encouraged to participate in the meeting and vote!  Per the By-Laws, we need a minimum of 35 people for voting/approval purposes.

Position/Nominee:

President: Robert Connors

First Vice President: Tom Hoen*

Second Vice President: Ashley Handwerk

Secretary: Ann-Barron Carneal**

Treasurer: Jen Viglucci

Plat 1 Rep: Blair Storzer**

Plat 4 Rep: Bobby Marinelli*

Plat 5 City Rep: Andy Niazy**

Plat 6 Rep: Devon Dodson

At-Large Rep “B”: Rachel Dawson*

At-Large Rep “E”: Ken Rice*

Returning Board Members

Position/Name

Plat 2 Rep: Ed Goodlander

Plat 3 Rep: Dan McIntyre

Plat 5/County Rep: Dan Motz

At-Large “A” Rep: Mary Kay Battafarano

At-Large “C” Rep: Richard Bruno

At-Large “D” Rep: Martha Holleman

*New to RPCL Board

**Current RPCL Board member in a new role

NOTE: You can read the bios for each proposed new board member here: rpclboardnomineebios

April 22nd is 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

Roland Park to celebrate by planting 50 trees

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, let’s plant 50 trees in Roland Park. The Baltimore City Department of Forestry has given the Landscape Committee the trees as part of a program to expand the City’s tree canopy.

The first 50 residents to sign up are eligible to receive a tree to plant on or near your property (one per household). In addition to planting the tree yourself, you must agree to provide your address to Kate Culotta for the Tree Baltimore registry, and water, maintain and care for the new tree (guidelines and planting instructions will be provided). If you are unable to plant the tree, the Landscape Committee will arrange to have it planted at a future date. Fees may apply.

The tree supply is limited:

• • Verge or streetscape trees include Red Maple, Black Gum and American Hornbeam
• • Personal property trees include Flowering Black Cherry (native), Eastern Redbud, Serviceberry, American Hornbeam, Southern Magnolia and Sweet Gum. Note that Sweet Gum is only suitable for areas away from the street, sidewalk and play areas because they drop hard, spiked fruits. These fruits, while unpleasant to walk on, are an important food source for native wildlife like birds, chipmunks and squirrels. It is best to plant Sweet Gums on slopes or at the forest edge.

Tree distribution will follow strict social distancing guidelines.

Please contact Kate Culotta at krculotta@msn.com or 410-804-4750 for more information, and to request help with tree selection or planting. Trees available for pick up starting Wednesday April 22, 2020.

For those residents that were unable to attend the monthly Roland Park Civic League Board Meeting Wednesday evening (February 5, 2020), we are posting the opening remarks of the Civic League President,  which include our initial response to the racial incident last month in collaboration with our community partners.

Opening Remarks for February 5