The December 4th Civic League meeting will feature holiday snacks, beer and wine! Join your fellow residents for some mingling before and after the meeting agenda. Roland Park Presbyterian Church, 7-9PM.
Also, please note that the January Civic League meeting will take place Wednesday, January 8th (due to holiday on Jan. 1). Roland Park Presbyterian Church, 7-9PM.
All members and residents are invited to attend the regular monthly board meetings of the Roland Park Civic League. See our Agenda for Wed. November 6, 2019 in advance. Be well informed on local matters by attending or contact a Plat Rep. directly.
Our commitment to the greater community continues with our 2nd annual Thanksgiving food drive to benefit the Langston Hughes Center in neighboring Park Heights. This Saturday and Sunday, November 2nd and 3rd we join up with Eddie’s of Roland Park to collect everything the Langston Hughes Center will need for their annual Thanksgiving meal. They are going to try and do 2 dinners this year, so let’s show our wonderful RP generosity by supplying everything they need!
Members of RPCL will be collecting your donations at the Roland Avenue store on Saturday and at the Charles Street store on Sunday. We will be there from 1 to 3PM each day. Eddie’s will supply printed shopping lists with many sale items to make it easy to donate. Just make your purchase and hand to a RPCL member to place in our collection boxes as you exit the store. We will make a big trip out to Langston Hughes with all the stuffing, yams, turkeys, and hams just like we did last year.
If you cannot make it to one of these drive days, drop your donation off at our Civic League office, 2nd floor of 5115B Roland Avenue. Checks should be made out to RPCL, and we will use these funds to purchase the perishable items such as turkeys and hams and roasts closer to Thanksgiving week.
Trick or Treat
The festivity continues in Roland Park on Halloween evening when the Roland Park Civic League once again teams up with the RP Presbyterian Church as we host a trick or treat station on Upland on Halloween evening from 6 to 8PM. We will have plenty of candy including dairy, egg, and nut free options along with warm cider to keep the Halloween revelers and their parents sustained! You might even see your RPCL president in a kilt!
A selection of trees are available for fall planting. Roland Park residents who are Civic League members and up-to-date with Roads & Maintenance dues can request a free tree. The selection includes trees for the verge that will mature to become large trees adding shade and beauty to Roland Park streets. A limited quantity of smaller shade and flowering ornamental trees for planting on personal property will also be available for free. Tree planting is available by K&C Groundworks. Residents who pay full Roads & Maintenance dues may qualify for a free planting along the verge area. Other residents can have the tree planted for a fee of $80. Residents will be billed once tree is planted. {K&C Groundworks sets the tree planting price and is subject to change}
Please contact Kate Culotta for list of available trees and details on planting options. landscape@rolandpark.org or krculotta@msn.com
To be eligible for a free tree:
Tom McGilloway of Mahan Rykiel Associates presented proposed Stony Run improvements for Oakdale Meadow pathway and grading.
The goal is to improve an area of the Stony Run path that suffers from both standing water and erosion in key areas like the TKF bench.
Please see this attachment for detailed plans: Oakdale Grading and Pathway Boards
Please send any comments and questions by October 21 to: foundationoffice@rolandpark.
Saturday, October 5, 11:30am-12:30pm-gather just north of the Oakdale entrance.
The Roland Park Community Foundation invites Stony Run walkers and neighbors to hear ideas, examine plans, and ask questions about coming improvements to the Stony Run Oakdale Meadow area in implementation of the Upper Stony Run Strategic Plan. Tom McGilloway, principal at design firm Mahan Rykiel, will be on site to present proposed strategies to define the pathway, divert excess water, and add plantings — all with the goal of making a walk along Stony Run a less muddy and more pleasurable experience. Following the presentation, Tom will be taking questions.
Afterwards, walk south along Stony Run path to Linkwood Park, where Friends of Stony Run hosts The Urban Bird Festival, beginning at 1pm.
Members and residents are welcome to join the Board Meeting of the Civic League Wednesday, October 2, 2019 (7-9pm). The agenda is attached below. We meet monthly in the basement assembly room of Roland Park Presbyterian, accessible via Upland Road off Roland Avenue. Hope to see you there!
