Way to go Abell! Greg Alexander Freelance Writer/Editor Editor, Mason-Dixon Arrive 2629 Guilford Avenue Baltimore, MD 21218 410-243-3387 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.gregoryjalexander.com
--- On Wed, 6/11/08, McConkey, Dionne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: McConkey, Dionne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WIN COMCAST NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS > To: "McConkey, Dionne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 11:05 AM > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > > Forty-five Community Organizations win Comcast Neighborhood Grants > > > Mayor Sheila Dixon and the Baltimore Office of Promotion > & The Arts > award the Comcast Neighborhood Grant Program to > neighborhood > associations or community-based, non-profit groups, that > work to > strengthen Baltimore's neighborhoods through special > events. The cash > grants are given to organizations in need of extra money to > fund > activities such as festivals, fundraisers, street fairs, > concerts and > parades. The activities must be of value to residents and > open to the > public. Grants are awarded in the amounts of $200 to $1000. > The Comcast > Neighborhood Grant Program is presented by Mayor Sheila > Dixon, produced > by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts and > sponsored by > Comcast. > > For more information on the Comcast Neighborhood Grant > Program, contact > the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts at > 410-752-8632 or visit > www.promotionandarts.com > <http://www.promotionandarts.com/> . > > > > Comcast Neighborhood Grant Program Recipients > > The following groups have been awarded grants for events > taking place in > fall/winter 2008 > > > > Organization & > > Event > > Abell Improvement Association > > AIA Annual Street Fair > > 32nd Street & Abell Avenue > > 9/14/2008 11-4pm > > A Grandmother's Pilgrimage > > Youth Cultural Night Out > > 208 S. Pulaski Street > > 8/9/2008 5pm > > Allendale Tenant Council > > Allendale Day > > 300 W. Franklin Street > > 9/1/2008 12-6pm; rain date: 9/6/2008 > > Belair-Edison Healthy Community Coalition > > Franks and Peace Summer Series > > Erdman Ave & Belair Road > > 7/2/2008 12-4pm > > Bel Park Tower Resident Council > > Bel-Park Community Fun Day > > 3800 W. Belvedere Ave > > 7/4/2008; rain date: 7/5/2008 > > Beverly Hills Improvement Association > > Beverly Hills Block Party > > Heinz Park > > 8/30/2008 1-5pm; rain date 8/31/2008 > > Black Cherry Puppet Theater > > Puppets In The Garden > > 1115 Hollins Street > > 10/12/2008 2pm; rain date: 10/12/2008 > > Carter Memorial Community Outreach Center > > Take it to the Street-Back to School Festival > > 745 W. Fayette Street > > 8/23/2008 3-8pm > > The Chase House Resident Council > > Family & Friends > > 1027 Cathedral Street > > 8/23/2008 3-6pm > > Coldspring Community Association > > Coldspring Youth Initiative > > Coldspring > > 9/5/2008 6-8pm > > Collington Square Neighborhood Association > > Collington Square Community Event > > 2100 N. Preston Street > > 9/6/2008 8:30am; rain date 9/13/2008 > > Coppin Heights Community Development Corp. > > Coppin Day > > Eastwood Park 1530 N. Bentalou Street > > 7/19/2008 12-6pm > > Creative Edges Sewing Program > > "Knowledge Is Power Back to School Event" > > 800 block of Whitelock Street > > 9/13/2008 4-8pm; rain date 9/13/2008 > > Douglas Homes Resident Council > > Douglas Homes Community Awareness > > 1500 E. Lexington > > 6/28/2008 9am-3pm > > The Druid Park Drive New Neighborhood Association > > Just an Old-Time Alley Party > > 2518 to 2562 Druid Park Drive > > 9/6/2008; rain date 9/7/2008 > > East Baltimore Historical Library > > Chess Park/Faith Garden Dedication > > 2400 Blk of Chase Street > > 10/10/2008 12-2pm; rain date 10/17/2008 > > Greater Baltimore AHC, Inc. > > Fall Block Party > > 1735 Guilford Avenue > > 9/13/2008 12pm; rain date 9/14/2008 > > Greater West Hills Community Association > > Outdoor Concert - Nat'l Night Out > > West Hills Park > > 8/5/2008 7-9pm; rain date 8/12/2008 > > Hillen Road Improvement Association > > HRIA Block Party > > 1600 blk Northwick Road > > 9/27/2008 12-4pm; rain date 10/04/2008 > > Hilltop 4100 Neighborhood Association > > Back to School Festival > > Rear of 4100 Rogers Ave alley > > 8/16/2008 12pm; rain date 8/23/2008 > > Historic Marble Hill Community Association > > Blue Marker Program > > Upton's Historic Marble Hill > > 7/12/2008 4-8pm > > La Gramercy Extreme, Inc. > > Summer Fest "Celebration of Families" > > Liberty Rec Center, 390l Maine Avenue > > 7/12/2008 11am-3pm > > Lake Walker Community Association > > Lake Walker Block Party '08 > > 6100 block Yorkshire Drive > > 9/6/2008 4-12pm; rain date 9/7/2008 > > Larchmont Community Association > > Larchmont's Talent Expo > > Cedar Park > > 9/13/2008 4pm; rain date 9/14/2008 > > Loch Raven Improvement Association > > Old Fashion Block Party > > 5800 Hillen Road > > 9/28/2008; rain date 10/4/2008 > > Masjid Us Salaam > > A Day of Dignity > > 514 Islamic Way > > 9/27/2008 10am > > Michele's Haven, Inc. > > End of School Year > > 1800 block Barclay Street > > 7/12/2008; rain date 7/19/2008 > > Mondawmin Neighborhood Improvement Assoc., Inc. > > Family Day in the Neighborhood > > Woodbrook Avenue > > 8/16/2008 12-6pm; rain date 8/17/2008 > > Monument East Tenant Council > > Back to School Event > > 633 N. Aisquith Street > > 8/16/2008 12-7pm; rain date 8/23/2008 > > Mutual Housing Association of Baltimore > > Monastery Gardens Community Yard & Bake Sale > > 4000 Old Frederick Road > > 8/02/2008 11am-7pm; rain date 8/09/2008 > > On The Ball (O.T.B., Inc.) > > OTB Block Party > > West Talbott Street > > 7/5/2008 12pm-until > > Operation Reachout Southwest (OROSW) > > OROSW Harvest Festival > > Community garden lot at Fulton Ave & Fayette St > > 10/11/2008 12-4pm > > Oyo Traditions > > Urban Vitality > > 2040 McCulloh Street > > 9/13/2008 > > Parents Against Drugs (PAD) > > PAD Community Fun Day > > 2700 Spelman Road > > 8/23/2008; rain date 8/30/2008 > > Parksley Improvement Council, Inc. > > Community Day - Back to School > > Parksley Avenue > > 8/16/2008 11am; rain date 8/17/2008 > > Parkway Community Association > > Parkway Summer Festival > > Parking lot on end of Leighton Ave. > > 7/12/2008; rain date 7/26/2008 > > The New South Clifton Park Community Association > > Community Festival & Health Fair 08 > > 1900 blk of Washington St. > > 8/23/2008 10am-3pm; rain date 8/30/2008 > > Pleasant View Gardens Resident Council > > Community Family Fun Day > > 201 North Aisquith Street > > 8/9/2008 9am-9pm; rain date 8/16/2008 > > Reisterstown-Park Heights Southern Team, Inc. > > Kwanzaa Celebration > > 2501 Springhill Avenue > > 12/30/2008 1-5pm > > Sandtown-Winchester Square > > Block Party > > 1100 blk of Whatcoat Street > > 8/2/2008; rain dare 8/9/2008 > > Sharp Leadenhall Planning Committee, Inc. > > Solo Givvs 27th Historical Festival > > 1000-1100 block Leadenhall St. > > 8/2/2008; rain date 8/16/2008 > > Tribe of Judah Family Outreach Center, Inc. > > Fallfest 2008 > > Franklin Square Park > > 9/13/2008 12-4pm; rain date 9/20/2008 > > Unity In The Community Familly & Friends > > UNITCFF Day > > Hampshire & Milford Avenue > > 8/9/2008 2-8pm; rain date 8/10/2008 > > Wolfe Street Academy > > Wolfest > > Gough St between Wolfe St & Washington Blvd > > 7/12/2008 > > Youth United in God > > Unite the Youth > > Douglas Senior High School > > 8/2/2008 5pm > > > > > > > > ### > > > > > > Dionne McConkey > > Communications Associate > > Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts > > 7 E. Redwood Street > > Suite 500 > > Baltimore, MD 21202 > > 410-752-8632 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.promotionandarts.com _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list [email protected] http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
