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Success!! Thanks to all of you!

SetonHill April 7, 2015 March 30, 2015

We had an amazing night! Full of good drinks, wonderful atmosphere, and most importantly, great company!

Thank you everyone who came out in support of State Center redevelopment! The State Center Neighborhood Alliance, along with Mount Royal Community Development Corporation hosted a great event!

We were honored to have so many local leaders in attendance, to include Council President Jack Young, Councilman Eric Costello, Councilman Carl Stokes, as well as representatives from the Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Office and the Baltimore Development Corporation. Former Mayor Sheila Dixon and former Delegate Shawn Tarrant also attended the event to express their support of a new State Center!

Community leaders from Druid Heights Community Development Corporation, Heritage Crossing Residents Association, Historic Mount Royal Terrace, McCulloh Homes Residents Association, Madison Park Improvement Association, Marble Hill Community Association, Midtown Development Corporation, Mt. Royal Improvement Association, Mt. Vernon Belvedere Association, Pennsylvania Ave Redevelopment Collaborative, Seton Hill Association, United Baptist Missionary Convention & Auxiliaries of Maryland and Upton Planning Committee were in instrumental in planning and most were even able to attend! Also showing support were the Maryland State Medical Society CEO Gene Ransom III and UMd Student Bar Assn President Ben Smith. What a list!

Stay tuned – we still have a lot more work to do, and we’ll be calling on you to keep up the pressure. Let’s get this done!

SCNA president John Kyle signing a petition in support of State Center Redevelopment

11th District Councilman Eric Costello signing his name in support of State Center Redevelopment

Former Mayor Sheila Dixon speaking with some party attendees

Council President’s Neighborhood liaison Liam Davis with Wanda Best, SCNA Board Member and Executive Director of Upton Planning Committee

Locust Point Civic Association president Greg Sileo chatting about the benefits of State Center redevelopment to attendees

Seton Hill Association board member Aaron Greenlun signing his name in support of State Center redevelopment

Ryleigh’s, packed with supporters for the redevelopment of State Center

MRCDC Vice President Jacob Green addresses the audience at the SCNA Happy Hour

Red Line Lobby Day

SetonHill March 8, 2015 March 8, 2015

Seton Hill – Red Line Now, an advocacy group for the Red Line, is organizing a lobby day to join the Purple Line advocates. The meeting on 9 March (this Monday) is from 5-8pm. Come join us!

Location: Lowe House Building, Room 142
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD
Legislator Meetings: 5:00-7:00

Click here for:

Registration

Facebook Facebook Event Page

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State Center Matters!

SetonHill February 4, 2015 December 5, 2014

Seton Hill – let’s get the word out that State Center Matters!

Seton Hill’s State Center Website

5 December 2014:
Last Monday, the State Center Neighborhood Alliance met for their monthly meeting regarding the development of the State Center. For those of you unfamiliar with this project, the innovative redevelopment of State Center will provide jobs, homes, retail, an increased tax base, and community improvements to a long neglected area of the City just north of our neighborhood. Your representatives in the Seton Hill Association have been involved in the planning of this project for over 8 years.

Next Tuesday, 9 December, the Senate Budget & Tax Committee is holding a briefing in Annapolis on State Center. As many of you probably read in the Baltimore Sun (3 December), there are threats to the future of the State Center project.

Please sign the following petition, and tell all your friends and neighbors. Your help in getting the word out to our elected officials is vital to ensuring the health of this project, and the future vitality of our neighborhood.

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/maryland-state-house-approve-the-state-center-redevelopment-project

UPDATES:

Dec 17, 2014 — There are two updates:
1. Please vote NO in this Business Journal poll and forward accordingly:
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/pulse/poll/should-larry-hogan-get-to-decide-the-fate-of-state-center/16125591

2. The State Center project won’t go before the Board of Public Works this Wednesday (today), due to concerns about the cost (a one budget line item relative to the underground parking garage). The only other Board of Public Works meeting while O’Malley is in office is 7 January.

Bottom line: We need to keep up the pressure. Here’s how to do it:

Contact Maryland State Treasurer Nancy Kopp. Treasurer Kopp has been supportive of the State Center project in the past. There is pressure on her now to not permit an item re State Center to be on the next Board of Public Works agenda (on Jan 7) and, if it is on the agenda, to vote against the item. This item is a modest change to one budget line item relative to the underground parking garage.

Please contact Treasurer Kopp with the following message:
Treasurer Kopp, thank you for your past support of the State Center redevelopment. This project was proposed under the Ehrlich administration and strongly supported under the O’Malley administration. The innovative redevelopment of State Center will provide jobs, homes, retail, an increased tax base, and community improvements to a long neglected area of the City that is ready for change.

Please – we need you to not only allow this agenda item to come to vote on 7 January, but we need you to continue to support it as well.

Contact:
The Honorable Nancy Kopp
State of Maryland Treasurer
Goldstein Treasury Building
80 Calvert St, Annapolis, MD 21401;
PHONE: 800-974-0468
EMAIL: nkopp@treasurer.state.md.us
ON-LINE CONTACT FORM: http://www.treasurer.state.md.us/contactus.aspx