[Chat] Fw: COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WIN COMCAST NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS

Wed Jun 11 11:08:26 EDT 2008

Way to go Abell!

Greg Alexander
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--- On Wed, 6/11/08, McConkey, Dionne <Dionne.McConkey at baltimorecity.gov> wrote:

> From: McConkey, Dionne <Dionne.McConkey at baltimorecity.gov>
> Subject: COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WIN COMCAST NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS
> To: "McConkey, Dionne" <Dionne.McConkey at baltimorecity.gov>
> 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
> 
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> 
> Dionne McConkey
> 
> Communications Associate 
> 
> Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts
> 
> 7 E. Redwood Street
> 
> Suite 500 
> 
> Baltimore, MD 21202
> 
> 410-752-8632
> 
> dmcconkey at promotionandarts.com
> 
> www.promotionandarts.com