Friends of West Baltimore Squares

10/28/2016

Don't miss this great story and photo collecting event with the Southwest Partnership next month at St. Luke's Church at Franklin Square!

Bring your photos and memories to share with the Southwest Partnership! The Southwest Storytelling Project will have scanning stations set up to scan photographs and documents, and will be recording small group discussion about what churches, schools, and the neighborhoods were like in the past. Eac...

09/26/2016

Check out this house for sale just south of Franklin Square Park!

For sale: $90,720.

07/11/2016

Southwest Area Park Public Safety Bicycle Rodeo!

Join us Sunday, July 17th from 12-5pm at the parking lot across from Hollins Market for the first Southwest Partnership Bike Rodeo. Kids will have the chance to participate in bike races and activities, and to learn about bicycle safety. There will be more information about the new bike share locations in the Southwest Partnership area, the W. Baltimore Bike Blvd. and other community events and resources. Food trucks will be on-site. The event is free and open to the public.

06/18/2016

Sharing this message from the Southwest Partnership:

As you may know, there was a tragic hit-and-run accident in front of Steuart Hill Academic Academy in Union Square yesterday and Amirah Kinlaw, a third grade student who lived in Mount Clare was killed. Her loss is devastating to her family, friends, school, and community.

Staff at Steuart Hill have put together a fund to support Amirah's family with funeral and other expenses and they've asked us to share information about the fund as widely as possible. You can donate to the fund and find out more information here. The Union Square Association will also be collecting Cash Donations at the Bloom Your Block judging tomorrow in Union Square Park.

I am Ms. Skutt, a fourth grade teacher at Steuart Hill Elementary School. Our school recently lost one of our students, Amirah Kinlaw. Amirah was a bright and sweet student. I am trying to help support the family in their time of loss by raising money to cover the cost of the funderal and any ass...

05/06/2016

Saturday, May 7th noon-6p Pop-Up at Hollins Market featuring local art, food & goodies! Located at 26 S Arlington, Hollins Market is just 5 blocks west of MLK Blvd, one mile from Inner Harbor, and accessible on the Charm City Circulator Orange Route: https://www.facebook.com/events/1709158199365585/

05/06/2016

The Sellers Mansion on Lafayette Square is up for auction. Bids start at $10,000.

We're keeping our fingers crossed that this building can find a developer who can restore this building into an asset for the Harlem Park neighborhood!

Three significant historic buildings are up for auction next month as part of the new One House at a Time Select Auction. In contrast to the rowhouses usually listed in One House at a Time’s bi-monthly  property auctions, these buildings are much larger and better suited to a multifamily, mixed-use,...

04/19/2016

There are two demolition clusters proposed for the Franklin Square neighborhood on the 200 block N. Bruce Street and 1600 block W. Fayette Street. Learn more from Baltimore Heritage!

This past January, Governor Larry Hogan and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Project CORE—a plan for the state to spend $75 million on tearing down and stabilizing vacant buildings and $600 million on incentives for redevelopment over the next seven years. Mayor Rawlings Blake called it “dem…

03/29/2016

CUPs Coffeehouse & Kitchen is a nonprofit workforce development program dedicated to providing quality catering serviceand changing lives for the better.

01/30/2016

Tonight!

Full Steam Ahead! Our annual meeting is January 30th at 5pm at the B&O Railroad Museum. Join us for food, fun, mingling with neighbors, and updates on the Southwest Partnership and our goals for the coming year. All are welcome and invited.

12/12/2015

Tomorrow in Union Square!

One of the most popular events in our neighborhood is the Annual Christmas Cookie Tour. Union Square residents usher in the season in style as hundreds of visitors tour lovingly-restored homes of Baltimore’s Victorian era. Christmas decorations provide a festive backdrop as guests munch freshly-bake…

11/17/2015

Next month! Join our friends in Union Square for the annual Christmas Cookie Tour.

After thirty years and almost 250,000 tasty cookies, the Union Square Christmas Cookie Tour is set to celebrate, big time! The event will kick off on Friday, December 11th at 7pm with the Union Square Park Christmas Tree Lighting and welcome. To mark the 30th Annual Christmas Cookie Tour, organizers…