Loyola Center for Neighborhood Resilience

10/08/2026

Join Loyola Center for Neighborhood Resilience and Loyola University Maryland SGA for the Annual Halloween Block Party. The free event will be from 1-4 pm at 5104 York Road (Govans Farmers Market lot) and will feature decorated trunks, a Halloween costume contest for children, arts and crafts, and games!

09/17/2026

We are excited to continue our partnership the with Baltimore City Department of Public Works Green Resources & Outreach for Watersheds (GROW) Center. Yesterday, in partnership with the University of Maryland Extension and Maryland Sea Grant they offered a Rain Barrel Workshop for 17 participants in our Loyola Community Center. Each attendee received a free rain barrel. We look forward to hosting another workshop in the spring!

09/09/2026

08/14/2026

Join us for the launch of the Rooted in Trust Program (RIT)! The RIT Program will include community listening sessions, a steward leadership development program, a summer youth program, and the development of several neighborhood greening and public space activation project sites along York Road in Baltimore City with the goal of bridging divides across differences.

🪏🌳🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒Join us for two information sessions (All are welcome!!) Both will be held at 5104 York Road in the new Loyola Community Center (front middle section of larger building on the lot).
August 27th: 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
September 8th: 6:30 pm-8:00 pm

🏡🪏🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒We are also looking for residents interested in serving on the RIT Advisory Council. This the the overarching advisory group for the project. Applications are due September 15th. More information on the role of the council will be available at RIT information sessions!

The Rooted in Trust Program is a collaboration between Loyola University Maryland, the York Road Partnership, York Road Improvement District and the Govans-Boundary Parish United Methodist Church and is funded by the Alliance for Social Trust of the Aspen Institute and the Allstate Foundation.

08/12/2026

TODAY! Every year the Govans Farmers Market & Govans Community Refrigerator offers a Back-to-School event for the community.

The and Call to Action Church will take over the resource area offering free books, food and other school supplies. The York Road Partnership Youth Committee and several of their youth-serving partners will be on hand. Come on out today with your family, and enjoy shopping with our local vendors!

Come shop with local vendors while getting ready for back to school!

08/12/2026

Joe Nathan Page has lived in his Northeast Baltimore home for over 60 years. He’s one of at least 129,000 Baltimoreans who have lived in their homes for 20 or more years.

07/25/2026

06/20/2026

The Michael Phelps Foundation's IM Program is returning to Baltimore from June 20 through August 14, offering swim lessons, water safety education, and mental wellness training for children ages 7-14 at four city pool locations.