Have Your Say! Draft Green Infrastructure Master Plan Open for Public Comment |
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Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman recently announced the release of the draft Green Infrastructure Master Plan, and the beginning of the public comment period. The draft plan would conserve 5,000 acres by 2030, while adding green spaces to urban communities.
The Green Infrastructure Master Plan identifies a connected network of natural, recreational, historic, and cultural areas. The plan identifies areas to prioritize for conservation in the future, and can be found at www.aacounty.org/greeninfrastructure. The public comment period will remain open for 45 days.
After the public comment period ends, the draft Plan will be reviewed through a formal series of meetings with the County Planning Advisory Board and the County Council through the fall and winter. The County Council has the final authority to adopt the plan.
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Virtual Lecture – Courtly and Highly Prized: Dutch Traders in the 17th Century Chesapeake |
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Tuesday, August 24
7:30 pm
Organization: Historic Annapolis
This presentation examines the role that Dutch traders played in the economic and cultural development of the Chesapeake during the seventeenth century. Relying on court records, mercantile accounts, correspondence, and material culture evidence, Dr. Christian Koot reconstructs the mercantile and kinship networks that tied Dutch traders in New Netherland (New York) to English planters as well as the rich artifactual residue of this trade. When England’s Restoration government ordered a clamp down on Anglo-Dutch smuggling in the Chesapeake in the 1660s Dutch and English traders in Maryland were at the forefront of blazing a new smuggling route in the Upper Chesapeake that avoided increased English patrols. In short, New Netherland traders and residents of the English Chesapeake belonged to the same community in the seventeenth century.
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Decadent Dining: Imported Food & Drink in Early Annapolis |
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Thursday, August 26
2:00 pm
Organization: Hammond-Harwood House
Part of the Cathleen H. Far Lecture Series, join Joyce White, Food Historian and Hammond-Harwood House Trustee, on a journey back in time to discover the exotic imports available to wealthy residents of 18th century Annapolis. This lecture takes participants on a virtual shopping spree through the streets of colonial Annapolis to discover the assorted spices, condiments, sugars, cheeses, teas, coffees, chocolate, spirits, wines, and beer, among many other items offered for sale. This lecture coordinates with the current museum exhibition, Decadent Décor: Global Imports in an Early American Port City.
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Children’s Workshop: Tin Punching |
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Saturday, August 28
10:30 am
Historic London Town and Gardens
839 Londontown Road, Edgewater
Learn how colonists illuminated their lives using fires, candles, and more; then, using tin punched lanterns as inspiration, create your own “tin” punched (aluminum) plate.
Please note: This is a drop off program. Adults and families are welcome to explore the property but they must pay admission (if they are non-members). For the safety of participants and staff, this workshop will be held outside with appropriate distancing, group sizes, and cleaning in accordance with CDC and local guidance. Cost to participate is $10 for members ages 5-12 or $13 for non-members ages 5-12. Register for Children’s Workshop: Tin Punching.
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Friday - Summer Concert at Goshen Farm |
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Friday, August 27
6:30-8:30 pm
Goshen Farm
1420 Cape St. Claire Road, Annapolis
Join the Free Friday Night Summer Concert Series at Goshen Farm! End your week on a high note and rock in the weekend with a whole new 2021 line-up. It’s a family-friendly setting in Cape St. Claire on the Broadneck Penisula. You can walk, bike, or drive over to hear great tunes, enjoy friends, and relax. So pack up the blankets, grab some snacks, and head over.
The August 27 concert features Alison Thoms and Tim Kurtzberg. There is limited seating available, so make sure to bring chairs and blankets. Bring your own food and drinks too!
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Monday! EVs & Ice Cream: Get the Scoop on Driving Electric |
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Monday, August 30
6:00-8:00 pm
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
801 Chase Street, Annapolis
Join Annapolis Green outside Maryland Hall, near the stick sculpture known as “Old Home Place” and talk with those who have taken the leap to drive electric as part of EVs & Ice Cream: Get the Scoop on Driving Electric. There will be various models of EVs and their drivers are happy to answer questions. You will also be able to see the charging stations at Maryland Hall that are free to use.
The small, intimate nature of this event will allow you to talk with EV drivers in depth and to get answers to your questions. If you’re just “EV curious,” maybe not ready to update your ride just yet, this is a great event for you too. This event is a small Ask an EV Owner event that is prelude to our National Drive Electric Week Kick Gas EV Showcase on September 26 at City Dock.
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Webinar: Host Successful Fall Fundraising Events With Confidence
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Wednesday, August 25
12:30 pm
Organization: Network for Good
With fall events on the horizon and the ever-changing landscape of gatherings top-of-mind, there’s a lot to consider for your upcoming fundraiser(s).
In this webinar, fundraising event experts from Swaim Strategies will talk about the current state of nonprofit events, what’s currently working, and what considerations your organization should weigh when deciding how you can make the biggest impact. They will provide you with tools and resources to successfully serve your mission and meet your donors where they are.
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Free Webinar: Is Your Organization Ready for Self-Assessment? An Introduction to STEPS (August 2021) |
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Wednesday, August 25
3:00-4:00 pm
Organization: American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
Would you like an easy-to-use workbook that guides your organization in assessing policies and practices? Could your board of directors benefit from learning more about its role in operating a museum, historic house, or site? If so, then it’s time to join the 1,100 organizations already enrolled in the Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (STEPS). STEPS is a self-paced, self-assessment program for small- and mid-size organizations including those managed solely by volunteers. With a recently updated workbook that contains expanded guidance for essential topics like diversity and inclusion, you will be able to gain a birds-eye view of your organization.
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MSAC Grants for Organizations Intent to Apply is Open |
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The GFO granting program provides general operating support to nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, as well as units of government, that produce or present ongoing arts programming that is open to the public. GFO grantees not only provide access to the arts in their communities, but they create audiences for the future, uplift communities, and stimulate the economic impact throughout the state.
In Fiscal Year 2021, the Maryland State Arts Council awarded GFO grants to 229 arts organizations and programs across the State totaling $15,023,780. Submit your Intent to Apply Today. Applications are due September 15, 2021.
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Community Change Grants are Coming! |
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America Walks and generous Active People, Health Nations partners are excited to announce another round of the popular Community Change Grant program.
This program will award grantees $1,500.00 in community stipends for projects related to creating healthy, active, inclusive, accessible and engaged places to live, work, and play.
This year, applications will open in September, 2021. America Walks appreciates the never-ending and passionate work being done on a daily basis to create places where all community members have safe, accessible, equitable, and enjoyable places to walk and move.
Advocates and community members are critical to creating opportunities for all members to see the benefits to individual health and wellness, community interaction, economic vitality, and environmental sustainability that come when walking and walkability is supported by local efforts. This grant program works to provide support to the growing network of advocates, organizations, and agencies using innovative, engaging, and inclusive programs and projects to create change at the community level.
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Four Rivers Heritage Area | 410-222-1805 | heritage_area@aacounty.org | fourriversheritage.org |
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