Week 1: Getting Acquainted
CITYLAB of JONESTOWN, where we are now: http://www.citylabsusa.com/historic-jonestown-master-plan.html
Intersection of Lombard St. and High St., near the famous deli, Attman's
Urban Fellow Contact: Professor Lindsay Thompson, emailed August 21, 2017
Insights about the neighborhood: in need of new businesses to inspire sidewalk traffic, etc.?; historical gems
New developments/direction: several simultaneous development projects; Central Avenue revitalization
Hendler Creamery property to be turned into apartments: https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2017/05/02/hendler-creamery-redevelopment-will-be-life.html
https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2017/06/12/jonestown-buildings-hit-the-market-in.html
http://www.designcollective.com/news-perspectives/story/in-the-newsurban-landscape-new-life-for-hendler-creamery
Central Ave: http://centralaveproject.com/
http://www.centralaveproject.com/index.php/about/project-history
Oldtown: adjacent neighborhood: http://planning.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/Oldtown%20Redevelopment%20Plan.pdf
Rezoning: http://planning.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/Oldtown%20Redevelopment%20Plan.pdf
Unique issues: a border neighborhood; close to JHH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzbpXa9KOdA: positioned near some of worst poverty and projects
"wealth creation with value creation"
"conversations with stakeholders in the neighborhood
community garden
Infrastructure, Businesses, Housing, People:
Rebuilding of Jonestown: http://www.kci.com/projects/flag-house-courts-redevelopment/
Ronald McDonald House: https://rmhcbaltimore.org/our-new-house/our-new-neighborhood/
Jewish Museum of Maryland: http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-jonestown-branding-20151007-story.html: "Marvin Pinkert, executive director of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, is leading a master planning process to brand the Jonestown neighborhood to drive traffic to the local cultural institutions and to encourage investors to go forward with developments."
St. Vincent's Church: www.stvchurch.org/justice-service/jonestown
Attmans Deli: https://www.attmansdeli.com/
Star-Spangled History: Mary Pickersgill
In need of reinvention? (http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-jonestown-branding-20151007-story.html)
"The area today is a mix of owned and rental homes, industrial buildings and museums, a northern border to the flourishing Little Italy and Harbor East."
"It's amazing how willing funders are when they know you've got a road map and you've got goals laid out for you, especially when those goals are going to contribute to the betterment of the whole," said Paula Hankins, executive director of Carroll Museums Inc., which oversees the Shot Tower and Carroll Mansion nearby on East Lombard Street"
"On Wednesday, the city's Board of Estimates approved the sale of 1107 E. Fayette St. for $180,000, a deal that was approved by the Baltimore Development Corp. in 2013. The sale is connected to the $45 million conversion of the former Hendler Creamery into 270 apartments by The Commercial Group, which purchased the property for $1.1 million in 2012.
Efforts to redevelop the other vacant parcels, which remain publicly owned, have been hindered by deed restrictions that give the developers of Albemarle Square rights to shape future land use there, officials said. About six months ago, the Baltimore Housing Authority restarted negotiations with Urban Atlantic, Albemarle's lead developer, in hopes of removing the deed restrictions and issuing a new request for proposals, officials said. Urban Atlantic, a Bethesda firm, did not respond to a request for comment." (moving forward in steps)
Local Reps/Community Planning Meetings:
http://www.stvchurch.org/justice-service/jonestown/; Contact: Joe Cronyn, 410-299-5679; Email: neighborhood@stvchurch.org
Meeting Schedule: http://www.historicjonestown.com/board-room.html
