From katie at charlesvillage.org Tue May 8 18:47:04 2007 From: katie at charlesvillage.org (Katie) Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 18:47:04 -0400 Subject: [CV Block Leaders] Block Leaders read me! Message-ID: <002901c791c2$cc99c160$65cd4420$@org> Ok its time for the next block leader meeting!!! I was thinking the first week of June would be a good time, it's after the Charles Village Festival and the beginning of Summer. Hopefully you won't all be on vacation. Which dates work for you? Monday June 4 Tuesday June 5 Wednesday June 6 Thursday June 7 If everyone can write back and give me the days that work and those that don't work I will schedule it around the time when the most people can attend. It will most likely be from 7-8pm I hope to hear from you all very soon. Katie Katie Beltz Block Leader Coordinator Charles Village Community Benefits District 410-235-4411 x16 Katie at charlesvillage.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://charlesvillage.info/pipermail/blockleaders_charlesvillage.info/attachments/20070508/0a0b8b2b/attachment.htm From katie at charlesvillage.org Thu May 10 17:00:31 2007 From: katie at charlesvillage.org (Katie) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 17:00:31 -0400 Subject: [CV Block Leaders] FW: Another Burglary, Another Plea to Neighbors, Another Call for Help Message-ID: <002c01c79346$3f2a2970$bd7e7c50$@org> From: Moore, Dana Petersen [mailto:dmoore at wtplaw.com] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 1:08 PM Subject: Another Burglary, Another Plea to Neighbors, Another Call for Help Good afternoon everyone. Please note the following information regarding a burglary in the 2800 block of Guilford Avenue. This is the second if not third burglary in as many weeks. We all need to "be the neighbor we wish we had" by being sensitive to unusual activity in our blocks, being comfortable with reporting such activity to the police department and not placing ourselves at risk. This alone won't solve all of the problems (decidedly, we need more policing in our area), but it will help. Please also do the following: . Turn your porch lights on at night and turn them off in the morning. Don't whine about the cost - it's mere pennies! And, if the porch light's broke, contact one of our super C'Ville electrical contractors (Got recommendations? Send names to Mike Klima and me)to come out and fix it, finally! . Close your windows when you are not at home or not in a nearby room. It's very nice to have all of the windows on our first floor open. I'm thinking cool breezes fluttering our lavender-washed lace curtains. Nice. BUT, if you're upstairs in your back room variously staring at your computer and your backyard, that's a no-no and, as nice as it is to imagine the lavender scented breeze you could be setting yourself up for an unwelcome visitor! . Pick up your newspaper in the morning. You don't have to read it - just get it off of your porch so it looks like someone's actually coming and going! Letting papers collect for days makes it look like you are just waiting for trouble, or a neighbor to worry that you might be trapped under a heavy piece of furniture and so can't get to the porch to take care of this yourself. Neither option is desirable. . Remove fliers stuck in your railings, left on your porch, stuck on your door, stuck in your shrubs, etc. Don't get mad at the folks that pay or are paid pennies to do the delivery. That's pretty much a royal waste of your time, energy and brilliance, unless you are willing to actually follow-up on your threatening call to sue the vendor's pants off for trashing your piece of the neighborhood. Just pick them up, bunch them in to a tight wad and trash them. Or, take the time to carefully catalogue them for future use ("Chinese Food", "Dog Watchers", "Gardening", "Home Repairs", "I'll Buy/Sell Your House", "Pizza Parlors", "Roofers", "Subs and Sandwiches" are useful categories that come to mind). Or, consider using them for scrap paper to record all of the solicitation calls you get (insert same categories as above). You really don't have to be Martha Stewart to figure how to "repurpose" these things - just do whatever one does with these things! Whatever you decide, just don't leave them on your porch, for the same reason as stated at the second bullet. . Bring in the mail. Every day! If you're going to be away for a time (that's more than one day if you get as much mail as Ralph and me and you have a small mailbox like we do. One "Baltimore Magazine" plus "The Messenger" and a bill or two and we're overflowing!), ask the USPS to hold your mail at the post office until you return. Or, ask a neighbor to collect your mail for you. Most neighbors are glad to do this and will even collect it in a pretty shopping bag and waive off the promise of trinkets or chotzkis (how do you spell that??) from wherever you're headed off to. So, it's worry-free, hassle-free and . well, free! . Become a "Block Watcher" or "Crime Watcher" by registering your big bad self with the BCPD. That's the "Baltimore City Police Department - Northern District", up on Coldspring Lane. Officer Doug Gibson will help you with the paper work (actually, it's so easy to fill out the paper work that if you find you do need help to do it, you should not continue on as this program is not for you!). I did, just to see if it's as easy to do as promised. It is. I have my papers to prove it. DO IT!! . Get a dog. It does not have to be a big one, just one with a big bark. Really! We'll put Rajah, (a/k/a "Will Bark For Anything") on loaner and send him over to do the training. He'll love it! Your neighbors won't but then, unwelcome "visitors" probably won't either. And isn't that just the whole point?!! . Keep reading my e-mails for information about CVCA plans for meetings with the BCPD Northern District requesting more policing (patrols on foot, car, bicycle, horses even!) and security throughout all of Charles Village and adjacent communities. We well know that the interventions above won't turn the tide alone. We need help! Now! . Thanks! Dana Moore CVCA President -----Original Message----- From: Salem Reiner [mailto:sreiner1 at jhu.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:54 AM To: Lynda Riely; Belinda Conaway; Mary Pat Clarke; Katie Beltz; Wes Tolbert; Christian Wilson; Sharon Guida; Carla Ryon; Gabriel Goodenough; Victoria Der; Beth Bullamore; Odette Ramos; Joan Floyd; Steve Trauner; Kathleen Talty; Mollyne Honor; Carl Hyman; Bill Blanchard; Moore, Dana Petersen; Perry Bridger Subject: FYI - Burglary - 2800 Blk. Guilford Ave. All: Please note the following report dated 05/09/07 from JHU security. Burglary (Private Residence) - 2800 Blk. Guilford Ave. - On May 8th between 10:00 AM and 12:20 PM, the front door and vestibule door of a graduate student's residence were forced open. Several rooms were ransacked. Baltimore Police responded. Investigation continuing. Regards, Salem Salem Reiner Director Office of Community Affairs Johns Hopkins University 901 S. Bond Street, Suite 540 Baltimore, MD 21231 443-287-9900 (phone) 443-287-9898 (fax) Johns Hopkins Events: http://webapps.jhu.edu/eventslist/standardtemplate.cfm Johns Hopkins News & Information: http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/events/ This transmission contains information from the law firm of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP which may be confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended to be for the exclusive use of the planned recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://charlesvillage.info/pipermail/blockleaders_charlesvillage.info/attachments/20070510/890e071f/attachment.htm From katie at charlesvillage.org Tue May 22 10:31:52 2007 From: katie at charlesvillage.org (Katie) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 10:31:52 -0400 Subject: [CV Block Leaders] (no subject) Message-ID: <003901c79c7d$f0a4b680$d1ee2380$@org> Hello Block Leaders! The date that conflicted the least for our next block leader meeting is Wednesday June 6th. We will be meeting at the Future Care again, at 2700 N Charles Street, in the basement cafeteria from 7 to 8 pm. 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URL: http://charlesvillage.info/pipermail/blockleaders_charlesvillage.info/attachments/20070522/ac56c47c/attachment.htm From katie at charlesvillage.org Wed May 23 09:41:47 2007 From: katie at charlesvillage.org (Katie) Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:41:47 -0400 Subject: [CV Block Leaders] FW: [Chat] On Mark Steiner tomorrow Message-ID: <001a01c79d40$1c070b80$54152280$@org> From: Chat-bounces at charlesvillage.info [mailto:Chat-bounces at charlesvillage.info] On Behalf Of Stephen J Gewirtz Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:30 PM To: Charles Village Discussion List; The Charles Village Chat List; Cwilsonportlight at cs.com; Joan Floyd; John Houston Subject: [Chat] On Mark Steiner tomorrow >From noon until 1 tomorrow on WYPR (88.1 FM), the Marc Steiner Show will be about the hole in the ground on St. Paul St. The following is taken from the WYPR web site: Wednesday, May 23rd Noon - 1:00 If you've driven down St. Paul Street in the Charles Village neighborhood you can't help but notice a large vacant lot. The site is the home of a proposed condo and retail building with a garage. However, a downturn in the housing market has resulted in the project coming to standstill. Marc and his guests Dana Moore, President of the Charles Village Civic Association, Mary Pat Clarke, Councilwoman for Baltimore's 14th District and Josh Neiman, Senior Development Director for Struever Bros. discuss development in Charles Village. By the way, at 1 p.m., Mark Steiner has a discussion with the author of a novel that I very much enjoyed: 1:00 - 2:00 Marc interviews Pulitzer prize-winning author Michael Chabon about his latest novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union. If you miss either program and want to hear it later, you can access it online at www.wypr.org . Steve. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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