Neighborhood News: November 2022
/ Holiday Decorations/Lighting Giveaway
There are 2 opportunities to WIN a cool Holiday Decoration and Lighting Package from the Canton Community Association and Canton Ace Hardware! To be eligible, signup as a new member or renew your current membership to the CCA by 7 pm on Tuesday, December 6. A winner will be selected at random and announced at the CCA Board Meeting that night.
Join us at the Canton Day of Giving on December 10 at O’Donnell Square Park (10 am-2 pm) to donate a new, unwrapped toy or nonperishable food items. While you’re there you can register to join the CCA, too! Look for details on the event in the December Life in Canton e-newsletter.
CCA Public Meeting November 15
The next quarterly CCA Public Meeting is on Tuesday, November 15 from 6:30-8:00 pm. It will be a hybrid, both in-person at the United Evangelical Church at 3200 Dillon Street (enter from East Ave.) and live streamed on our Facebook page.. Look for more details on our social media closer to the event. To submit a question, please email info@CantonCommunity.org.
CCA Bloom Box Holiday Fundraiser
Bloom Box is a local company that hand delivers fresh plants and holiday decorations like wreaths, greenery, and trees right to your door! Just place your holiday order online at www.getblooming.com, use code “CANTON15” at the checkout, and Bloom Box will donate 15% of the sales to the Canton Community Association! Offer valid November 1-15, 2022.
Public Comment Period for Outdoor Dining
The Baltimore City Department of Transportation is accepting comments on its proposed Curbside Commercial Policy (Outdoor Dining), which will regulate the design and using of outdoor dining parklets in the city. The comment period began on October 14 and will run through the end of Monday, November 14th. To receive more information on the proposal and leave a comment, please visit https://transportation.baltimorecity.gov/regulations-public-comment.
Free Community Fridge Holiday Donations
Did you know there’s a free community fridge in SE Bmore? It is outside 123 N. Linwood and available to anyone who needs a meal. Our neighbor, Allie Marston, is championing the holiday cooking and donation project. If you are interested in helping, please sign up using this Google Docs sheet. This is important to ensure that someone will be bringing something each day. The fridge is also a bit small, so it’s better to spread out the contributions. If you don’t cook and would like to donate groceries or even funds, that is helpful as well. If you have any questions, feel free to DM Allie, or if email is more your style: alliemarston@gmail.com. Thanks to all in advance!
Adopt an Elder
Holidays can be lonely for our seniors, especially if they don’t have family nearby. Please consider Adopting an Elder(s) throughout the Holiday Season. The Thanksgiving event will be Wednesday, November 23. To learn more about how you can participate, please contact our favorite senior neighbor, Miss Joi. She asks you DM her via Facebook.
Music on the Square
Music on the Square Concert Series is back for the 2022-2023 season! The 2nd concert of 2022 features Larry & Joe on Friday, November 11 at 4:00 pm. “Building Musical Bridges: Larry Bellorín and Joe Troop blend música llanera and bluegrass into egalitarian Nuevo South brew”. $20 suggested donation. Church on the Square is located at 1025 S Potomac Street, Baltimore, MD 21224. Click here for TICKETS.
Creativity Center Grand Opening
Join your neighbors and the best creatives in Baltimore on Saturday, November 12 from 11 am-4 pm at the Grand Opening of the Creative Alliance’s new Creativity Center. The new center, located at 3137 Eastern Avenue, will feature a dance studio, a teaching kitchen, and multiple classrooms to foster creativity! For details, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1145519456049444.
Canton Canopy Fall Plantings
Canton Canopy is a group of volunteers working toward a sustainable, healthy tree canopy in our neighborhood. Join the CC Fall Tree Planting on November 12 from 9:00 am-noon. Meet us early to grab a coffee, donuts, gloves, and tools. Location TBD, please check the FB events for details. Enjoy lunch and a beer at Mahaffey’s Pub afterward to celebrate our hard work. Thanks for helping our community!
Free Community Dumpster Day 11/5
The CCA is hosting a free community Dumpster Day on Saturday, November 5 from 9 am til noon or full. Plan to go early as it usually fills fast. The tentative location is 1001 S Lakewood (next to Safeway, before Boston St.). Please check our social media the day before to confirm. Acceptable materials at the dump include household trash, furniture, other bulk items, appliances, scrap metal, cans, glass, plastics, paper, cardboard, and yard waste that is bagged appropriately. No toxic or hazardous waste. Unacceptable materials include paint, solvents, pesticides, pool chemicals, acids, caustics, gasoline, mercury thermometers & thermostats, syringes, fire extinguishers, propane tanks, helium tanks, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, and any other solid, liquid, or gaseous substance that is regulated as hazardous by State or federal law.
Canton Canopy Fall Plantings
Canton Canopy is a group of volunteers working toward a sustainable, healthy tree canopy in our neighborhood. Join CC for a Fall Tree Planting on November 12 from 9:00 am-noon. Meet early to grab a coffee, donuts, gloves, and tools. Location TBD, please check the FB event for details. Enjoy lunch and a beer at Mahaffey’s Pub afterward to celebrate our hard work. Thanks for helping our community!
DPW Fall Leaf Collection
Leaf collection season began Monday, October 24, 2022, and will continue through Monday, January 9, 2022. Bagged leaves (up to 5 bags) are collected on regularly scheduled trash collection days. Residents can call 311 to schedule special Monday pickups of up to 20 bags of leaves. Read more details about leaf collection.
OPEN/CLOSED
Looney’s Pub, a Canton mainstay since 1993, is now Zen Den. The restaurant, located at 2900 O’Donnell Street, was sold and is being operated by the Team from Raw & Refined and El Bufalo. To see the new menu and learn more, check out their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/zendenbaltimore.
SAVE THE DATE
Canton Day of Giving – December 10
Join us at ODSP as we collect toys and nonperishable food items to be distributed to those in need throughout our community.
CCA NEWS
Community Outreach
The CCA is committed to increasing communication across our community and we need your help. To make sure we are reaching neighbors beyond social media we are looking for businesses, organizations, schools, churches, senior and rec centers, etc. to serve as points of distribution for information. If your business or organization has a place to post a flyer, distribute a newsletter, has an email list, etc. and would like to help facilitate outreach to our neighbors, please email info@CantonCommunity.org.
Canton Anti-Racism Alliance
The Canton Anti-Racism Alliance is dedicated to affecting long-term, impactful changes in our neighborhood to foster a more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and welcoming community. The Alliance is taking a brief break during the holidays but will resume in January 2023. The group meets the 4th Tuesday of every month via Zoom. To join, email president@cantoncommunity.org for details. The next meeting is Tuesday, January 24. Everyone is welcome!
CCA Committees
CCA committees include Arts, Economic Development, Education, Marketing, Membership, Public Safety, Transportation, Social, Sustainability, and Volunteer. The CCA also oversees the Friends of Canton Dog Park and Friends of O’Donnell Square, and partners with Canton Canopy and the Canton Anti-Racism Alliance. New members are welcome. Details can be found on our website at https://www.cantoncommunity.org/committees.
CCA Social Media - Follow us!
For the latest information about our neighborhood and other helpful community/city news, please follow our CCA pages on social media. Instagram @CCA_Baltimore and www.facebook.com/CantonCommunityAssociation.
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