Be Part of the Conversation
I am disgusted to learn that the Providence Point (aka Crystal Spring) developers have once again submitted a plan with no regard whatsoever for community input. In fact, the newest proposal is a slap in the face to all residents who have taken part in community meetings and raised sensible ideas. Yes, the plan has read on >
Month: March 2019
Capital LTE: “Tierney should reconsider position on adequate facilities bill”
I am a city resident, a life-long Annapolis resident and the father of a student in her first year at Hillsmere Elementary School. I graduated from Annapolis High and believe in our public schools. That’s why I am so concerned over the City Council’s delaying again and trying to defeat a reasonable school overcrowding bill. read on >
Capital LTE: “Stewards of Annapolis”
All of us present citizens of Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis need to be responsible stewards of our lands which are entrusted to our care. Forests, creeks, all of our waterways, depend on us for good management. Forest Drive and the entire peninsula it serves, is just such land. Its trees cannot read on >
Capital LTE: “Providence Point plan ignores community feedback”
The National Lutheran senior living development planned for the Crystal Spring property along Forest Drive seems to be conflicted at best and an environmental catastrophe in the making. In the most recent proposal, none of the community’s concerns was addressed. But the company’s own website states the contrary: “The latest site plan balances community feedback read on >
Capital LTE: “City’s No Net Loss Policy is Sound”
Contrary to Our Say, our recently adopted policy of “no net loss of forests” has not been a failure (The Capital, March 3). That ordinance was written correctly and the policy is sound. This has been confirmed by former DNR Assistant Attorney General and Chief Counsel Tom Demming, by Jeff Horan, who oversaw the original read on >
You’re Invited: Soul of Annapolis Encore Presentation on April 6
Dear Friends of Crystal Spring, Gerald Winegrad, our leader in our successful efforts (so far) to protect the forests, fields, and wetlands at Crystal Spring and save us from the traffic nightmare, will be performing at The Bates Legacy Center (1101 Smithville Street) on Saturday, April 6, at 2 p.m. in a show he researched read on >
Capital Op-Ed: “Providence Point is in for an unnecessary fight”
By: John Frece It is hard to overstate how disappointed and betrayed those of us who have worked to improve the proposed Providence Point development feel after the developers’ uncaring refusal to make any of the important changes we suggested. We foolishly thought they were operating in good faith, only to see a submission to read on >
Capital LTE: “Elly Tierney’s betrayal on adequate public facilities”
Alderwoman Elly Tierney’s guest column on why she will renege on her pledge to vote for a school overcrowding law paralleling the county law is sadly full of deceit (The Capital, Feb. 16). Campaigning against incumbent Alderman Joe Budge in 2017, she pledged in writing that if elected, she would support and work to enact read on >
Capital LTE: “Providence Point filings”
Beginning in 2011, as chair of the Anne Arundel Sierra Club, I helped lead community efforts to stop the massive development of the forest at Crystal Spring (now Providence Point). Engaging former State Sen. Gerald Winegrad, we assembled a large group of respected area leaders to try and bring common sense to the issue of read on >