| Friends of Gwynns falls leakin park |
Baltimore deserves a state park! |
You can help FOGFLP make the state-city partnership a reality. Governor Wes Moore signed our legislation for a state-city park study on May 16. The bill calls for focus groups, a Stakeholder Advisory Committee, and a study of park conditions. Over the next 12 months, public input will be crucial to shaping GFLP's future as a state-city partnership park. Your voice is important. Please contact the following state and city officials -- let them know you support having a state park in West Baltimore, and why. |
Send your email to:
Angela Crenshaw, Director of the Maryland Park Service: angela.crenshaw@maryland.gov
Josh Kurtz, Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources: josh.kurtz@maryland.gov
Brandon Scott, Mayor of Baltimore: brandon.scott@baltimorecity.gov
Reginald Moore, Director of the Baltimore Dept. of Recreation & Parks: rmoore@baltimorecity.gov
Keep your email short and to the point. Tell them why it’s important to you for Baltimore to have a state park for the first time ever. Here are some points you might include:
- Baltimore is one of only two jurisdictions in Maryland without a state park. Our taxes support Maryland’s park system, but we don’t
receive the environmental, economic, recreational, and public health benefits of a state park. - Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park already resembles a state park, with 1,000 acres of woodlands, stream valleys, and trails. But there’s a problem: The city, despite its best efforts, simply does not have the resources to maintain the park properly.
- West Baltimore has faced decades of disinvestment. A state park here will attract badly needed commercial development, homeownership, tourism, and jobs.
- Eight neighborhood associations near the park and more than a dozen leading environmental organizations all say: The time is now for a state park in West Baltimore!
Support FOGFLP
Since 1983, we’ve been the park’s volunteer caretakers and protectors. Now we need your help as we demand a state-city partnership to sustain this precious resource for future generations.
- The best way to make FOGFLP’s voice more powerful and our advocacy more effective is to become a member. You can join online at friendsofgwynnsfallsleakinpark.org/join
- You can also support us with a tax-deductible donation at friendsofgwynnsfallsleakinpark.org/Donate
- Curious but not ready to commit? Subscribe to our e-newsletter for free at friendsofgwynnsfallsleakinpark.org/Subscribe
Thank you!!
On the western edge of Baltimore, right where Interstate 70 terminates.
| Major areas/entrances (links to Google maps)
| Mailing Address: Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park |
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