Greater Baybrook Alliance (GBA) threw its first annual party celebrating its efforts to promote living in the Brooklyn, Curtis Bay and Brooklyn Park areas. Residents and supporters had a chance to enjoy a number of festivities – as well as getting to know their neighbors – at the shindig put on at the Chesapeake Arts Center.
Meredith Chaiken, Greater Baybrook Alliance executive director, addressing the gatheringPictured (LtoR) Meredith Chaiken, Greater Baybrook Alliance executive director; and Belinda Fraley Huesman, Chesapeake Arts Center executive directorPictured (LtoR) Jen Berg, Friends of Garrett Park president; and Mike Furbish, GBA steering committee memberPictured (LtoR) Dana Ashley & Marsha Turner, GBA volunteersPictured (LtoR) Derrick Wood, Greater Baybrook Alliance community engagement coordinator; and Stacia Turner, The Conservation Fund urban conservation program associatePictured (LtoR) Erin Karpewicz, Arundel Community Development Service policy & development coordinator; and Marianne Navarro, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood & Economic Development special assistantPictured (LtoR) Billy Humphrey, City of Refuge Baltimore executive director; and Jan Eveland, Baltimore attorney/nonprofit consultantPictured (LtoR) Mike Dorsey, Action Baybrook president; and Kelly Oglesbee, United Way of Central Maryland community school coordinatorSharron Knight, GBA Award recipient with GBA’s Derrick WoodGBA Community Builder Award recipient Mandy Memmel, The Well executive director(June 21, 2019 – Chesapeake Arts Center)