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Nominations for CAN Board of Directors
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS (CAN).
PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED ANNOUNCEMENT AND CONSIDER COMING FORWARD FOR NOMINATION!
Public Art Forum – Oct 22, 2018 – 6 pm
Hello Everyone!
The Maryland Arts Council is celebrating it’s 50th Anniversary in 2019 by sponsoring public art projects throughout the state. The public art project in Dorchester County will be painted on the back of the Harriet Tubman Museum and Education Center downtown on Race Street. Self taught artist Miriam Moran is the featured muralist and is eager to hear your input. Come and meet the artist and give your input and support. This mural will be completed by June 30, 2019.
Feel free to share this message and attachment with anyone who may be interested in attending. Light refreshments will be served, please RSVP back to this email only so we know how much food to provide. Thanks again and I look forward to seeing you next week!
Sincerely,
Adrian R. Holmes, President
Alpha Genesis Community Development Corporation
PO Box 1335
Cambridge, MD 21613
www.AlphaGenesisCDC.org
John Green Jr., Founder
CAN JAM Picnic & Music Fest August 26
Cambridge Matters – June 28, 2018 – Free Legal Clinics
CAMBRIDGE MATTERS
By: Commissioner Steve Rideout
swrideout@aol.com
June 28, 2018
Dear Friends:
Attached is a notice about free legal clinics that are being offered by the MidShore ProBono organization in different locations on the Eastern Shore. MidShore ProBono represents low income people across the Eastern Shore in civil matters. If you have a place at work or in your community, such as a community center, where you can post this, please do so. Please share it in your churches and with people that you know who might need legal help or may be working with people who need legal assistance in a civil matter.
If you have questions or want to help MidShore in providing its services, please contact me so that I can get you to the right person. For those of you who are lawyers or know a retired lawyer who may not be licensed in Maryland, you are needed to help provide these services. If you are not licensed, Maryland allows you to practice under limited circumstances to assist the poor, so please be in touch if you would like to help.
– Steve
Community Disasters Training
Dorchester County DES is offering the following course: Search and Rescue in Community Disasters, Strategies and Skills Surviving Disaster – PER-334 on October 10 and 11, 2018. The course is 1 ½ days and will be held at the City of Cambridge Public Safety Building Training Room, 8 Washington St., Cambridge, MD. To register for this class you need to go the Maryland Emergency Management Agency Learning Management System (LMS) at: https://memamaryland.csod.com/client/memamaryland/default.aspx .
If you do not already have a FEMA Student Identification Number(SID) go to: https://cdp.dhs.gov/FEMASID/ to register for a number.
Please refer to the attached flyer for additional information concerning this course.
The Search and Rescue in Community Disasters course provides training for individuals to survive a disaster and to safely conduct search and light rescue response, aiding their family and neighbors in the immediate aftermath of a natural catastrophe, technological accident, or human-caused incident. The course is intended for members of the whole community and draws on information and lessons learned from a variety of disaster incidents such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and man-made events for discussion points. This course is not intended for the professional responder however would be beneficial for the responder’s family. The course also uses hands-on training to demonstrate best practices for effective search and light rescue, which can be used in both residential and commercial environments.
Stephen I. Garvin, MDPEMP
— Dorchester County Emergency Management Agency
Cindy Smith
— Grants & Housing Administrator, 410-228-0281 ext 1104
Volunteer Planters Needed – June 18th, 19th, & 21st
CAN Residential Rentals Study and Interactive Map
Click for Interactive Rental Housing Map. Each dot represents an individual rental property. Zoom and pan to identify properties more easily. Click on a dot to get basic information about the property. Click “satellite” to switch to satellite view. Accurate to December 2017. CAN cannot be responsible for outdated or otherwise inaccurate information.
Volunteers Needed for CAN Social Events
The Cambridge Association of Neighborhoods (CAN) needs volunteers to help organize social events throughout the City.
We need as much help as you are willing to give — we need help with everything from planning and coordinating city-wide and ward-wide events to hosting small neighborhood gatherings to working behind the scenes. Whatever you can do, we need your help!
Take advantage of this opportunity to have some fun and meet new people!!
Chuck McFadden will host an organizational meeting at 6:30 pm on Thursday, April 26, at the WHCP Meeting Room, 516 Race Street, in Cambridge!
For additional information contact Chuck at ragtime31@gmail.com
Be There or Be Square!!
Historic Preservation Commission Seeks Comments on Proposed (Draft) Guidelines
After a lengthy process of public input and staff support, the Cambridge Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) recently released the draft version of its proposed Design Guidelines for the Historic District (attached below), and seeks additional public input before finalizing the document. The draft was posted on the City website on April 13th, at http://choosecambridge.com
The second and final Public Input Session will be held in City Council Chambers on Tuesday, April 24th at 6pm. Oral comments will be accepted by telephone (410-228-1955). Email comments may be sent to Herve Hamon (hhamon@choosecambridge.com) or Pat Escher (pescher@ choosecambridge.com) by April 18th, or shortly thereafter. Comments may also be mailed to the Department of Public Works, c/o Pat Escher, 1025 Washington Street, Cambridge, MD 21613.
The design guidelines can be summarized in three statements:
(1) Preserve and maintain historic properties to prevent deterioration
(2) If repairs are needed, use in-kind materials (identical or very similar to original) or approved substitute/synthetic materials
(3) If repairs are not feasible, replace using in-kind materials (identical or very similar to original), or approved sunstitute/synthetic materials
The Guidelines have been structured to make them more concise and easier to use. For example, each section of Chapter Four (Guidelines for Buildings) is organized by building feature, i.e. roofs, porches, facades, etc. Within each section there is a list of Guidelines (i.e., requirements) and Recommendations (i.e., suggested, but not necessarily required). A text description follows each section. Chapter Five (Landscapes) and Chapter Six (Additions and New Buildings) are similarly organized.
In addition, valuable information is contained in Chapter One (Introduction), Chapter Two (Processes/Procedures), Chapter Three (Design Principles), Appendix A (Summary of the Guidelines) and the HPC Administrative Review Chart, Appendix B (Architectural Styles found in the Cambridge Historic District), and Appendix C (Development of Cambridge – Economic and Geographic Factors). A final Appendix under development will clarify what substitute/synthetic materials may be used on historic buildings if original materials are not available or are prohibitively expensive.
Key dates for finishing the guidelines:
– April 19 – Public comments due to DPW
– April 24 – Public input session
– May 14 – Presentation to City Council
– June 21 – Final draft due to Maryland Historic Trust (MHT) and City Council
– August 6 – Comments due back from MHT (45 days required)
– August 13 – Final document presented to City Council for vote and approval
Attached below is the full text of the draft (proposed) documents:
– Cambridge Historic Design Guidelines
– Appendix A (HPC Guidelines and Recommendations Summary),
– HPC Administrative Review Chart,
– Appendix B (Architectural Styles in Cambridge), and
– Appendix C (Development of Cambridge – Economic and Geographic Factors)
These documents and more information about the Historic Preservation Commission can be found in the Boards and Commissions listings of the Cambridge City Website at https://www.choosecambridge.com/