CAN is participating in Project Clean Stream which is a City-wide effort to clean up waterways of Cambridge. CAN’s area is Cedar St. where the Creek starts at Generation III Marina. We need volunteers from 10 to 11 on SATURDAY, APRIL 21.

We will be working with five or six High School students, who can actually bend over. We know tennis, golf, and gardening are great but what could be more fun than picking up trash! Do your good deed for the Spring and join us on Cedar St. We will have gloves, bags, traffic vests, etc., so all you have to bring is your happy self.

We’ll meet at 10 am in the parking lot on Cedar St between Perimore St and Moreland Ave (across from Generation III Marina).

Join us for an hour

— Chuck McFadden

CAN is organizing a group of volunteers to participate in the ShoreRivers Cleanup Day on Saturday, April 7.

We’ll meet at 10 am in the parking lot on Cedar St between Perimore St and Moreland Ave (across from Generation III Marina). Please join us!!

Contact Chuck McFadden at Ragtime31@gmail.com or CambridgeCAN@yahoo.com for additional details.

The results of CAN’S survey on “PRIORITIES FOR CAMBRIDGE” are in!!

The first attachment below summarizes the numerical results of the survey. A total of 144 individuals completed the survey, representing a response rate of almost 25% of our distribution list.

Overall, Economic Development was rated as respondents’ top priority, with Public Safety and Safe/Livable Housing sharing second place.

The second attachment provides the narrative comments received from respondents. These comments are particularly useful in demonstrating the intensity of feeling underlying the numerical data.

In light of the survey results, one of CAN’s top priorities going forward will be to encourage the City to strengthen its economic development efforts.

Although we elicited an excellent response rate for a survey of this type, CAN is working hard to expand its email list so we can reach a broader cross section of Cambridge residents in future surveys.

Note from CAN Board Member Frank Cooke: As a former statistician, I would disagree with part of your conclusion [above]. While jobs and economic development is clearly number 1, you should not declare public safety and safe/livable housing are second implying that everything else is third or less. Given your sample size, improved city facilities and strong finance are statistically indistinguishable from the the two second place finishers that you cite. All one can really say is that jobs and economic growth seem to be the most important factor and that environmental and health issues are lower priorities. The other four concerns fall somewhere in between and are in a statistical tie. The results indicate to me that CAN’s focus on housing is not in line with the citizens who responded. I think it should be instructive to CAN’s board of directors and hopefully will be a topic for further discussion of CAN’s emphasis. I would appreciate it if you would post my response to the general membership. Thanks for conducting the survey. Respectfully, Frank Cooke

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CAN SURVEY ON PRIORITIES FOR CAMBRIDGE

The Cambridge City Council has set a number of goals to be used in it’s annual budgeting process.

The Cambridge Association of Neighborhoods (CAN) has developed a very brief survey (link below) to get your input on how you would rank order these goals, to give the City Council feedback as to which of these goals should be given the greatest priority.

Please take just a couple of minutes to provide this valuable information and add a comment or two if you wish. CAN will compile the results and give them to the City Council and share them with you.

We CAN make a difference.

Please click here to start: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LWMMNPY

Thank you,
Charles McFadden, President
Cambridge Association of Neighborhoods

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The Cambridge Association of Neighborhoods (CAN) is delighted to announce that Cambridge City Manager Sandra Tripp-Jones will be the featured speaker at its Board of Directors meeting on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at 10:00 am in the Dorchester County Office Building, County Council Chambers, Rm 110, 501 Court Lane (rear entrance). As always, the meeting is open to the public and all are invited to attend.

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) will close the MD 795 (Maryland Avenue) bridge over Cambridge Creek to vehicle traffic from Monday, March 5 through Sunday, March 18. Crews from Covington Machine and Welding will replace a gear in the operating mechanism and repair a damaged steel plate on the bridge deck. Marine traffic should be unaffected as the bridge will be locked in the upright position for most of this work.

As you know, this 80-year old drawbridge is a vital link for Cambridge businesses and residents, carrying more than 12,000 vehicles each day and serving our maritime community with more than 8,000 openings each year. It’s the second busiest movable span on our state highway system. While we strive to minimize closures through a rigorous maintenance schedule, repairs such as these are occasionally needed to ensure continued bridge operation and motorist safety. MDOT SHA is performing this work now to minimize public impacts during Cambridge’s busy spring/summer months. Detour signs will be posted; motorists and pedestrians will be directed to Cedar Street during the closure.

Please do not hesitate to contact me anytime with questions.

Sincerely,

Jay Meredith
MDOT SHA District 1 Engineer
410-677-4006

WHCP Cambridge Community Radio in Cambridge MD announces its 4th Annual Fundraiser, ‘Beatin’ the Blues,’ to be held on Saturday, March 24, 2018 from 6-10 pm at Gallery 447, located at 447 Race Street in historic downtown Cambridge, MD.

On March 24th ,WHCP is proud to showcase the talents of modern rockabilly artist Josh Christina who brings new life to an amazing genre of rockabilly music by taking it back to its roots with his incredible talent that is being heralded by the very legends that pioneered it. The band comprises four pieces, with Christina tearing up the ivories on the Community Grand Piano at 447. Christina is just back from a recording session in Memphis at Sam Phillips Studios. This fourth album by Christina and his band is due to be released in May, 2018.

The Smokehouse Grill from Stephensville, MD will cater a full barbeque dinner including a whole roast pig with all the sides and trimmings! There will be a cash bar featuring beer, wine and a signature drink.

Silent and live auctions will round out the evening, featuring such items as tickets to the Bay Blues Festival in May at Sandy Point, a series of three decoys carved by the exceptional local artist WG Sutter, art, restaurant gift certificates, a vacation weekend getaway, gift baskets and much more!

This year ‘s goal is to raise funds to support the WHCP Mid-Shore Reading Service, a radio reading service for the Blind and visually impaired. Funds will also be used to offer performance and recording opportunities for area musicians in our new Groove City Studio. Every day WHCP, Cambridge Community Radio, brings together local leaders, artists, activists, musical performers and young people across the Mid-Shore to engage listeners in our area and worldwide, by streaming on whcp.org.

Reservations for ‘Beatin’ the Blues’ are $60 per person for a full bbq dinner, fantastic music and a great evening of entertainment. Reservations may be made by going online to whcp.org, click on the “Fundraiser” tab. Those interested may also send a check (marked 2018 Fundraiser) made payable to WHCP to the studios at 516 Race Street, Cambridge MD 21613. Tickets will not be sent – they will be “will call” at the door on the evening of March 24th.

For further information, contact Susan Klise, 2018 Fundraiser Co-Chair at susan@whcp.org.

The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) is in the process of revising its Guidelines. Several public meetings will be held to describe the process and solicit comment from interested citizens, the first of which will be held January 24th, as indicated below.

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