Graffiti is a nuisance. Graffiti is a community issue. It obstructs the beauty of a neighborhood. When left unchecked, this means a community is not actively seeking to prevent or eliminate graffiti.
Rodgers Forge has its share of graffiti issues. The type of graffiti we experience is classified as "conventional graffiti." It's best described as spontaneous acts of "youthful exuberance."
Rob Williams, leader of the RFCOP is launching the Graffiti Removal Initiative Project, or GRIP. The Graffiti Elimination Team is now forming, better known as GET.
"GET a GRIP on Graffiti."
The goal of the campaign is to help reduce graffiti in Rodgers Forge. It may not be totally eliminated but with community awareness and effort and continued support from the BCPD, acts of vandalism can be minimized.
Residents can be involved in a four point process.
1) Awareness-graffiti appears throughout the Forge on traffic signs, poles, mailboxes etc.
2) Education-Inform residents/children about the penalties one can incur if caught in the act of vandalizing property.
3) Prevention-Volunteer in the RFCOP.
4) Elimination-Join the Graffiti Elimination Team. Safe graffiti removal products will be purchased to help eliminate graffiti from vandalized areas.
Mr. Williams hopes that you will help him GET a GRIP on Graffiti.
To become involved or if you have any questions, contact Rob Williams at rodgersforgecop@gmail.com.
Home 410-377-4756
Cell 410-561-6378
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
*** TRASH COLLECTION UPDATE ***
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING TRASH & RECYCLING COLLECTION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY (February 16, 2010)
Effective Wednesday, February 17 and until further notice -- residents who normally have alley collection for trash and recycling should place those materials out as scheduled, but at their front street.
Trash and recycling will be collected from the front streets where these items are both clearly accessible and visible to the collector. Residents should leave their materials out until collection occurs.
The County will issue another announcement when conditions permit a return to collection in alleys.
Also, all three of the County's trash and recycling drop-off centers are open regular hours.
Please pass this information to anyone you know who might be affected by this temporary change
Effective Wednesday, February 17 and until further notice -- residents who normally have alley collection for trash and recycling should place those materials out as scheduled, but at their front street.
Trash and recycling will be collected from the front streets where these items are both clearly accessible and visible to the collector. Residents should leave their materials out until collection occurs.
The County will issue another announcement when conditions permit a return to collection in alleys.
Also, all three of the County's trash and recycling drop-off centers are open regular hours.
Please pass this information to anyone you know who might be affected by this temporary change
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Snow, Snow, and More Snow!
As we all dig out, please keep in mind the following:
1) When cleaning off your car or clearing your sidewalk, do not throw snow out onto the streets.
2) If at all possible, at least do a pathway on your sidewalk for pedestrians.
3) If someone can not get out to the grocery store, maybe Giant Pea Pod service is an option. Also, consider asking neighbors if they may be making a run to the store; they may be able to pick up a few items for you.
4) At some point storm drains need to be opened for the eventual melting.
5) Consider digging out any fire hydrants.
6) HAVE FUN!!!!!!
1) When cleaning off your car or clearing your sidewalk, do not throw snow out onto the streets.
2) If at all possible, at least do a pathway on your sidewalk for pedestrians.
3) If someone can not get out to the grocery store, maybe Giant Pea Pod service is an option. Also, consider asking neighbors if they may be making a run to the store; they may be able to pick up a few items for you.
4) At some point storm drains need to be opened for the eventual melting.
5) Consider digging out any fire hydrants.
6) HAVE FUN!!!!!!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Recycling Bill Approved by Council
Rob Williams shared that the following bill has been approved by the County Council regarding recycling of home electronic devices.
County Council of Baltimore County
Bill no.62-09
Recycling of Home Electronic Devices
"Home electronic device" means a computer, cpu, computer peripherals, including a monitor, keyboard or printer, laptop, scanner, computer cables and cords, television, stereo, telephone
answering machine, video cassette recorder, DVD player, facsimile machine, telephone, cell phone, video display device, and any other electronic product that is sold, primarily for personal use, to a household by means of retail, wholesale or electronic commerce.
A person may dispose of a home electronic device by delivering
the device:
1)To a Recycling Center
2)To a manufacturer or retailer that has established a program for the collection and recycling of a home electronic device.
A person who disposes of a home electronic device in violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty of $100.
CLICK HERE to review this and other County Council-approved legislation in the 2009 session.
County Council of Baltimore County
Bill no.62-09
Recycling of Home Electronic Devices
"Home electronic device" means a computer, cpu, computer peripherals, including a monitor, keyboard or printer, laptop, scanner, computer cables and cords, television, stereo, telephone
answering machine, video cassette recorder, DVD player, facsimile machine, telephone, cell phone, video display device, and any other electronic product that is sold, primarily for personal use, to a household by means of retail, wholesale or electronic commerce.
A person may dispose of a home electronic device by delivering
the device:
1)To a Recycling Center
2)To a manufacturer or retailer that has established a program for the collection and recycling of a home electronic device.
A person who disposes of a home electronic device in violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty of $100.
CLICK HERE to review this and other County Council-approved legislation in the 2009 session.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
New Recycling Program in Baltimore County
From Baltimore County's Recycling Office:
This is a call to action intended for the approximately 13,000 members of Baltimore County's e-mail group.
Single stream recycling arrives in the County on Monday, February 1st. This means that wherever recycling collection has existed before, residents may place all their acceptable paper and bottles & cans out for collection, mixed together, each week. The range of acceptable recyclables has also significantly expanded. Please see www.bcrecyclescom for further details.
We are asking each of you to identify at least one neighbor (or friend) that you know hasn't been recycling in the past. Please contact them personally and encourage them to start now that recycling has become easier than ever before. You can let them know that recycling is also more important than ever with our landfill half full and the costs of trash disposal going up sharply.
We have promoted single stream recycling through a series of direct mail pieces and will be following up with media advertising. However, there's no substitute for a grassroots effort based on word of mouth. This is your chance to multiply the positive difference you are already making by recycling.
Thanks for helping to spread the good word!
This is a call to action intended for the approximately 13,000 members of Baltimore County's e-mail group.
Single stream recycling arrives in the County on Monday, February 1st. This means that wherever recycling collection has existed before, residents may place all their acceptable paper and bottles & cans out for collection, mixed together, each week. The range of acceptable recyclables has also significantly expanded. Please see www.bcrecyclescom for further details.
We are asking each of you to identify at least one neighbor (or friend) that you know hasn't been recycling in the past. Please contact them personally and encourage them to start now that recycling has become easier than ever before. You can let them know that recycling is also more important than ever with our landfill half full and the costs of trash disposal going up sharply.
We have promoted single stream recycling through a series of direct mail pieces and will be following up with media advertising. However, there's no substitute for a grassroots effort based on word of mouth. This is your chance to multiply the positive difference you are already making by recycling.
Thanks for helping to spread the good word!
SHA - Charles Street / I-695 Construction Update
From the State Highway Administration:
On or about 8 p.m. Thursday night, February 4, the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) will begin a long-term temporary closure of the left-turn ramp from southbound MD 139 (Charles Street) to eastbound I-695 (Baltimore Beltway Inner Loop), weather permitting.
As of 6 a.m. Friday morning, February 5, the left-turn ramp from southbound Charles Street to eastbound I-695 will be closed to all traffic, and motorists approaching the Charles Street Interchange from Lutherville will be directed to use the official ramp detour route: north/eastbound Bellona Avenue to eastbound Seminary Avenue (MD131) to southbound MD 45 (York Road) to the York Road Interchange ramp to eastbound I-695.
Also on the night of February 4, SHA and the contractor will temporarily close the ramp from eastbound I-695 (Inner Loop) to northbound Charles Street for one night, between 8 p.m. Thursday and 5 a.m. Friday to shift traffic patterns on this ramp. Motorists will be diverted past the Charles Street Interchange to the York Road Interchange, to westbound I-695 (Outer Loop) back to the Charles Street Interchange to northbound Charles Street.
In case of inclement weather, the traffic pattern changes and long-term ramp closure will take place on Sunday night, February 7 or the next possible weeknight.
The long-term temporary closure of the ramp from southbound Charles Street to eastbound I-695 is necessary for Phase Two of construction work on the new Charles Street bridge over I-695; crews will shortly begin work on a retaining wall for the east side of the new bridge. The right-turn ramp from northbound Charles Street to eastbound I-695 will remain open.
Temporary traffic signs will guide motorists through the official detour route in Lutherville and the ramp closure will remain in effect until early fall 2010. The State’s contractor for the I-695/Charles Street Interchange project is the Six-M Company of Delta, Pa. The entire Charles Street Interchange project will be complete late spring 2012, weather permitting.
For more information about the Charles Street Interchange project, citizens may view lane closure updates, interchange diagrams, and other project information on the SHA project web page on www.roads.maryland.gov. Citizens may also contact Mr. David Bond, Project Engineer, at SHA’s project field office in Lutherville at 410-296-9041, through the project web page, or by email at dbond@sha.state.md.us.
On or about 8 p.m. Thursday night, February 4, the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) will begin a long-term temporary closure of the left-turn ramp from southbound MD 139 (Charles Street) to eastbound I-695 (Baltimore Beltway Inner Loop), weather permitting.
As of 6 a.m. Friday morning, February 5, the left-turn ramp from southbound Charles Street to eastbound I-695 will be closed to all traffic, and motorists approaching the Charles Street Interchange from Lutherville will be directed to use the official ramp detour route: north/eastbound Bellona Avenue to eastbound Seminary Avenue (MD131) to southbound MD 45 (York Road) to the York Road Interchange ramp to eastbound I-695.
Also on the night of February 4, SHA and the contractor will temporarily close the ramp from eastbound I-695 (Inner Loop) to northbound Charles Street for one night, between 8 p.m. Thursday and 5 a.m. Friday to shift traffic patterns on this ramp. Motorists will be diverted past the Charles Street Interchange to the York Road Interchange, to westbound I-695 (Outer Loop) back to the Charles Street Interchange to northbound Charles Street.
In case of inclement weather, the traffic pattern changes and long-term ramp closure will take place on Sunday night, February 7 or the next possible weeknight.
The long-term temporary closure of the ramp from southbound Charles Street to eastbound I-695 is necessary for Phase Two of construction work on the new Charles Street bridge over I-695; crews will shortly begin work on a retaining wall for the east side of the new bridge. The right-turn ramp from northbound Charles Street to eastbound I-695 will remain open.
Temporary traffic signs will guide motorists through the official detour route in Lutherville and the ramp closure will remain in effect until early fall 2010. The State’s contractor for the I-695/Charles Street Interchange project is the Six-M Company of Delta, Pa. The entire Charles Street Interchange project will be complete late spring 2012, weather permitting.
For more information about the Charles Street Interchange project, citizens may view lane closure updates, interchange diagrams, and other project information on the SHA project web page on www.roads.maryland.gov. Citizens may also contact Mr. David Bond, Project Engineer, at SHA’s project field office in Lutherville at 410-296-9041, through the project web page, or by email at dbond@sha.state.md.us.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Support Scenario G
Support Scenario G--the only option available to keep Rodgers Forge intact--on February 9 at the Baltimore County Public School offices located at Greenwood campus on Charles Street.
At this meeting Barbara Walker will be presenting an option based on the work of the Boundary Committee. (Ms. Walker does not have to recommend Scenario G, despite the fact that the Boundary Committee voted in favor of that scenario.)
Come show your support and watch the process on February 9th!
There are limited spots available for the public to voice an opinion to the school board, but the meeing is open to the public.
For more information, click the calendar information on the right side bar.
At this meeting Barbara Walker will be presenting an option based on the work of the Boundary Committee. (Ms. Walker does not have to recommend Scenario G, despite the fact that the Boundary Committee voted in favor of that scenario.)
Come show your support and watch the process on February 9th!
There are limited spots available for the public to voice an opinion to the school board, but the meeing is open to the public.
For more information, click the calendar information on the right side bar.
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