What's New from Baybrook
Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center Open
The Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center is a state-of-the-art green building built as part of a large scale restoration of Masonville Cove, a formerly contaminated section of Baltimore's Harbor along the Patapsco River. Once complete, the Masonville Cove Grounds will be a public park with water access. The Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center is now open with exhibits for visitors, free family activities on weekends, and space for community meetings. Visit the Masonville Cove website for hours, directions, and activity information. Brooklyn is a Baltimore Main Street
In 2008, Brooklyn became one of Baltimore's newest Main Streets. Main Streets provides techincal assistance and grants to help improve building facades and will help stregnthen Brooklyn and Curtis Bay's commercial corridor. Visit the Brooklyn Main Streets website, or contact Main Street Manager Tom Klinedinst at 410-355-1100. Brooklyn and Curtis Bay Named Healthy Neighborhood Brooklyn and Curtis Bay have been selected to participate in the Healthy Neighborhoods program. Healthy Neighborhoods helps neighborhoods increase home values, market their communities, create high standards for property improvements, and forge strong connections among neighbors. Through Healthy Neighborhoods, homeowners will be able to apply for below market loans for home renovation. The program also provides grants for block improvement projects, housing counseling, and architectural advice. New homebuyers on target blocks will be eligible for below market rate loans.
You can view homes for sale on target blocks, or Contact Us to learn more about Healthy Neighborhoods.
Brooklyn Target Blocks: 3500 Horton, 200 - 300 Maude, 100-300 Pontiac, 200-300 Washburn, 3500-3800 3rd, 3600-3800 2nd, 3700 4th.
Curtis Bay Target Blocks: 4200-4500 Fairhaven, 1400 Locust, 4200-4400 Prudence, 1400 Filbert, 1400-1500 Elmtree. Why Buy Local?
 The businesses of Brooklyn and Curtis Bay have been invited to participate in an upcoming city-wide campaign to encourage people to shop locally. BUY LOCAL is an educational and marketing campaign encouraging Baltimore area residents to shop at local, independently-owned businesses.
If you are concerned about strengthening the quality of life in Brooklyn and Curtis Bay and the economic vitality of our commercial corridors, you need to consider the positive impact you have when you buy from independent, locally-owned businesses. Whether you are purchasing products or services as
• Keeps up to 3 times more dollars in our community
• Supports and strengthens local jobs and businesses
• Preserves and enhances our unique neighborhoods
To find out which businesses are participating citywide, you can go online to www.buylocalbaltimore.com for a list and map.
Some participating stores are:
895 Grill and Carry Out, Art Hook-Up, BMC Pharmacy,
Carter Mechanical, Dreams Inn, Gonce Funeral Home,
McCuly-Polyniak, O’Brady’s, Stone Cove Realty,
Sunspot Tanning, Whay’s Auto, Wills Printing.
Soon local stores will be displaying the “Buy Local” logo in their stores. In December there will be a city-wide Buy Local Campaign and Brooklyn and Curtis Bay will be listed as destinations.
Businesses who are interested in participating should call 410-355-1100 for more information
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