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Census Day is This Thursday,
April 1st
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Registration Now Open for Bike to
Work Day 2010
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Teens Distracted Driving Video
Contest
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Imagine the Baltimore Region in
2060
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PlanMaryland Public Forums
Continue in April
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For Review: Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise Program
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B'more Involved: Celebrate Earth
Day At These Green Events
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| CENSUS DAY IS THIS
THURSDAY - APRIL 1, 2010 |
| Take 10
minutes to answer 10 questions |
 The U.S. Census - an effort to count every resident in the country -
is well underway and Census Day is this Thursday, April
1!
Completing your Census form helps ensure that the Baltimore region gets its
share of federal funding for essential services. That's more money for our
neighborhoods, schools, roads, public safety, the environment and more.
Please, take 10 minutes today to fill out the 10 Census questions. Then,
after you mail in your form, contact 10 people and urge them to fill it
out. It's easy, it's important and the information you provide is safe and
confidential. As a region, we move forward when you send back the form.
>> Check out the Take 10 Census Participation
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| REGISTRATION NOW
OPEN FOR BIKE TO WORK DAY! |
| Join hundreds of others
at rallies throughout the region on May 21st |
The 13th annual Bike to Work Day, sponsored by the Baltimore Metropolitan
Council, will be celebrated at rallies across the Baltimore region on
Friday, May 21.
Rallies are being scheduled at locations throughout the Baltimore region,
including:
- Anne Arundel Co/Annapolis - City Dock, Annapolis
- Baltimore City - War Memorial Plaza at City Hall
- Baltimore County - Courthouse Square
- Carroll County - County Office Building
- Harford County - Government Center
- Howard County - The Mall in Columbia
Additional employer-based rallies and events at local universities -
including Morgan State University, University of Maryland at Baltimore County
(UMBC), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Northrop Grumman, and Sinai Hospital - are also
being planned! Check the Bike to Work Day web site for the latest details.
Registration is now open!
Registration opened last week and already 185 people have registered!
Register and attend a local rally to receive a free t-shirt, be entered to win
prizes (including a folding bike), a "Bike to Benefits" card, and a Bicycle
Commuter Guide for Employees and Employers. Use the link below to register
today.
And remember, with spring weather just around the
corner, you don't have to wait until Bike to Work Day to start commuting by
bike, transit, carpool, or walking! Information and helpful tips are always
available on the Bike to Work web site.
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| TEEN DISTRACTED
DRIVING VIDEO CONTEST |
| Seeking teens interested
in helping to stop their friends from driving while distracted!
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 Ever been in a car when the driver's busy texting instead of
driving? That's distracted driving. Scary.
We all know about drivers who answer the phone, text someone, or fix their
hair while driving down the road. Maybe you've even been that distracted driver.
But do you know that recent studies show that drivers under the age of 20 have
the highest proportion of distracted driving fatalities at 16%?
That's why we're challenging all teen drivers in schools in the
Baltimore region to show us their best ideas about how to stop distracted
driving.
Entries must be posted by April 23, 2010 and winners will be announced by
May 14.
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| IMAGINE THE
BALTIMORE REGION IN 2060 |
| Upcoming process
will ask residents to look 50 years into the future |
 Transportation changes affect everything and everyone. That's why the
Baltimore Regional Transportation Board is happy to invite area residents and
organizations to participate in the first of a series of public workshops to
develop a vision for the future of transportation in Anne Arundel, Baltimore,
Carroll, Harford, Howard Counties and Baltimore City.
Workshop
participants will be invited to share their values and ideas about how future
transportation projects can help improve the quality of life in the region.
The sum of these values and ideas will serve as a guide for investments
in the 2011 long-range transportation plan that will support economic,
environmental, and mobility priorities in the Baltimore region. Over the coming
year, the BRTB will engage the public in a regional conversation about the
future and how the regional planning process can achieve this vision.
Check out the BMC web site for dates and locations, to be announced next
week. If you can't make it to the workshops, we still want your input. Check our
web site in April for a survey. Your input is important to us!
>> Find out more about the Vision
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| PlanMaryland PUBLIC
FORUMS CONTINUE IN APRIL |
| Your
Opportunity to Participate in Shaping Maryland's Future
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 PlanMaryland - a new planning process being implemented by
the MD Department of Planning - is designed to create a better and more
sustainable future.
During the first half of 2010, MDP is hosting a
series of PlanMaryland public forums throughout the Baltimore region and
statewide. Each forum will feature facilitated activities and small table
discussions that will engage residents and other stakeholders in helping to cast
a better vision for Maryland's future.
Public forums have already been held in Baltimore City and Carroll County,
but check out these upcoming meetings in Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties.
Additional meetings may be scheduled, so be sure to check the full schedule at
the MDP web site.
Wednesday, April 14 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Community College of Baltimore
County - Essex Campus · Baltimore, MD
Wednesday, April 21 (tentative) from 6 to 9 p.m.
Anne Arundel
Community College · Arnold, MD
The public is invited to attend and participate in these meetings, as well as
to spread the word to your friends, neighbors and mailing lists about this
important opportunity. >> Learn more about the
PlanMaryland Public Forums
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| FOR REVIEW:
DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM |
| Public review and
comment opportunity open through April 15 |
 On behalf of the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board, the
Baltimore Metropolitan Council has developed a policy for a Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise Program that complies with U.S. DOT regulations for federal
financial assistance. This policy will guide the BMC approach to contracts and
subcontracts. The Draft DBE Program includes the establishment of a DBE Program
Liaison Officer, sets an overall annual goal for DBE participation, and outlines
an approach to program monitoring.
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| B'MORE
INVOLVED: GET IN ON THESE 'GREEN' EVENTS |
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Celebrate Earth
Day with these "Green" activities
and events |
 Project Clean Stream 2010 - Saturday, April 10
The
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is looking for volunteers to take part in
Project Clean Stream, one of Maryland's largest coordinated stream cleanups.
From 9 a.m. to noon volunteers will help at over 150 streams in Central Maryland
and the Eastern Shore. Sign up to help make local streams safer and cleaner. www.acb-online.org/project.cfm?vid=282
EcoFest - Saturday, April
17 EcoFest kicks off Baltimore Green Week at Druid Hill Park from noon to
6 p.m. on April 17. Take a bike ride around the reservoir, get great
information on sustainable organizations in the region, or take a tour of the
new Highlandtown Healthy Living Center (between 1 and 4 p.m.) Transit accessible
via the #5 bus or the light rail to Woodberry or North Ave.
baltimoregreenworks.com
Howard County GreenFest 2010 -
Saturday, April 17
 This free family event - Greener Choices, Greener World: One
Person At A Time - celebrates Earth Month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Howard
Community College. With over 100 vendors, citizens can learn practical steps to
take at home and work to promote more ecologically sound lifestyles and save
money. You can also spend a few minutes getting your hands dirty by helping to
plant trees and shrubs (donated by the Sierra Club) to increase the forest
buffer and habitat at the Community College. Groups are encouraged to
participate! Other activities include speakers, a rainbarrel workshop, and
children's activities. Transit accessible via Howard Transit.
www.co.ho.md.us/OES/Greenfest.htm
Earth Day: Kids Unplugged -
Sunday, April 18
Irvine Nature Center's Get Outside initiative,
encourages children and families to literally || unplug || from video games,
television, movies, iPods and other forms of electronics to participate in
activities focused on the earth. Join other children and families in forest
exploration, making reusable lunch boxes and bird feeders, plant trees, and
more.
www.irvinenaturecenter.net
Earth Day Tree Buffer Planting
- Sunday, April 25
Help celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by
planting over 1,000 native trees and shrubs at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's
Holly Beach Farm, located near the Bay Bridge in Annapolis. All the vegetation
being planted will help filter out pollution and sediment coming from adjacent
farm fields. This event is suitable for adults, families, youth and community
groups and qualifies for student service learning hours. Bring shovels, work
gloves and a water bottle/lunch. Registration is required.
www.cbf.org
 Free Instructional Bike Rides - May 2 through June 20
The
Baltimore Bicycling Club Bicycle Instructional Ride Series will begin with an
orientation on May 2 and run through June 20. This series is offered to anyone
over 16 years of age interested in learning basic skills of road and
recreational cycling, including safety and bike handling, as well as how to do
minor road repairs.
www.baltobikeclub.org
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Monica Haines Benkhedda
Public
Involvement Coordinator
410-732-0500 x1047
mhaines@baltometro.org
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