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Avon, Belle Terre, Ellerslie, Exeter Hall, Filmore, Frisby, Gorsuch, Greenmount, Homestead, Independence, Limond, Lock Raven, Mathews, Monpelier, Old York, Reese, Westerwald, 29th. 30th, 31st, 32nd and 33rd residents: 

This fall's annual meeting will be ONE BIG BLOCK PARTY celebrating everything residents do on our blocks. Come brag about your block and bring your neighbors.

Better Waverly Community Organization ANNUAL MEETING
ONE BIG BLOCK PARTY CELEBRATION
6pm - 8:30 pm Thursday September 23, 2010
Johns Hopkins at Eastern, 1101 E. 33rd St. Rm. B102

Refreshments will be served 
Baltimore City reps will answer your questions and hear your concerns
Election of new directors by members happens here

IT'S ALSO MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL TIME
$5 a person or $10 a household entitles you to vote

Volunteers are needed to serve on 2010-2011 board of directors
Will you commit to monthly meetings 7pm on 2nd Tuesdays?
Come nominate yourself!



Keep Better Waverly Clean: 
Recycle on Wednesdays
Put out trash for collection on Fridays

Walking Waverly...Staying Safe...

Walking Waverly: Meet outside 949 Gorsuch
Stroll for an Hour -  Rain or Shine - Dogs Welcome
Includes Greenmount Avenue - Free caps/flashlights/whistles 
Baltimore City Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld, 
"Walk because you care about this neighborhood and want to keep it great"


Walking Waverly on the following Wednesdays:
7pm September 8 and September 22
7pm October 6 and October 20
(earlier start when daylight saving time ends)
6pm November 10 and November 24
6pm December 8 and December 22

Northern District Community Council
7pm on the following Wednesdays:
Sept. 15, Nov. 17
Northern District 2201 W. Coldspring Join northerncommunitycouncil@yahoogroups.com 
Northern District Community Relations:
410.367.8491
douglas.gibson@baltimorepolice.org
jonathan.walter@baltimorepolice.org

The Mayor's Office of Emergency Management
offers CERT training for interested residents:
http://www.baltimorecitycert.com/ 
 
Support Waverly Main Street & Waverly Merchants!
Shop/Stroll Greenmount Avenue's
historic convenient commercial corridor! 

In and Around Better Waverly


901 Arts (901 Montpelier) Youth Activities & Classes
410.366.2252 sarahangelinetooley@gmail.com 


BWCO Directors meet 7pm, 2nd Tuesdays

932 Gorsuch, Sept. 14, Oct. 12, Nov. 9, Dec. 14 


Dumpsters: 


9/11  - 829 Montperlier
10/2  - Frisby/Homestead 

HOW TO GROW A PICKLE puppet show
6pm pre-show fun, 7pm showtime
Sat. Oct. 2, Youth Sculpture Garden
808 Homestead St. 



Tour du Port Sunday, Oct. 3
 

Waverly Village Meetings: 


6:30 - 8pm Thursday October 7 
St. Johns in the Village Church
Greenmount Avenue & Old York Road
Come help make Waverly remain a village community that stays diverse, multi-ethnic, mutil-income.
Let's see how we can put Waverly's main streets on the map of successful historic communities in America.
Waverly began with the movement of native americans, European Americans and African Americans from the Inner Harbor to Baltimore County.
Let's celebrate that history and create a vision of community that unites us and supports economic development in our neighborhood.

10am Saturday October 9
Waverly Branch Library
Put our vision for the village into action
Contact Barbara Mobarak 443-810-8298

Race to Embrace Independence Marian House 5K
8am Saturday October 9 Lake Montebello
www.marianhouse.org 

Sat. Oct. 16 

Baltimore Marathon runs through Waverly
Plan ahead for street closings



Sat. Oct. 23 Mayor's Cleanup




BWCO Co-Chair Welcomes You to Better Waverly

Dear New Neighbor:
Welcome to Better Waverly. What a wonderful village to live in with tree-lined lanes and so many places we can easily walk to!! We invite you to join our community organization, attend our quarterly meetings and participate in activities of our Finance, Green Spaces, Hospitality, Housing, Newsletter, Quality of Life and Youth Committees. Our Board of Directors meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month, 7pm -9pm, at Serenity Place, 932 Gorsuch Avenue. You are welcome at any of these meetings. Thank you for choosing to make your home with us here in Better Waverly! Please feel free to call with any neighborhood questions or concerns. We can also connect you to any of our committee chairs.
Sincerely Yours,
Sonja Merchant-Jones BWCO Co-Chair 410-366-1338 smerchantj@aol.com
and Angie Jones BWCO Co-Chair 410-235-1986 angineeki@hotmail.com
P.S. We can also be reached at betterwaverlycommunityorg@gmail.com

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