Dear Community Leaders and Members of Anne Arundel County,

Happy Thursday. I hope you are doing well and are looking forward to the long weekend.

This past Tuesday, County Executive Pittman joined Mayor Gavin Buckley and others to lay a wreath at the Guardians of the First Amendment Memorial to honor Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith, and Wendi Winters. We thank each of you who could join us there or found a different way to honor these community heroes on the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting of the Capital Gazette.

Also, on this difficult anniversary, County Executive Pittman and Dr. Kalyanaraman released a strategic plan to reduce gun violence led by the county’s Gun Violence Intervention Team (GVIT). Using a structured public health approach, the plan identifies data-driven and evidence-based strategies that engage community members, law enforcement, mental and behavioral health agencies, and gun violence intervention organizations in collaborative advocacy, prevention, and response initiatives.

Lastly, if you live in Region 8 (Davidsonville, Waysons Corner, Harwood, Lothian, Owensville, Friendship, Owings, and parts of Edgewater), we invite you to come out next week to the second of County Executive Pittman’s Making the Best Place for All Community Summits. We will be at Southern Middle School on Thursday, July 7th starting at 6 pm. We hope to see you there!

Join County Executive Steuart Pittman, our county government team, and your neighbors for the Making The Best Place For All Community Summit Series. This is your opportunity to have your questions answered and share your ideas with your local government. We'll be discussing critical issues in our communities that impact us all - education, public safety, health, and our environment.

The meeting will occur on Thursday, July 7th at 6:00 p.m. in Region 8 at the Southern Middle School. Region 8 includes our residents in Davidsonville, Waysons Corner, Harwood, Lothian, Owensville, Friendship, Owings, and parts of Edgewater.

RSVP now at aacounty.org/communitysummits to join us to discuss how we can make our communities in Region 8 The Best Place For All.

Where we're going, we don't need gas. Anne Arundel County is converting our county fleet to electric vehicles to #GoGreenForTheFuture!

1. Region 9 Community Summit | 2. Leadership Anne Arundel Flagship 2022 Graduation |3. Team PossAbilities Luncheon hosted by The Arc | 4. Ribbon Cutting Solar Panels K&B True Value | 5. Release of the Gun Violence Intervention Team Strategic Plan to Prevent and Reduce Gun Violence | 6. Woodlawn House Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at SERC

Click the image above to watch our interagency Gun Violence Intervention Team announce the release of our strategic plan to reduce gun violence at the Guardians of the First Amendment Memorial, and click here to read the full press release.

Anne Arundel County announced the selection of The Michaels Organization, a national leader in residential real estate development, to redevelop 13 acres of County-owned underutilized industrial property located at 7409 Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard in Glen Burnie. The project will include a mixture of apartments, lofts, and townhomes, as well as commercial space.

“This project is exactly what we meant when we promised to manage our county’s growth. It will improve water quality in an adjacent stream, and provide a mix of housing and commercial opportunities near a train station, a bike path, and a town center,” County Executive Steuart Pittman said. “We congratulate The Michaels Organization for a proposal that will improve the quality of people’s lives. We look forward to getting started.”

Click here to read the full press release.

The Department of Public Works, Waste Management Services, will observe the following curbside collection schedule and facility operating schedule at the Millersville Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility and the Northern, Central, and Southern Recycling Centers in observance of Independence Day.

For more information on all of the recycling and trash collection services provided by the County, visit the Department of Public Works’ website aacounty.org/departments/public-works/waste-management or call (410) 222-6100.

The African American Heritage Preservation Program (AAHPP) provides grants to assist in the preservation of buildings, sites, or communities of historical and cultural importance to the African American experience in Maryland. The AAHPP is administered as a partnership between the Maryland Historical Trust and the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture. Grants range from $10,000 to a maximum of $100,000.

Below is a list of the legislation receiving a public hearing at the upcoming County Council meeting. Come and let your voice be heard during the public comment period for each of these! The legislation scheduled to be heard at the next County Council meeting is subject to change. Click here for an up-to-date list and to see other legislation that has been introduced but isn't scheduled for a hearing at the next meeting.

Residents can view a calendar of upcoming meetings in their area, review site plans and other documents, attend virtual meetings, watch previously recorded meetings, and provide public comments directly to the Office of Planning and Zoning - all through the new Community Meetings website. See a partial list of upcoming meetings below and click here for more details and to view the full calendar.

Visit the Department of Health's website for more information.

Newsletter edited by Vincent Moulden.

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