Dear Community Leaders and Members of Anne Arundel County,

COVID has shaken nearly every facet of our lives, including our dining options. To help local restaurants survive the pandemic, check out this guide to carryout dining in Anne Arundel to find hundreds of food options and special carryout offers. To get started visit aacounty.org/carryout

Best,

James Kitchin

Office of the County Executive

Director, CECS

The Youth Corps is open to anyone under the age of 23 interested in engaging with county government and the community to make Anne Arundel County The Best Place - For All. To become a Youth Corps member, and join us for the event, visit our Youth Engagement Opportunities page for more information.

Anne Arundel County will open warming centers beginning at 9:00 pm tonight, Tuesday, December 29, 2020, through 9:00 am Wednesday, December 30, 2020, in response to extremely cold forecast temperatures.

Anne Arundel County Police will designate District Station Community Rooms at the following precincts as warming centers:

Click here to read the full press release.

County Executive Steuart Pittman announced approximately $1.4 million of federal CARES Act funding for Anne Arundel County Public Schools for costs related to the COVID-19 virus. This assistance will pay for cleaning and sanitation supplies, food services supplies, software to facilitate digital classes, and overtime costs for information technology personnel. These costs were not covered under the school system’s direct CARES appropriation from the U.S. Treasury earlier in the year.

Click here to read the press release.

The Community Action Agency received CARES funding from Anne Arundel County to offer energy assistance to households whose incomes are over the eligibility requirements for Community Action’s other energy programs. To qualify, applicants must be an Anne Arundel County resident, have experienced a decrease in household income due to the pandemic, and outstanding energy bills must be from no later than March 1, 2020. If you, or anyone you know, meet these criteria, please contact Community Action’s energy assistance hotline as soon as possible at 833.888.0401(TTY 711). The hotline is operated twenty-four hours a day, seven days per week.

Payments may be made by check and cash and will be by appointment only. A terminal is also available in the lobby for online payments. To schedule an appointment, please call 410-222-2700 on any of the days above from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Please refer to your bills for due dates. Visit their website for all payment options.

Please remember to social distance and that masks/face coverings are required in all County buildings.

The Office of Transportation has completed a Multi-modal (Bicycle, Pedestrian, Transit, and Vehicular) Mobility Study of the Parole Growth Management Area. The Mobility Study will support the Office of Planning and Zoning’s update of the Parole Urban Design Concept Plan (PUDCP), the master plan for the Parole Growth Management Area (PGMA), which is currently underway.

The purpose of the study is to identify necessary short-term and long-term improvements to meet the Parole Town Center’s future multi-modal mobility needs and provide a connected transportation network supporting all users of the right-of-way including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists.

The study was broken into two reports, an existing conditions report and a recommendations report. The recommendations report consisted of a series of recommended improvements with regard to street typologies (cross-sections), bicycle, pedestrian, transit network improvements, as well as roadway and intersection improvements.

All reports and recommendations, as well as a link to provide comments, can be found by clicking here.

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Residents can view a calendar of upcoming community 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 list of upcoming meetings below and click here for more details and to view the full calendar.

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