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Issue date: 4/26/07
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Plan to improve Wyman Park Dell released
The Friends of the Wyman Park Dell, long-time stewards of the park, have released a new master plan that will guide improvements made to the park over the next 15 years.
Although the park is in a prime location just adjacent to the Homewood campus, members of the community have said they feel increasingly unsafe there, due in part to overgrown shrubs and a lack of sufficient lighting.
Through the plan, the Friends intend for the park to remain essentially as it is, but with much needed improvements.
Sill, they will enact at least major change as they intend to remove the existing restrooms and replace them with a pavilion. The pavilion will house space for a vendor to sell refreshments and will have a park manager's office, storage space and new restrooms.
The pavilion will sit at a newly designed entrance into the park, with the hope that it will entice more members of the community to utilize the space.
A committee to develop this new plan was formed in 2004, and included representatives from Hopkins, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Charles Village Civic Association and the Baltimore City departments of Recreation and Parks, among others.
It is unclear at this time when the plans will begin to be carried out.
- Katlyn Torgerson
Education School to create summer programs
The Center for Summer Learning plans to raise $50 million for summer educational programs, thanks to a grant from the Atlantic Philanthropies.
The center, a part of the School of Education, will work to promote, create and fund programs for summer learning nationwide, particularly in disadvantaged areas where access to such programs is rare.
Research has shown that those who do not participate in summer educational programs lose ground academically over their peers, who are usually also better off economically.
"We will work to get the STEP UP Act in the United States Senate and similar pieces of legislation approved to guarantee the funding of these programs, which serve as the foundation for the future success of our most vulnerable yet promising young people," said Ronald Fairchild, the center's director, who will manage the campaign.
While the three-year $2.5 million grant from the Atlantic Philanthropies will allow the campaign to begin immediately, the center plans to raise an additional $7.5 million. These extra funds will help ensure that low-income youth have the opportunity to learn in high-quality programs during the summer months.
Founded in 1992, the center's mission has been to develop, evaluate and promote summer learning programs that focus on youth development. The center is the only national organization committed entirely to summer learning.
The Atlantic Philanthropies are dedicated to helping disadvantaged people.
- Heather Barbakoff, Marie Cushing and Max McKenna
The Friends of the Wyman Park Dell, long-time stewards of the park, have released a new master plan that will guide improvements made to the park over the next 15 years.
Although the park is in a prime location just adjacent to the Homewood campus, members of the community have said they feel increasingly unsafe there, due in part to overgrown shrubs and a lack of sufficient lighting.
Through the plan, the Friends intend for the park to remain essentially as it is, but with much needed improvements.
Sill, they will enact at least major change as they intend to remove the existing restrooms and replace them with a pavilion. The pavilion will house space for a vendor to sell refreshments and will have a park manager's office, storage space and new restrooms.
The pavilion will sit at a newly designed entrance into the park, with the hope that it will entice more members of the community to utilize the space.
A committee to develop this new plan was formed in 2004, and included representatives from Hopkins, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Charles Village Civic Association and the Baltimore City departments of Recreation and Parks, among others.
It is unclear at this time when the plans will begin to be carried out.
- Katlyn Torgerson
Education School to create summer programs
The Center for Summer Learning plans to raise $50 million for summer educational programs, thanks to a grant from the Atlantic Philanthropies.
The center, a part of the School of Education, will work to promote, create and fund programs for summer learning nationwide, particularly in disadvantaged areas where access to such programs is rare.
Research has shown that those who do not participate in summer educational programs lose ground academically over their peers, who are usually also better off economically.
"We will work to get the STEP UP Act in the United States Senate and similar pieces of legislation approved to guarantee the funding of these programs, which serve as the foundation for the future success of our most vulnerable yet promising young people," said Ronald Fairchild, the center's director, who will manage the campaign.
While the three-year $2.5 million grant from the Atlantic Philanthropies will allow the campaign to begin immediately, the center plans to raise an additional $7.5 million. These extra funds will help ensure that low-income youth have the opportunity to learn in high-quality programs during the summer months.
Founded in 1992, the center's mission has been to develop, evaluate and promote summer learning programs that focus on youth development. The center is the only national organization committed entirely to summer learning.
The Atlantic Philanthropies are dedicated to helping disadvantaged people.
- Heather Barbakoff, Marie Cushing and Max McKenna
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