Friends of the Water Tower–
Spread the word — jazz at the water tower!
Tuesday, November 24:00-6:00pm
Roland Water Tower (4210 Roland Ave.)
Organized by Friends of the Roland Water Tower
Read more about the Baltimore Pop-Up Jazz Jam here: https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-fe-baltimore-pop-up-jazz-jam-20210727-7qibwgvdevbivia6nt6tz6ptaa-story.html?outputType=amp
Hope to see you there!
Emily
Hi, neighbors–
You’re invited!Social at the Water Tower
Saturday, October 233:00 – 5:00pm
Come meet your neighbors at the Roland Water Tower!
Bring your own drink/food/chair. Feel free to bring an outdoor game to share!
Organized by the Friends of the Roland Water Tower (https://rolandwatertower.org). If you’d like to get involved with planning future events, let me know!
Emily Roland Ave.
Please see the attached letter and FAQ for the latest news about the tower construction, park planning progress, and a convenient summary of frequently asked questions. Thanks to all the great volunteers from the neighborhood for putting these together!
Thanks to everybody for showing up and helping clean up the tower grounds on Sunday!
For those that may have missed it, here is a link to the presentation given by Unknown Studios on the Roland Water Tower Park design development:
Let us know your thoughts on the preferred design for Roland Water Tower Park: Follow this link and you will see a survey, along with links to the community meeting presentation recording and powerpoint slides. The presentation has a summary of previous community survey results broken down by neighborhood. We look forward to hearing your comments, and thank you for participating!
https://tinyurl.com/RWTParkConceptComments
We need your help to plan a season of celebrations in our neighborhood!
Finally after more than 10 years of community organizing and 9 months of restoration work, the Roland Water Tower is substantially restored. The scaffolding and fences will come down by the middle of June. This is a very exciting accomplishment for all of the surrounding communities. We plan to celebrate the completion of the restoration and the imminent return of our resident falcon neighbors with a community gathering planned for June 19th at the tower (flyer attached). This event will provide a chance for us to come together to plan a bright future for the tower as a gathering place for our neighborhoods.
Now seems like a perfect time to re-launch the Friends of the Roland Water Tower, a community group a number of us had formed more than a decade ago to raise awareness of the state of the tower by organizing events on the site. Would you be willing to be part of this renewed effort?
We are looking for dedicated individuals willing to work alongside their neighbors from Hoe’s Heights, Rolden, Roland Park, and other nearby communities to plan small events throughout the summer and early autumn. These could involve anything from community sidewalk chalking, to story telling, history teach-ins, nature talks or even small musical performances. The FORWT group will plan the events, obtain the relevant city permitting, and advertise the events to our friends and neighbors.
We hope to launch the new Friends of the Roland Water Tower very shortly, so please check your emails for more announcements.
Your neighbors,
Zoe Clarkwest, Michael Falk, Kirsten Johnson, Nick Lidow, Mary Page Michel, Julia Pierson, and Lydia Wilson
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
Join us to review the results of the community survey and give feedback on concept design options for your park!
PUBLIC MEETING #1 (ON ZOOM)
Weds, March 31, 2021, 6–7:30pm
Passcode: watertower
PUBLIC MEETING #2 (ON SITE)
Sat, April 3, 2021, 12-2pm
(Drop in any time)
On-site at the Roland Water Tower
All ages encouraged! Masks and
physical distancing required.
*Rain Date: Tues, April 6, 5-7pm*
Please email:
rolandwatertower@rolandpark.org
with any comments or questions.
Can’t attend either meeting? There is a comment box posted on the construction fence on-site for you to drop off your comments!
We are excited to introduce Unknown Studio as our Landscape Architect for design of the park surrounding the Roland Water Tower! To kick things off, we are organizing a series of community meetings to develop a plan for the park. We need your input, so please attend or comment in one of three ways:
Unknown Studio is a a certified Small Business and a woman-owned firm based in Baltimore City. Check out their website, below:
In case you missed it, here is a link to the virtual town hall presentation from Tuesday September 22, 2020:
Friends of the Roland Water Tower 