2024 I Love SoBo Day
Saturday, April 27, 9am-12:30pm @ Museum of Industry Pavillion, 1415 Key Hwy
We hope to see you at the third annual community celebration of all things South Baltimore! “I Love SoBo Day” is a celebration of this great part of the city and an opportunity to bring together the many neighborhoods of the South Baltimore peninsula for a day of fun with family, friends, and neighbors. Rain or shine. For the schedule of events and vendors visit “I Love SoBo Day”. The LPCA will have a table, come by and visit us!

Archdiocese of Baltimore Plans to Close LP’s Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church
Through a process known as Seek the City to Come, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has determined that it needs to close 42 of its 62 parishes in and around the city of Baltimore. As part of this process, it has preliminarily been determined that Our Lady of Good Counsel in Locust Point will close. HOWEVER, parishioners, neighbors and concerned individuals will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback at TWO upcoming sessions:
April 30, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.: Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles St. 21210 or Attend Virtually
REVIEW THE PROPOSAL
Everyone is encouraged to attend. 

A Taste of Spring
Sunday, May 5, 12-5pm @ Our Lady of Good Counsel
This will be a day of spring fun outdoors for the South Baltimore community. Highlights include a great variety of wine, margaritas, and beer, summery food, liquor & baked goods wheel, flower wheel, kids’ activities, and a raffle for $1,000 prize or $250 prize (no need to be present to win raffle). Learn more.

Earth Day Clean Up a Resounding Success
Our heartfelt thanks to the nearly 100 residents of LP who came out to support our park and peninsula clean up in honor of Earth Day! The result was less debris on our streets and a greener, cleaner environment for all of us to enjoy. A big thank you to DPW whose refuse truck whisked away many bags and piles of debris and to Miss Twist who gave out over 90 ice creams! We also appreciate the HOAs and businesses who helped to promote the event. Everyone truly made it a huge success. Join us again on May 19 for our Spring Park Maintenance Day! From 2-4pm we’ll clean, trim, plant and mulch in Latrobe Park.

LPCA Compost Program
The LPCA is Partnering with the Baltimore Compost Collective (BCC) on a program to increase composting in Locust Point. Approximately 60% of what is incinerated at the BRESCO incinerator, less than 2 miles from LP, is compostable. The BCC is a local service that collects food scraps from residences in Baltimore neighborhoods. They have been supporting LP for 8 years and service ~80 of our neighbors. They are also a youth entrepreneurship program that employs local teenagers and trains them in workforce skills, food access programming and community-scale composting.

The program is for LPCA members and easy to do.  Just sign up for the composting service and the first three months will be on the LPCA.  We will send your details to the BCC and they will deliver a composting bucket to your house.  Once your bucket is delivered, you need to complete sign-up process by registering for service on the BCC website.  You will receive a reminder email from BCC to do this.  The service is only $25 per month after the third month.  If you are not a LPCA member, you can join from at mylocustpoint.org.

If you have any question, please contact Dave Arndt at locustpointcg@gmail.com or Sophie Ragot at baltimorecompostcollective@gmail.com.

Call for Craft Vendors for 2024 Locust Point Festival
We’re looking for awesome craft vendors! In years past we’ve had an amazing array of local wares to choose from including jewelry, print art, holiday ornaments, soaps, make-up, packaged food, ceramics, and apparel. Preference is given to Locust Point and 21230 businesses first. Just fill out the application form to become a vendor. Also, local businesses and non-profit that would like a table at this year’s festival can apply as well! You will be notified within a week if you are accepted and instructions for all vendors will be posted in early August.

Fees:
$10 non-refundable application fee, required upon submission
$50 non-profit table fee
$150 vendor table fee

APPLY

Candidate Forums
Over the last several months, the LPCA hosted numerous candidates for various city elected positions. Learn more:

April: Mayoral Candidates
Wendy Bozel |Thiru Vignarajah |Wayne Baker
Donald Scoggins | Texas Brown  | Shelia Dixon
Bob Wallace | Kevin Harris | Wendell Freeman

March: City Council President Candidates
Zeke Cohen | Shannon Sneed

February: We hosted City Council District 11 Candidates.
Eric Costello | Zac Blanchard

May: LPCA Board Elections! If you are interested in becoming a LPCA board member or officer, please contact us! Elections are next month and 10 of 15 positions are open.

UPDATE 4/10: The contractor has informed the City that they have 15-20 working days left at the site. This is rain dependent. The project has already been delayed by 2 weeks due to rain/flooding at the underground work site.

Andre Street Closure
The 1500 block of Andre St., an exit/entrance to the LP peninsula and one of the main access points to I-95 and Rt. 2, is closed. From Baltimore City Department of Transportation: The 1500 block of Andre Street is partially closed for conduit work by BGE, which includes the rebuilding of a manhole. The location of the manhole requires a lane closure along Fort Avenue and a partial closure of Andre Street while the work is being performed. Work is expected to be complete in mid-April, weather and construction schedules permitting.

LPCA-Sponsored ‘Extended Hour Nights’ at Ft. McHenry
The extended hour nights are back again this summer! The park will be open for extended hours to 8:00 pm with special activities planned for three nights! Look for more details as summer approaches.

June 7 – The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform for free
July 17 – Game night with family activities like cornhole, Jenga, bocci ball, etc.
August 21 – “Oh Say Can You See” Park Presentation

Normal park hours for this summer are Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm, and Sat. and Sun., 9am-6pm. Staffing shortages prevent the park from having longer hours.

Robert Stewart, acting Park Superintendent, is scheduled to present at the June LPCA Membership meeting.

Founded in 1972, the Locust Point Civic Association (LPCA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in the State of Maryland created to promote and protect the common interests of the residents of Locust Point. Those eligible to be members of the LPCA are defined as follows: All people 18 years or older residing in the area bounded by Lawrence Street on the west and the Patapsco River to the north, south and east. The purpose of the Association is to promote and encourage cooperative spirit, neighborhood relations and participation in community affairs; actively inform, serve and represent residents’ interests in regard to civic and City events, laws, regulations and safety; foster neighborhood pride, safety, beautification and monitor development activity; and honor and preserve the historic nature and serve as a repository for local information.