Page 13 - Port of Baltimore - Issue 4 - 2024

Communities Take Action
for Earth Day
The Maryland Port Administration (MPA) partnered with several organizations to make Earth Day fun, educational and productive for neighboring Port communities. At the Canton Waterfront Cleanup and Earth Day Celebration hosted by Dundalk Renaissance and Carefirst, MPA Harbor Development Outreach Coordinator Danielle Fisher joined Baltimore City Council Member
Zeke Cohen and Ramon Palencia Calvo from the Maryland League of Conservation Voters. She shared information about the Port of Baltimore’s green initiatives, environmental and community investments, and career opportunities with approximately 50 attendees.
Additionally, Turner Station Conservation Teams invited MPA to participate in their Spring into Action Turner Station Community and Earth Day Celebration along with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Maryland Transportation Authority, Ports America Chesapeake and The Nature Conservancy Maryland/DC Chapter. Utilizing three dumpsters, volunteers helped to clean Turner Station Park, Fleming Park and Chestnut Park, and mulched the area- surrounding 137 trees planted last year. Nearly 100 people participated. 
Above: Area high school students and their families were among the nearly 50 people who attended the Canton Waterfront Cleanup and Earth Day Celebration.
One of the many volunteers tending to Chestnut Park
We are very grateful for our partners.
We could not have done it without them. It was a very successful event, and we look forward to celebrating Earth Day again with our valuable partners next year.”
— Edie Brooks, Turner Station Conservation Teams Representative
PHOTO BY SAMONNE WHITEHAD
PHOTO BY STEVE MOSLEY / DUNDALK RENAISSANCE
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