District 13, Happy New Year! I know after enduring the second year of pandemic, many of you are glad to see it go. However, I am so grateful, I began my term to serve you last year. I want to thank you all for the love, support, advice, encouragement, input, critiques, and kindness you have shown to my team and I, over the course of the last 12 months. Additionally, I would like to thank my City Council colleagues, countless constituents, community associations, businesses and city agencies that partnered with us to accomplish so much in 2021. We are truly grateful. This email serves to share with you a recap of what we accomplished together last year. Going forward, I pledge to continue to work hard for you, the great residents, and stakeholders of District 13. I say it all the time, this is an "all hands on deck" effort and it takes all of us to bring about change. If you need to contact my office for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact us at 410-396-4829 or to email us at district13@Baltimorecity.gov. I look forward to continuing to serve you this year, as we take it up a notch. In Solidarity, -Councilman Antonio Glover |
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| | 437,400lbs District 13 semi-monthly clean-up have rid our communities of approximately 437,400lbs of trash. Our partnerships with local businesses to clean our communities have created job opportunities, a sparked an interest in more volunteerism all over the district. |
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| | 152 Councilman Glover and his staff attended 152 community association meeting either virtually or in person. Our goal is to have representation at every meeting to address any constituent concerns. |
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| | 15 Councilman Glover has had 15 formal community engagement walks, which we call our Walk and Talk Series. These walks connect communities with their liaisons from the various city agencies. Making city hall accessible to the citizens of District 13. |
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To the relief of so many affected by the pandemic, Councilman Glover passed Baltimore's "Just Cause" Bill, which helped to keep families in their homes after landlords had found a way to evict tenants during the eviction moratorium. That moratorium did not prevent a landlord from refusing to renew the lease at the end of the term. This bill protects tenants from that loophole, as tenants and landlords await the distribution of funds from the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act, that will go toward back rents cause by the pandemic. |
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Councilman Glover's 1st Annual Winter Solstice |
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On December 23, 2021, Councilman Glover threw his First Annual Winter Solstice at the A. Hoen and Co. Lithograph Building, right in the heart of the Middle-East community. This was a celebration to end the first year of Councilman Glover's first term, and to show his gratitude and thanks to his constituency. We offer a sincere thank you to the Broadway East Community for assisting us in making this happen, and Cross Street Partners for making their space available to us. The food was amazing, the DJ was rocking, and the atmosphere was everything. Most importantly, people were practicing great COVID safety protocol. |
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Councilman Glover's Commitment to Public Safety |
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| | As a member of the Public Safety Committee, Councilman Glover is in constant contact with our public safety leaders and commanders. He provides input and critique on what he sees in working in the district, or otherwise. |
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| | After the deadly fire that claimed three lives on Patterson Park Avenue, Councilman Glover joined forces with the fire department to go door to door to make sure everyone had a working smoke detector. |
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| | Councilman Glover continuously talks with community members to gauge their opinions on public safety in their neighborhoods. He takes that information back to department heads to work to improve conditions. |
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| | Our walk and talk series brings city hall to our District to see conditions first hand, and report any issues in real-time so that they can be resolved in a timely manner. This also allows the agencies to educate the constituents. |
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Councilman Glover's Youth Engagement |
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Councilman Glover takes his role on the Education, Workforce, and Youth Committee seriously. As a Father, he is committed to seeing the you of Baltimore have a fair chance, and have access to opportunities they may not otherwise have access. In the summer of 2021, Councilman Glover had the opportunity to host a basketball camp, featuring Enes Kanter of the NBA's Portland Trailblazers. The one day camp was free of charge and open to anyone in the community that registered. Mr. Kanter taught basketball drills, and expressed the importance of education and a health mind and diet. |
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As our youth returned back to school in fall 2021, Councilman Glover visited several schools in the district to welcome the children back, wishing them a safe and productive year. He was pleased to see our students and teachers actively engaged with one another and practicing safety protocols. |
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Even Councilman Glover's Staff made their rounds visiting schools in the District to discuss the role of their city council in government, and how it affects their everyday lives. In conjunction with the State's Attorney's Office's Great Expectations program, we had an opportunity to engage with our youth, allow them to ask questions, and inform them how their families can get involved. |
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We celebrated quite a few cultural milestones this year. It all started with the groundbreaking ceremony of the East Baltimore Historical Library. A library designed to tell the story of East Baltimoreans who have left behind legacies that should never be left behind. We also had a mural unveiling honoring the Late Delegate Hattie Harrison, and supported our local businesses on small business Saturday. |
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Councilman Glover is all about community. He makes sure his constituency is the #1 priority in his office. In 2021, we spent a lot of time in the field. We celebrated ground breakings, participated in community resource fairs, assisted with greening in the community, hosted boat cruises for community members, consoled each other through tragedy, and provided resources for those in need, participated in national night out, trunk or treats, introduced the eastside Grinch to the district, and threw a couple of parties along the way to unite the community. As Councilman Glover always says, he wants to get back to neighborhoods and get away from nearborhoods (where we live near each other, but don know each other). Collectively we can work, to change the trajectory of our district and city. |
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