by David Marks | Jul 29, 2015 | air conditioning, Carney, Joppa View
This summer, work started on air conditioning at Carney and Joppa View Elementary Schools. The design phase is in 2015, with construction in 2016. Other schools that serve northeastern Baltimore County will also receive air conditioning over the next two years....
by David Marks | May 27, 2015 | Carney, Harford Hills Elementary, Honeygo Plan, Parkville, Perry Hall High School, school overcrowding
One of my priorities as County Councilman has been to reduce school overcrowding. This is a complex problem, and not entirely driven by new development. In Carney and Parkville, for instance, we are seeing a demographic turnover as older homeowners sell to young...
by David Marks | Nov 1, 2014 | Carney, Loch Raven, Parkville, Parkville library, redistricting, Villa Cresta
With the inauguration of the new Baltimore County Council in December, the redistricting map will finally take effect that was passed more than three years ago. The new Fifth District still stretches from Charles Street in the west to Harford County, but there are...
by David Marks | Aug 14, 2014 | air conditioning, Bevins, Carney, Halstead, Huff, Joppa View, Pleasant Plains, Villa Cresta
I am very pleased to announce that air conditioning is planned for four additional schools in northeastern Baltimore County: Carney, Halstead, Joppa View, Pleasant Plains, and Villa Cresta Elementary Schools. Plans call for design work in 2015, and construction in...
by David Marks | Nov 1, 2013 | Carney, Perry Hall Improvement Association, school overcrowding
For the past three years, I have been working with Perry Hall Improvement Association President Dennis Robinson on initiatives to reduce school overcrowding. The most recent enrollment statistics are proof of the importance of these efforts. The projections show...
by David Marks | Apr 1, 2012 | Bevins, Carney, Cub Hill, panhandle lot, Parkville
At the Baltimore County Council meeting on April 2nd, I will introduce legislation with Councilwoman Cathy Bevins that will ban panhandle building lots in the Carney-Cub Hill-Parkville area. A panhandle is one in which a developer is allowed to “jam” an additional lot...
