by David Marks | Jul 25, 2021 | Campus Hills, Cromwell Valley, Joppa Road, Loch Raven, Perry Hall, Towson, Towson Circulator
The Fiscal Year 2022 budget provides unprecedented funding for transportation projects. Over the next construction season, highway contractors will be completing some unfinished resurfacing in our district; roads in the Oakleigh Manor and Cromwood-Coventry communities...
by David Marks | Jul 24, 2020 | school overcrowding, seniors, Towson Circulator
Today, more than 25 percent of Baltimore County’s population is estimated to include senior citizens. Put another way, there are more seniors than school-age children. The growth of our senior population is occurring throughout the United States, but especially in...
by David Marks | May 30, 2020 | budget, Fullerton, Seven Oaks, Towson Circulator
At the Baltimore County Council meeting on Friday, I voted to cut $59 million from the proposed Fiscal Year 2021 budget. Combined with my vote last year, I have supported cutting nearly $100 million from the budget over the past two years. These are tough times, and...
by David Marks | Sep 17, 2019 | Gerst Farm, seniors, Towson, Towson Circulator
One in four Baltimore County residents will be a senior citizen next year, according to estimates from the Department of Aging. Indeed, Baltimore County has one of the largest senior populations on the East Coast, requiring leaders to step up planning for services...
by David Marks | Feb 28, 2019 | 101 York, Circle East, Downtown Perry Hall, Towson Circulator, Towson Row
Over the next two years, developers will complete projects that will add more than 1,000 units to Downtown Towson. Circle East, 101 York, and Towson Run will fundamentally change the complexion of Downtown Towson, bringing new residents to support our businesses....
by David Marks | Feb 7, 2018 | air conditioning, Angel Park, bicycle, budget, Carney, charter review, Cromwell Valley, Cub Hill, Design Review Panel, Downtown Perry Hall, Downtown Towson, Dumbarton Middle, Herring Run, infrastructure, Joppa Road, Mount Vista, Neighborhood Commons, open space, Pedestrian and Bicycle, Perry Hall, Radebaugh Park, rezoning, Ridgely Manor, social host, Towson, Towson Circulator
I will be seeking reelection to the Baltimore County Council in 2018. I look forward to continuing my record of bipartisan and independent leadership for the citizens of the Fifth District. While other governments are embroiled in partisanship and stalemate, we have...
