Next Meeting and Other Upcoming Events
2020 HCCA Membership Meetings are on the third Wednesday of each month (except November and December) from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. We normally meet in the first floor conference room of MedStar Health, but COVID-19 restrictions have moved us elsewhere.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, October 21, 6-7:30 p.m. Meet at the Emily Bayless Graham Park pavilion off the parking lot. (Entrance is on Wheel Rd across from Festival Mall.) We’ll be outdoors for the whole meeting. Bring a mask.
Saturday, Oct 24, 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.: Adopt-a-Road Clean-Up. Meet at the parking lot of Southampton Middle School at 1200 Moores Mill Road. Bring gloves.
Sunday, Nov 8, 1-4 p.m. HCCA Annual Meeting and Picnic. Topic: Processing the 2020 Election and Moving Forward. Also, discussion of annual financial report, election of officers and 2021 goals. Location: Eden Mill, 1617 Eden Mill Rd, Pylesville, MD.
Tag Archives: Abingdon Woods
Kathy Tunney: County should help purchase Abingdon Woods
Kathy Tunney recommends to the county council that they look into a way to purchase the Abingdon Woods property and preserve it as a recreational park for the public. 17 Dec 2019 – Harford County Council meeting – Public Comment
“Extinction is forever” -Fawn Palmer alerts Council to endangered species in Abingdon Woods
Fawn Palmer, senior naturalist, remindes the Harford County Council that extinction is forever and alerts them to endangered status of the Spongy Arrowhead, Sagittaria spatulata which grows in the freshwater, tidal mud flats in the HaHa Branch where it empties … Continue reading
Dont let Abingdon become a “Toxic Tour” site – Aravinda Pillalamarri
Aravinda Pillalamarri asks County Council to protect Abingdon Woods so that the site does not in the future become a site of air and water pollution, flooding and other environmental damage. She warns that it may become the site of … Continue reading
Carol Nau: Council should Stand up for Harford County
Carol Nau says Abingdon Business Park does not meet standards of business development and asks the Council to stand up for Harford County.
Tracey Waite Brings Receipts
Tracey Waite calls out campaign contributions and asks if they have influenced council votes on the Abingdon Business Park which would destroy 300+ acres of wetlands in Abingdon Woods.
Find Alternate Sites – Lakshmi Tadepalli to Harford County Council
Lakshmi Tadepalli reads a poem about trees and asks the Harford County Council why we are destroying the wetlands for the sake of warehouses.
Abingdon Woods ecosystem services worth at least $5.4 billion over 50 years – Nancy Post to Harford County Council
#StopABP: Abingdon Woods ecosystem services worth at least $5.4 billion over 50 years – Nancy Post to Harford County Council
Woods not Warehouses, Ecosystems not Enterprise Zones! People over Profits!
Woods not Warehouses, Ecosystems not Enterprise Zones! People over Profits! Since January when a sign placed in the woods alerted nearby residents of a plan to convert the 326 acre wetland forest area to a warehouse business park, the community … Continue reading
Sign the Petition to Stop Abingdon Business Park!
This petition is for all Harford County residents! If our largest remaining forests are developed, we will ALL suffer from the loss of green space, boost to the climate crisis, loss of wildlife, and negative impact on our neighbors, who … Continue reading
Stop Abingdon Business Park
Harford County Climate Action is a member of a coalition of parties opposed to the destruction of Abingdon Woods, i.e. to the “Abingdon Business Park” plan. We are partnering with Friends of Harford and neighborhood associations, such as Autumn Run, … Continue reading
