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Upton’s Etting Street Association (ESA) begins Spring Planting and installations of planters in their area
On April 13th The Upton Planning Committee installed 4 beautifully landscaped parks and installed welcome sign inviting you to “Historic Upton, an Old West Baltimore community.” Thank you to Baltimore City DHCD; State Department of DHCD; Department of Planning and The Parks and People Foundation. Thank you to Mrs. [...]
Historic Upton Living Legacy Spotlight: Congressman Cummings Scholar, Jasmine Gray
Hi! I’m Jasmine Gray, a December graduate at Morgan State University. Through my matriculation I’ve been able to meet amazing people, be apart of many different organizations and have the opportunity to learn so much! I am a proud alumni of the Congressman Cummings Upton Fellowship sponsored by Wells [...]
Black History Spotlight Congressman Cummings Scholar “LeKensha Allen”
LeKensha Allen, a proud alumni of the Congressman Cummings Upton Fellowship sponsored by Wells Fargo. LeKensha graduated from The Morgan State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance, LeKensha worked with the Upton Planning Committee supporting the Historic Pennsylvania Avenue Main Street Program. She was tasked with [...]
Black History Makers Spotlight: DeJuan Hicks
Historic Upton would like to kick off Black History Month by celebrating some of our own. Our rich community is full of brilliant minds that are poised to make a change the world. As we kick off Black History Month 2022, meet one of our homegrown History Makers: DeJuan [...]
NUPA/Upton West Green Space Improvement Ground Breaking Ceremony
Upton Planning Committee and The UPC Westside CDC broke ground on a project to rehabilitate 41 vacant lots in the Upton community. These lots will provide six manicured green spaces surrounding the 800 blocks of Harlem and Edmondson Avenue in Upton’s NUPA/Upton West Neighborhoods. “This project is the [...]