Posts by info@patapsco.org
Patapsco Heritage Greenway Seeks Applicants for Executive Director Position
The Patapsco Heritage Greenway is a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, interpreting, and restoring the environment, history and culture of Maryland’s Patapsco Valley between Daniels and Elkridge. The…
Read MorePatapsco Heritage Area Mini-Grant and MHAA Grant Workshop
The Patapsco Heritage Area (PHA), a certified heritage area encompassing parts of Baltimore and Howard County, announces its mini-grant program for projects to be completed in FY18. PHA is offering…
Read MorePHG is hiring!
PHG is hiring for seasonal event coordinators and assistants for the Environmental Stewardship Program. Are you passionate about the environment? Do you love being outside and working with volunteers? The…
Read MoreMeet Local Environmentalist Chiara D’Amore
From the farmland of Illinois to the beaches of Virginia and the woods of Maryland, the natural environment has been at the core of many of my oldest and best…
Read MoreArtist Debra Howard wins PHG’s 2017 Best Depiction of the River Award in Paint It! Ellicott City’s Plein Air Event
Debra Howard, a fine artist from Crisfield Maryland, is this year’s recipient of the Patapsco Heritage Greenway award for “Best Depiction of the Patapsco River”. Debra participated in the 2017 …
Read MoreOld Ellicott City in the Eyes of Artists
With the town in mid-summer vibrancy after nearly a full year of restoration post-flood, locals of all ages are capturing the beauty of Old Ellicott City in their artwork. With…
Read MoreMaryland Heritage Areas Authority Awards 50 Grants to Support Heritage Tourism Nearly $2.7 million awarded
The Patapsco Heritage Area received just over $160,000 in five grants from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority including Management and Marketing grants for Patapsco Heritage Greenway, $30,000 in funds to…
Read MorePatapsco: Silent Witnesses to an Enduring Current by Riley Goodman
Patapsco: Silent Witnesses to an Enduring Current by Riley Goodman New Art Exhibit to Open As Part of Ellicott City’s Flood Commemoration Anniversary Ellicott City, MD — The Patapsco Heritage…
Read MoreOella Garden Blog Part 2 – Interview with Volunteer Garden Manager
On a sunny, pleasant morning, after analyzing budget expenditures at the office, I walked through the Oella & Ellicott City Entrance Garden with Paul Farragut, Patapsco Heritage Greenway Board Member…
Read MoreSamantha Parker- UMBC Public History Intern
My name is Samantha Parker, and I am interning this summer with the Patapsco Heritage Greenway. I am a current graduate student enrolled in the Public history program at UMBC.…
Read MoreAll Hands on Deck at Adkins Arboretum
As part of the Chesapeake Conservation Corps experience, a handful of corps-members wrote an application to host an All Hands on Deck project at their host site. For an All…
Read MoreOella Garden- Part I
The Oella & Ellicott City Entrance Garden started out as a neglected piece of land that was overrun by invasive plants. In 2008, to honor the Oella community’s bicentennial, a…
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