Developer Hosts Initial Meeting for Falls Rd. Remake 

Hosted by Remington-based developer Seawall, the “Initial Meeting” for a proposed Falls Rd. remake took place on Tuesday, March 24, at R. House in Remington.

About 100 people listened to Seawall co-founder Thibault Manekin introduce his company’s initial approach to major lower Jones Falls corridor improvements following Seawall’s contracts for purchase of the Potts & Callahan industrial properties at 2701-2801 Falls Rd., and the conditional closing of the 2840 Sisson St. citizen’s bulk trash drop-off center. When closed, these purchases were said to foreclose the possibility of the Sisson St. center being relocated to the edge of the Jones Falls on Falls Rd.

Mr. Manekin invited environmental and educational stakeholder groups and a neighborhood organization to present their views on the Jones Falls Trail/East Coast Greenway along the lower Jones Falls- Friends of The Jones Falls, Blue Water Baltimore, Baltimore Streetcar Museum, Jones Falls Gateway Project, Jones Falls 2076 and the Greater Remington Improvement Association.

During the course of the meeting, one sentiment that seemed to carry across the room was that any new plans for the Jones Falls greenway, referred to by a couple of presenters as Baltimore’s second waterfront, must reflect the hopes of diverse communities throughout the city as demanded by one attendee during the Q/A (Baltimore Brew). Anoth account of the meeting is linked here (Baltimore Fishbowl). 

A follow-up is scheduled for May 4th at a location TBD.

For a recent account on how the public turned the tide on relocating a city trash facility to the edge of the Jones Falls, read: “How a screaming stranger got a developer to dream big about the Jones Falls” in the Baltimore Banner. 

-The Editors