2008 Woodie Awards
Baltimore gets green with Forest Project
Issue date: 4/17/08
This Homecoming weekend, while the Beach was covered with sunbathing students from both past and present, it was also the site for the opening festival of the Baltimore: Urban Forest Project, the GROW! Festival.
GROW! Festival took place on April 12 and included a variety of events. For children, there was face painting, while a display tent projected banners, which will be on display across the city, aimed at education residents about planting trees and beautifying their community. Trees donated by Bell Nursery were given away as prizes.
Students of both Hopkins and MICA aided the program; MICA students developed the event's concept, while Hopkins students executed the plans. Among the Hopkins students involved were Mackenzie Barton-Rowledge and recent graduate Blake Hough.
"The great thing about this event was that while it occurred on the Hopkins campus, it drew a large crowd from the Baltimore community at large-over 800 attendees," HEAT President Julia Blocher said.
The Urban Forest Project encourages the use of greener initiatives through artful banners, a variety of citywide events and decorative bags. The project, which began April 11 and will run until June 28, is a collaboration of TreeBaltimore and the Tilt Foundation. Similar events have been held in cities like New York, Portland and Denver in recent years.
Planning for the project began about a year ago through the efforts of Rachel Baird and Jessica Pegorsh from the Tilt Studio Foundation. It was originally based on the initial event located in Times Square, New York. However, Baird and Pegorsh wanted Baltimore's project to be more community based, as well as have more information about sustainability and the environment, as well as be able to have a more direct impact on people's lives.
Baltimore is also canopying the city with banners. Additional events are being held for two months that the Tilt Studio and their collaborators hope will teach Baltimore residents how to take personal steps towards making the city and world greener.
GROW! Festival took place on April 12 and included a variety of events. For children, there was face painting, while a display tent projected banners, which will be on display across the city, aimed at education residents about planting trees and beautifying their community. Trees donated by Bell Nursery were given away as prizes.
Students of both Hopkins and MICA aided the program; MICA students developed the event's concept, while Hopkins students executed the plans. Among the Hopkins students involved were Mackenzie Barton-Rowledge and recent graduate Blake Hough.
"The great thing about this event was that while it occurred on the Hopkins campus, it drew a large crowd from the Baltimore community at large-over 800 attendees," HEAT President Julia Blocher said.
The Urban Forest Project encourages the use of greener initiatives through artful banners, a variety of citywide events and decorative bags. The project, which began April 11 and will run until June 28, is a collaboration of TreeBaltimore and the Tilt Foundation. Similar events have been held in cities like New York, Portland and Denver in recent years.
Planning for the project began about a year ago through the efforts of Rachel Baird and Jessica Pegorsh from the Tilt Studio Foundation. It was originally based on the initial event located in Times Square, New York. However, Baird and Pegorsh wanted Baltimore's project to be more community based, as well as have more information about sustainability and the environment, as well as be able to have a more direct impact on people's lives.
Baltimore is also canopying the city with banners. Additional events are being held for two months that the Tilt Studio and their collaborators hope will teach Baltimore residents how to take personal steps towards making the city and world greener.
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