Second Go-Kart Meeting Notes

November 1, 2024                                 Volume XXII, Issue VI The second pre-submission meeting was held Thursday October 24, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. The owners of the property invited the community to a second meeting, which was not a required meeting. The application is for a Conditional Use of a go-cart track on […]

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Proposed Go-Cart Operation on Mink Hollow

August 6, 2024                                                           Volume XXII, Issue IV Dear GHCA Members and Friends: Most who attended the July 30 meeting seemed to be pessimistic about preventing the proposed Go-Cart Track, and doubtful about enforcement of zoning violations. Our experience at GHCA concludes that although the Condition Use process heavily favors the applicant, some proposals […]

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Important Zoning Meeting, July 30

July 17, 2024                                                           Volume XXII, Issue III Dear GHCA Members and Friends:   PLEASE TAKE NOTE   An important Pre-submission Zoning Meeting will take place at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Tuesday, July 30 at 6:00PM. Here is the link to the announcement: As you will read, the petitioners are seeking a Conditional […]

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Highland House Opens

May 20, 2024                                                             Volume XXII, Issue 1 A Short Recap On February 23, 2023, the Highland Community, led by GHCA, first met with the management of Tuerk House, the drug & alcohol rehabilitation system which had purchased the former Country Gardens Assisted Living in Highland. It was a fiery meeting fueled by misinformation […]

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Tuerk House Update

Newsletter                            Volume XXI, Issue II Dear GHCA Members and Friends: Although we have posted a few brief updates regarding what has been transpiring with the Tuerk House facility in Highland, we have not issued a complete update on this matter until now. Community Meeting On February 23 a standing-room-only Community Meeting was conducted […]

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Minutes of Feb. 23rd Meeting

Greater Highland Crossroads Association (GHCA) Meeting Minutes 2/23/2023 7:00PM-8:15PM EDT Prepared By: GHCA Secretary Attendees: GHCA Officers and Board: Dan O’Leary Kathy O’Leary Charlotte Williams Alan Schneider Geoff Jackson Adam Collison Paul Collison Majeedah Johnson-Collison Hilda Matthieu Scott Shearer Residents of Howard County Tuerk House Staff: Bernard Foster, Executive Director Albert Arrington, Residential House Manager […]

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Covid-19 Bulletin

  April 9, 2020                                                                                      Volume XVII, Issue II Maryland Projection: Deaths to Peak on April 17 According to the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Maryland’s daily coronavirus-related death toll will peak at 60 on April 17. Researchers predict that “resource use” — the need for hospital beds, […]

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March Newsletter

  March 9, 2020                                                                                          Volume XVII, Issue I Chairman’s Message  We know it has been awhile since you have heard from us, but that does not mean we have been idle. We have been working with Concerned Citizens of Western Howard County, CCWHC and Howard […]

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October Newsletter

October 7, 2019                                                                                                                                    Volume XVI, Issue V Reminder GHCA is on Facebook FIND US ON FACEBOOK!! We’ve created the Greater Highland Crossroads Association Facebook group.  Please join up to see […]

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