Schedule of Summer/Fall Events 2026 Native Garden Contest Applications OpenDate: Monday, June 8 – July 7 (see below for more information) GTA Prop-Making Event for Fourth of July parade Fourth of July ParadeWe need your help to create new props for GTA’s entry into Towson’s Fourth of July Parade! We will be creating fish and frogs from recycled materials, along with painting a new parade banner for our theme: ❤️Your Neighborhood StreamDate: Saturday, June 13Time: 11am-2pmLocation: Central Presbyterian Church Outdoor Pavilion, 7308 York Road, Towson, MD 21204 Fourth of July parade: Love Your Neighborhood Stream We need at least 20 marchers […]
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Green Towson Alliance (GTA) Calls on Baltimore County Council to hold a public hearing on the renegotiation of the 2005 Sanitary Sewer Consent Decree
The Green Towson Alliance unites Towson area environmentalists to achieve a greener, healthier, more beautiful community through collaboration and activism. Green Towson Alliance is calling for this public hearing based on our ongoing investigation of the sanitary sewer system in Baltimore County, which began when we published our 2017 White Paper, “Is Sewage Contaminating Our Neighborhood Streams?” In 2005, Baltimore County entered into a Consent Decree with Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) due to violations of the Clean Water Act – specifically the discharge of untreated […]
Continue readingGTA’s 10th Birthday Party!
Green Towson Alliance celebrated 10 years of the combined efforts of manypeople and community liaisons to create a greener and healthier environment inall the neighborhoods that consider Towson their downtown. Over 70 people attended the birthday party on Thursday, May 22 2025, in thecourtyard at Central Presbyterian Church. Festive party lights and GTA’s 4th ofJuly parade props of trees, bees and butterflies decorated the space, organizedby Allison Schulze. A native plant swap started the evening. GTA co-founders Carol Newill and BethMiller presented a brief program summarizing the two main areas of GTAactivities: Hands-On (trees, streams, […]
Continue readingGTA Statement on 2023 Triennial Review of the Water Supply and Sewerage Master Plan
Green Towson Alliance (GTA) and other advocates have challenged the sanitary sewage capacity in the Jones Falls Sewershed since 2016 and are convinced that raw sewage is fouling open waters while more development is being approved. A network of pipes run alongside and under our streams to carry raw sewage from our homes and businesses to treatment plants. The state of Maryland has laws that require the conveyance of this waste to be safely contained within the sanitary sewer system. But in Baltimore County’s Jones Falls watershed, the size and condition of these pipes is […]
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