Parkway Theatre Revitalization Initiative

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The Parkway Needs Your Help!

There’s a reason for the black border around this message. The Parkway Theatre, the ‘Rodney Dangerfield’ of Baltimore theatres, the 8000 ton elephant sitting in the middle of the block that no one can see, needs YOUR help. Right now it’s on a fast track to mediocrity. After being held hostage from progress for over nine years, with failed proposal after failed proposal pushing it further and further down the priority list of projects in the burgeoning Station North Arts and Entertainment District, the present Request for Proposals being administered by the Baltimore Development Corporation is poised to create a “rush to judgment” in selecting a redevelopment team for the Parkway that may or may not have the theatre’s best interests in mind.

What you can do:

A) Be concerned about what is happening at the Parkway and get involved, PARTICULARLY if you live in Baltimore, have business interests in the Station North Arts and Entertainment District, or have other ties with this struggling city.

B) Post a link to this site (www.parkwaytheatre.com) wherever you can, your web site, your FaceBook page, blog, etc. (By the way, don’t look for this link on the Station North Arts and Entertainment District web site, because you won’t find it.) Having trouble getting the FaceBook “icon” added to the home page, but until that gets fixed, go to the Parkway’s FaceBook page and request to be added as a friend, and "Like" us, of course!.

C) Spread the word. Do you know someone in a position of influence whose aid could be helpful? A celebrity? A developer? An investor? A politician? A media representative (radio/TV/print/etc.)? Let ‘em know.

D) Send polite emails that reflect your concerns about what is happening with the Parkway. Be sure to CC admin@parkwaytheatre.com. Suggested recipients are:

1) Phil Croskey (pcroskey@baltimoredevelopment.com) – BDC contact for the Parkway Theatre’s Request for Proposals. (CC to jbrodie@baltimoredevelopment.com)

2) Mike Molla (mmolla@mica.edu) – Chairman of the Board, Station North Arts and Entertainment District. (CC to info@stationnorth.org)

3) Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (mayor@baltimorecity.gov) (CCs to Kaliope.Parthemos@baltimorecity.gov , carl.stokes@baltimorecity.gov , anna.yankova-white@baltimorecity.gov )

4) Kathleen Kotarba (Kathleen.Kotarba@baltimorecity.gov) – Division Chief of the Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP), contact person for coordinating the designation of the Parkway on various registers of historic places, local, state, and National. (CCs to pkurtze@mdp.state.us , tgearhart@preservationmaryland.org , Jeffrey.Buchheit@baltimorecity.gov)

E) SIGN THE GUESTBOOK! PLEASE! To date, there have been over 16,000 visitors to the Parkway web site (not counting probably several thousand more that got lost when the hit counter had to be reset in January of 2003. The Guestbook contains 87 unique entries. What’s wrong with this picture? Sure, it takes a little extra time to register but, come on! Is it THAT difficult? Can you at least click ONE button on each of the Web Polls below? Thank you!

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