* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Middleton
At the request of: Cylburn Arboretum Association
Address: c/o Nell Strachan
Telephone: 410-821-6110
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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City Property - Naming the Visitors’ Orientation and Education Center of the Cylburn Arboretum Association to be the Vollmer Center
FOR the purpose of naming the Visitors’ Orientation and Education Center of the Cylburn Arboretum Association, located at 4915 Greenspring Avenue, to be the Vollmer Center.
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BY authority of
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section 20-2
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
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Pauline Vollmer, a longtime Baltimore resident, avid gardener, and member of the Cylburn Arboretum Association, the Horticultural Society of Maryland, and the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc., has shared her joy and knowledge of gardening by lecturing about it and by opening her own garden for tours by many local and national gardening organizations. Always oriented to the City, it was her idea to create a place at Cylburn where gardening organizations could pass on the joys and knowledge of gardening to others. Her gift of $1 million, which the City immediately matched, launched a fund-raising campaign and culminated in the construction of the new building on the grounds of Cylburn Arboretum.
This building will serve as a welcome center for the Arboretum where visitors will receive information about the Arboretum, the historic Cylburn Mansion, the various gardens, education programs and nature walks, Cylburn history, and what is in bloom, etc. A 250-seat auditorium will provide a venue for lectures about horticulture, the environment, and related topics for visitors of all ages. The building will also contain offices for the Cylburn Arboretum Association, the Horticultural Society of Maryland, and the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland. This grouping of organizations will create a hub for all facets of gardening and horticultural education, and through workshops, demonstrations, and lectures, Baltimore will have a center for horticulture that did not before exist.
None of this would have happened without the generosity and efforts of Pauline Vollmer. In recognition of her service, it is fitting that this building be named “The Vollmer Center.”
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Visitors’ Orientation and Education Center of the Cylburn Arboretum Association, located at 4915 Greenspring Avenue, is named the Vollmer Center.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
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