Southern County Task Force

10/15/2026

Joppatowne Community Complex Update

As part of the Development Advisory Committee review process, the Department of Parks & Recreation will be holding a Community Input Meeting for the Joppatowne Community Complex on Monday, November 9th at 6pm at Joppatowne High School cafeteria. The project will be located off Trimble Road and the first phase of the project will include the construction of four athletic fields, pickleball courts, parking, and stormwater management features. We look forward to hearing your questions and comments.

Harford County Government

10/14/2026

10/09/2026

Fun City Adventure Park has come to Edgewood and is opening soon! This 55,000 square foot indoor adventure and trampoline park will be located at 1401 Pulaski Highway in the former Mars grocery store space in Edgewater Village. The park will feature wall-to-wall trampolines, foam pits, Ninja warrior courses, climbing walls, a ropes course and zip line plus arcade games, dodgeball and basketball, playgrounds and party packages. For information, visit https://www.funcityadventurepark.com/edgewood-md.

09/22/2026

HarfordTV’s monthly community affairs program “Inside Harford County” will now feature questions and answers about the county government issues you care about. To be a part of the program, email your questions to [email protected] or ask your question in a video emailed to that address. Please provide your first and last name and area of the county where you live. Videos must be 10 seconds or less (to be within email data limits) and recorded in landscape (horizontal) orientation. Inside Harford County is available on the HarfordTV website, and on scheduled dates throughout the month on Armstrong channel 7 & HD 101, Comcast channel 21 & HD 1072, and Verizon HD 2131.

09/17/2026

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! You are invited to join in “Bells Across America” at 4 p.m. TODAY as part of the national celebration of Constitution Day. Why bells? Bells rang out in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787, to announce the first reading of the U.S. Constitution. Bells Across America recreates this historic event by inviting citizens to ring bells and read the preamble to the Constitution at precisely 4 p.m. in town squares across the country.

When & Where? At 3:45 p.m. today, we will line Main Street in Bel Air outside of the county office building at 220 S. Main Street and the Historical Society at 143 N. Main Street to ring bells (bells will be provided) and read the preamble to the Constitution.

In case you don’t have it memorized, here it is:

The Preamble
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

We hope you can join us!

09/08/2026

Maryland Approves Harford’s Request for Joppatowne Sustainable Community Designation, Opens Funding Opportunities for Revitalization

Maryland has expanded its Sustainable Communities program in Harford County to include Joppatowne, giving eligible projects in the area access to state programs and incentives supporting economic development and revitalization.

"Expanding the existing Sustainable Community designation along Route 40 to include Joppatowne means that we can pursue additional resources to support local businesses, and improve properties and infrastructure,” County Executive Bob Cassilly said. "This gives us another tool to support investment and build on the strengths of this valued Harford County community.”

The expansion of the existing Edgewood Sustainable Community designation to include Joppatowne along Route 40 had been requested by the Cassilly administration, which was notified in a September 4 approval letter from the state Department of Housing and Community Development.

Maryland’s Sustainable Communities program connects designated areas with resources from multiple state agencies to support locally driven revitalization. For businesses, property owners, nonprofits and community partners in the Joppatowne area, the designation opens opportunities for eligible projects ranging from commercial property improvements to larger redevelopment efforts. Available state programs include:

• Community Legacy: Funding for business attraction and retention, commercial revitalization, home rehabilitation, streetscape improvements and other projects.

• Strategic Demolition Fund: Funding for redevelopment activities including property acquisition, site development, demolition, and architectural and engineering work.

• Maryland Façade Improvement Program: Funding to support exterior improvements to commercial properties within Sustainable Communities.

Harford County has leveraged the existing Sustainable Community designation to support investment along the Route 40 corridor in Edgewood. In 2025, the county received $450,000 in state revitalization funding for the area, including $100,000 for critical home repairs for eligible homeowners and $350,000 to support the revitalization of Edgewater Village Shopping Center and surrounding community.

With the expansion into Joppatowne, Harford County and community partners can pursue similar opportunities to support investment and revitalization in the newly designated area.

Sustainable Community designations are guided by locally developed action plans and encourage collaboration among residents, businesses, nonprofits, local government and state agencies. For more information, contact the Harford County Department of Economic Development at 410-638-3059.

The expanded Edgewood and Joppatowne designation is valid for five years.

755 Alliance

08/24/2026

📅 Mark Your Calendars!

The City of Aberdeen’s next Yard Waste Collection Day is just one month away! 🌿🍂

✅ Saturday, September 19th

08/21/2026

Come out to talk with our staff at the Epicenter of Edgewood’s Epic Connect Resource Fair. Learn how we are connected to the community in Edgewood and beyond.