Senate Bill 172 Bay Restoration Fund alters the criteria for determining the use of funds in the Bay Restoration fund for purposes including climate resiliency and flood control, it also specifies that certain grants to local government may be used for stormwater management measures. 

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and staff members from the County’s Department of Community Resources and Services will join community volunteers to conduct the agency’s annual Point-In-Time (PIT) Count on Tuesday, January 28 from 3:00 p.m. to midnight.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball joined Howard County General Hospital President Steve Snelgrove to officially open the hospital’s two-story, 50,000 square foot expansion on today. The project houses a new entrance and waiting area for the Emergency Department, replaces observation and psychiatry units, and cost approximately $45 million.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball joined representatives from HopeWorks and the County’s Office of Human Trafficking Prevention and Police Department today, to fill pavement cracks outside the County’s George Howard Building with red sand to honor victims and survivors and raise awareness about human trafficking.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will join Howard County General Hospital President Steve Snelgrove on Monday, January 27th, to officially open the hospital’s two-story, 50,000 square foot expansion.

In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Office of the County Executive, the Howard County Office of Human Rights and Columbia Center for the Arts will present Childhood Memories of The Holocaust A Cantata: We Will Never Be Bullied Again. This event is free and open to the public, no ticket or registration is required.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will join representatives from HopeWorks and the County’s Office of Human Trafficking Prevention and Police Department on Monday, January 27 to fill pavement cracks outside the County’s George Howard Building with red sand to honor victims and survivors and raise awareness about human trafficking. 

All are invited to join Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, along with First Lady Yumi Hogan, Senator Clarence Lam and Council Chairperson Deb Jung, for his second annual Lunar New Year Celebration on January 25th at The Mall in Columbia.

On January 23, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball joined County and City leaders from across Maryland to testify in front of the Maryland General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee in support of House Bill 1: Built to Learn Act of 2020

In order to accommodate two retaining walls necessary to stabilize and strengthen the area between New Cut Road and the New Cut tributary, the water main must be relocated. This project will require the use of explosives to clear the way for the installation of the new pipe into the existing bedrock to improve infrastructure resilience.

A Howard County construction project to connect 3758 St. Paul Street in Ellicott City to the County’s public sewer main is expected to begin on or about Monday, January 27. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by late February.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball today announced that for the second year in a row, the Department of Recreation & Parks’ Belmont Manor & Historic Park has received the “Couples’ Choice” award for venues from WeddingWire.

The Office of Workforce Development's “Apprenticeship Day” will help jobseekers learn how to take advantage of a Registered Apprenticeship where one can “earn and learn” while working on the job.

A Howard County project to construct a water pumping station at 10793 Hilltop Lane in Columbia is scheduled to begin on or about Monday, August 5. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by late November 2020.

Today, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced Erin Bonzon, MSW, MSPH, as the new head of the Howard County Office of Children and Families (OCF), effective immediately.

The Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning (DPZ) and Howard County Executive Calvin Ball launched an Online Open House to provide information and gather feedback as part of the Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan process. The site focuses on several key downtown areas where significant changes to previously-proposed master plan ideas are likely, given the flood mitigation work under the Safe and Sound plan.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball releases the following statement regarding “Woodstock 50," a music festival marking the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, taking place at Merriweather Post Pavilion.

The Howard County Human Rights Commission is currently accepting applications for the position of Student Commissioner to serve a one-year term from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 as a non-voting member on the Commission. The deadline for applications has been extended to Friday, August 2, 2019.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball is seeking applicants who are interested in serving on the Commission for Veterans and Military Families. The deadline to apply is Friday, August 23, 2019.

Today, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball was joined by Department of Recreation & Parks Director Raul Delerme, Special Olympics Maryland Howard County Bob Baker and elected officials, as he officially opened four new synthetic-turf bocce courts at Cedar Lane Park West, located at 5081 Cedar Lane in Columbia.

The County's Department of Public Works will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, August 13 to present the plans for a project to repair the Calvert Ridge stormwater management pond adjacent to 7078 Calvert Drive in Elkridge. The project will improve water quality treatment of stormwater and to improve the functionality and maintainability of the stormwater management system.

ELLICOTT CITY – Today, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball released the following statement regarding recent public safety concerns: “I am deeply saddened by any loss of life, particularly in our county and I pray that our community will be guided by our better nature to come together as one.”

Today, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced Raul Delerme will serve as the new Howard County Recreation & Parks Director, taking over for John Byrd. Delerme has been with Recreation & Parks since 1990.

On Friday, County Executive Ball will attend the ribbon-cutting for Vintage Chic, a new vintage home goods shop on Main Street in historic Ellicott City. The shop will be the newest of 13 boutiques, restaurants, and other businesses that have opened in Ellicott City since Ball took office.