PRA News

  • Going Green in Parkwood: Installing Solar Panels Without the 30% Residential Tax Credit.

    By Gerald Sharp, PRA Treasurer. Beginning in 2024, the Parkwood Residents Association (PRA) began helping residents install solar panels. I partnered with Lumina Solar—the company that installed panels on my…

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  • MAYBE NEXT YEAR: Starter and Silver Housing Bill Fails in Both Chambers of the Maryland General Assembly

    By Joe Harkins, Co-Chair, Joint Housing Committee. Governor Wes Moore’s far-reaching and controversial legislation, the Starter and Silver Homes bill, will not pass in this session of the Maryland General…

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  • Summary of Hearing Testimony

    The House and Senate committees assigned to review the Governor’s proposed housing legislation [See this News article for a description of the bills] heard from a variety of panels, each…

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  • Housing Legislation: Status of HB239 and SB36 and Summary of Amendments

    Legislative Actions Summary of Major DHCD Proposed Amendments to Original Bills Significantly, the amendments, as least so far, do not appear to change the By Right directive to allow town…

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  • Housing Legislation-Summaries of HB239 and SB36

    This PRA newsletter from the Joint Housing Committee [JHC] contains three brief descriptions, obtained from a diverse set of sources, of HB239 and SB36, the housing legislation proposed by the…

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  • Parkwood Igloos-More Housing

    In the amidst of the recent listserv discussion about housing, one resident hoped that at least we could all agree on the beauty of these houses.  Another resident called them…

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  • Housing Legislation

    With the introduction of Governor Moore’s three-bill package of housing legislation in the 2026 session of the Maryland General Assembly [GA], a Joint Housing Committee [JHC] has been established to…

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  • The First Annual State of the Parkwood Residents Association: 2025

    It was a good year for Parkwood. We were engaged.  We helped each other.  We worked with our neighbors in other associations. We tended our gardens, and we put up…

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  • The Town of  Kensington Train Show

    Some of us have a close personal connection from our childhood with model trains and the end of year holiday season. The annual train show that comes to the Kensington…

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  • The Beautification of Parkwood

    The PRA budget for 2025 set aside $5000 for the Adalberto Landscaping contract and $2000 for planting new perennials and new plants for the Parkwood gardens supported by the PRA. …

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