Howard County Department of Housing and Community Development is now accepting applications for its Moderate Income Housing Unit program during its first open enrollment period of 2020.

Media tip sheet showcasing Howard County Government happenings for the month of January 2020.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and Maryland Department of Human Services Secretary Lourdes Padilla have announced Stephen Liggett-Creel as the new Director of the Howard County Department of Social Services (DSS).

Today, The Phoenix Emporium announced new plans to acquire and merge with the Ellicott Mills Brewing Company on Main Street beginning in the new year.

Howard County Government offices, courts, animal shelter, 50+ centers, Alpha Ridge Landfill, Cedar Lane and Schooley Mill Activity Rooms, Gary J. Arthur, North Laurel and Roger Carter Community Centers, Meadowbrook Athletic Complex, Robinson Nature Center, Baltimore & Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum, and county historic sites will be closed in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday on Wednesday, January 1.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will join members of the community and the Coalition to End Homelessness at a service for Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.

On December 19, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and Howard County Tourism together kicked-off a second year of the Old Ellicott City Holiday Bucks program, providing 1,500 $10 vouchers redeemable within the Old Ellicott City historic district.

Howard County Government is offering residents a variety of FREE holiday tree recycling options through the County’s “Merry Mulch” program.

A Howard County construction project to stabilize a public sewer near 6442 Mellow Wine Way in Clarksville is expected to begin on or about Monday, December 23. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by late January 2020.

Together, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and Howard County Tourism are once again offering an extra incentive to shop in Old Ellicott City (OEC) this holiday season, with the return of the OEC Holiday Bucks program.

As Director, Gowan will oversee more than 60 employees in areas of resource conservation, land development and zoning, long range community planning, development engineering, and demographic and data management.

Howard County Government offices will be closed for Christmas Day on Wednesday, December 25. There will be no trash, recycling, yard trim or food scrap pick-up on Christmas Day; the County’s holiday "slide” schedule will be in effect.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and the Office of Human Rights invite the public to join Thursday, December 26 them for an evening celebrating Kwanzaa, a seven-day festival commemorating the African-American people, their culture and their heritage.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball to host the 4th annual Toys for Tots Giveaway on Saturday, December 14, at 9:00 a.m. at the Long Reach Village Center in Columbia. Thanks to a collaboration with Toys for Tots and a generous community which supports the season of giving, more than 1,000 children will have a brighter, merrier holiday.

The project will include the renovation of the multipurpose and meeting spaces, classrooms, lounge, game rooms, offices and existing bathrooms, and the addition of two new ADA accessible bathrooms and a state-of-the-art fitness and exercise room.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball today announced the launch of the County’s new online Service Catalog, created to provide residents, business owners, visitors, parents and older residents with a ‘one-stop shop’ to more easily and conveniently access all County information and services.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball joins Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center to officially open the “New Beginnings Crisis Stabilization” facility, an important component of Howard County’s opioid intervention strategy to meet immediate needs for assessment, treatment, referrals and brief overnight housing and food.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball joins Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center to officially open the “New Beginnings Crisis Stabilization” facility, an important component of Howard County’s opioid intervention strategy to meet immediate needs for assessment, treatment, referrals and brief overnight housing and food.

Maryland State Department of Education announces that Howard County’s Mount View Middle School is one of six Maryland public schools to be recognized as a Blue Ribbon school for the 2019-20 year.

In the spirit of Ride, Shop, Be Jolly, the RTA will provide free rides to major shopping destinations across the county and all routes the buses serve from December 14 until December 24, 2019.

Together, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and Grassroots Crisis Intervention to open the “New Beginnings Crisis Stabilization” facility, an important component of Howard County’s opioid intervention strategy to meet immediate needs for assessment, treatment, referrals and brief overnight housing and food.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will hold his first Citizens’ Budget Hearing for the FY2021 budget cycle on Monday, December 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the Banneker Room of the George Howard Building, 3430 Court House Drive in Ellicott City. Residents can sign-up to testify or give budget testimony online.

A Howard County construction project to improve the stormwater retention pond at Fall Chill Court and Autumn Rust Road in Ellicott City is scheduled to begin on or about Monday, January 13, 2020.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball has announced a new partnership of local organizations, Howard County Community Organizations Active in Disasters or COAD, that respond during disasters.