Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, along with Police Chief Lisa Myers and Fire Chief Christine Uhlhorn, announced new enhancements to the county’s opioid alert protocol. The current system uses social media alerts to keep the public informed and raise awareness about overdoses in Howard County. The new updates include a more targeted use of data to give localized alerts, “bad batch” alerts to help prevent lethal overdoses, and regional alerts to strengthen prevention measures.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will mark his 100th day in office by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the Gateway Innovation Center in Columbia. The Center is being launched to serve as a nexus of resources for innovation and small, minority, woman, and veteran-owned business creation and support. The Center will occupy nearly 50,000 square feet in the 920-acre Columbia Gateway Innovation District, located between Washington, DC and Baltimore.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, the County's Department of Finance and the Maryland Access Point of Howard County have announced that in-person assistance will be available throughout the spring and summer to help applicants file for a variety of tax credits.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball previously met with the Howard County Local Children’s Board (LCB) to receive their new report, “Access to Opportunity in Howard County: Making the Case for Equity.”

On March 12th, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, First Lady Yumi Hogan, and Korean Counsel General Dong-gi Kim will present a unified partnership to designate a “Koreatown” in Ellicott City.

Howard County’s own Merriweather Post Pavilion, one of America’s great amphitheaters and host to the country’s top musical talent, is set to be home to Soulful Symphony, a visionary orchestra that celebrates, elevates and reimagines American music and culture. 

A Howard County construction project to extend an existing pathway along a portion of eastbound Old Annapolis Road in Ellicott City is scheduled to begin on or about Monday, March 25. The project is not expected to impact the flow of traffic.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced the first enhanced stream debris removal action is concluding under Phase One of his EC Safe and Sound Plan, which was implemented in December 2018. As part of his plan to ensure public safety, Ball ordered inspections and debris removal of nine streams any time the County has a rainfall of two inches or greater in a 24-hour period, or after an hour of sustained winds more than 30 mph. A wind storm on February 25 triggered this first action.

A Howard County construction project to install water transmission mains along southbound Cedar Lane in the Hickory Ridge Village of Columbia is scheduled to begin on or about Monday, March 11. During the project, the two southbound lanes of Cedar Lane will be closed Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. A single lane of southbound traffic will be diverted to the center turn lane, while the two northbound lanes will remain open.

Phase II of a Howard County construction project to rehabilitate a portion of the public sewer house connections in the Kings Contrivance Village of Columbia is expected to begin on or about Monday, March 11. Disruptions to residential water and sewer service are expected to occur in blocks of approximately two to three hours during construction hours, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Gear towards all veterans and their families (active, guard, reserve and dependents), the County's Veterans Resource Fair provides attendees with a convenient, one-stop shop where they can talk face-to-face with the organizations and nonprofits that provide services, support and jobs.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will further endorse proposed legislation to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board along with the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative and other local leaders at an event in Annapolis MD tomorrow. Prior to General Assembly hearings in the Senate Finance and House Health and Government Operations Committees, the group will launch radio and social media ads featuring local officials, including Ball, and residents negatively impacted by drug price gouging. Ball and others are scheduled to testify before the committees beginning at 1 p.m.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball’s Public Calendar for the week of March 4 to March 8, 2019

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball today announced the Department of Community Resources and Services (DCRS) will hold a free weekly food distribution for families who have been impacted by the federal government shutdown.

As the history-making federal government shutdown continues, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball joins executives from the Baltimore metro area to ask that the president and leaders of both houses of Congress end this shutdown.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball joined former county executives in acknowledging 50 years of Charter government in Howard County. Voters adopted the charter and elected Omar Jones the first county executive in November 1968.

Kick it up a notch this winter!  More than 30 restaurants in and around Howard County are offering fifteen days of warm and hearty chefs’ multi-course, specialty plates.

County Executive Calvin Ball’s Public Calendar January 19-25, 2019

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and members of the County Council will join Visit Howard County and local restauranteurs to kickoff Winter Restaurant Weeks

Howard County’s Department of Community Resources and Services (DCRS) will conduct its annual Point In Time Count on Thursday, January 24 to estimate the number of homeless or unstably housed individuals in Howard County. In addition, DCRS will host a Howard County Counts Resource Fair geared towards homeless youth and families that same day.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball released the following statement regarding Governor Hogan’s historic inauguration. 

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and the Howard County Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission will present the annual celebration of the life and legacy of civil rights leader Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 20 at Howard High School in Ellicott City.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball today announced the beginning of the public input process as the County prepares to submit its annual Priority Letter to the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). The Priority Letter will recommend Howard County’s prioritized transportation projects for MDOT’s FY 2020-2025 Consolidated Transportation Program.

For a second consecutive year, Howard County’s Department of Recreation & Parks’ Warhawks Field Hockey Club has been selected to host the USA Field Hockey Region 7 Club Championships.

Howard County’s Office of Transportation will hold a public meeting on Thursday January 31 at 7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria at River Hill High School, 12101 MD 108 in Clarksville, to present preliminary plans for the sidewalk and shared use elements of the Clarksville-River Hill Streetscape project (Capital Project T-7108).