My name is John and I am the organizer for “Clean Bread and Cheese Creek” and we need your help. Anyone who is familiar with Bread and Cheese Creek thinks of it as a polluted eyesore. The stream breaches above ground just east of Eastern Avenue then meanders a path roughly along Old North Point Road until it empties into Back River which in turn flows into the Chesapeake Bay. We are all aware of the importance the health of the Chesapeake Bay holds to all Maryland residents. Those who grew up in this area remember a different creek entirely, one teeming with frogs, crayfish, and minnows – a place where many a child spent long summer days happily playing. It is my goal to bring back that stream, not for me, not just for the residents that live along it, but for everyone who reaps the benefits of the Chesapeake Bay. We are a group of volunteers working with the community, Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management (DEPRM) and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay as well as other organizations to clean up Bread and Cheese Creek.

Additionally, this project allows DEPRM to secure funding from the state and federal government to professionally restore the creek and safeguard its future. Currently, the engineering firm of Parsons Brinkerhoff has classified Bread and Cheese Creek as one of the most polluted tributaries that drain into Back River which in turn drains into the Chesapeake Bay.