Community Briefing: By Brandywine MDcom for Greater Baden–Aquasco Citizens Association Meeting
Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.Doors open at 7:00 p.m. with free refreshments. Baden Volunteer Fire Department16608 Brandywine Road, Brandywine, Maryland Residents of Baden, Aquasco, Eagle Harbor, Brandywine, and the surrounding Rural and Agricultural Areas are encouraged to attend.
Police and public-safety report Corporal Webb of Prince George’s County Police Department, District V, is expected to discuss recent crime, traffic, and public-safety matters. Residents may want to ask about: Recent thefts, break-ins, speeding, and suspicious activity Police staffing and response times in the rural area Commercial truck enforcement on rural roads
How residents can report recurring problems or request additional patrols
GBACA annual elections GBACA will accept nominations for its Board of Directors. Dues-paying members who reside in Prince George’s County are eligible for nomination. The association especially needs help with the secretary position. The secretary normally assists with meeting minutes, notices, correspondence, and maintaining association records. Serving on the board gives rural-area residents a direct role in tracking land-use proposals, environmental issues, public safety, transportation, and community services.
Wilmer’s Park update Don Herring of M-NCPPC’s Department of Parks and Recreation/Park Planning is scheduled to present an update on the future of historic Wilmer’s Park.Wilmer’s Park, located at 15710 Brandywine Road, was an important stop on the historic “Chitlin’ Circuit” and hosted major Black musicians and entertainers. Current concepts have included preserving historic features, creating an interpretive loop trail and signage, picnic areas, ball fields, and other community amenities. For FY2027, M-NCPPC reported that the project received $450,000 in state funding—$200,000 through a miscellaneous grant and $250,000 in Legislative Bond Initiative funding—for historic documentation, a loop trail, interpretive signage, picnic areas, ball fields, and supporting infrastructure. M-NCPPC funding announcementImportant questions include: When will the master-planning and community-input process begin? What improvements can the $450,000 actually fund? Will the historic house, stage, athletic fields, or other surviving features be preserved? When could the property safely open to the public? Will local residents participate in an advisory committee?
Flatiron Energy battery-storage proposalFlatiron Energy and G.S. Proctor and Associates will introduce the proposed Chalk Point Reliability Storage project near the Chalk Point power station at 25100 Chalk Point Road in Aquasco. This is a battery energy storage system, or BESS—not a solar farm. It would charge large banks of batteries from the electrical grid and return electricity to the grid during periods of high demand. The Maryland Public Service Commission lists the current state application as: Applicant: Chalk Point Reliability Storage LLCTechnology: Lithium iron phosphate batteries Proposed capacity: 400 megawatts Duration: four hours Interconnection: Pepco transmission system The PSC is reviewing the proposal under Case No. 9866, with Round 1 selections required by October 1, 2026. Maryland PSC project information Flatiron’s project website presents a larger full-build figure—670.2 MW and 2,680.8 MWh—and anticipates operations beginning in the second quarter of 2029. That difference should be explained at the meeting: is 400 MW the initial state application while 670.2 MW represents the ultimate project? Chalk Point Reliability Storage Residents should ask about: Total acreage and distance from the nearest homes The final number, size, and height of battery containers Fire-prevention systems and emergency-response plans Whether Baden VFD and neighboring departments will receive specialized equipment and training Smoke, gases, contaminated firefighting water, and evacuation procedures in the event of thermal runaway. Continuous noise from cooling equipment and transformers Wetlands, floodplain, groundwater, Patuxent River, and Chalk Point Creek protections Construction traffic and approved truck routes. Whether batteries or components contain PFAS or other hazardous materials. Decommissioning, recycling, financial bonds, and responsibility after the facility closes Details of the proposed Host Community Agreement Permanent employment, local contracting, tax revenue, and direct benefits for Aquasco and Eagle HarborData-center update Prince George’s County approved a two-year moratorium on new hyperscale data-center development in July 2026 while the county develops stronger siting, zoning, environmental, and community-protection requirements. The county’s Data Center Task Force has examined: Electricity demand and possible effects on rate payers Water use and groundwater availability Backup generators and air pollution Continuous equipment noise Woodland and agricultural-land loss Tax revenue, employment, and community-benefit agreements Whether data centers should require a special-exception process with public hearings The moratorium does not necessarily resolve every pending or previously submitted project. Residents should request a list of applications considered exempt, vested, pending, or already approved. Prince George’s County Data Center Task ForceSE-4462 and the GBACA/BSCLT matter Special Exception SE-4462 concerns approximately 277.6 acres northeast of Aquasco Road near Orme Road. In 2005, the District Council approved sand-and-gravel surface mining subject to numerous conditions. Important conditions included: A five-year approval period No more than 25 disturbed acres at one time A maximum of 300 truckloads per day Weekday operating-hour restrictions Dust, noise, sediment-control, reforestation, and reclamation requirements A permanent prohibition against using the property as a sanitary landfill, rubble fill, or Class III fill Dedication of 145.1 acres to M-NCPPC as permanent conservation land Development of an environmental-education concept involving GBACA and the Black Swamp Creek Land Trust The meeting should clarify whether the outstanding dispute involves land dedication, access, reclamation, environmental-education acreage, enforcement of the recorded conditions, or another later action. The original approval document by itself does not establish the current status of the reported legal case. Official SE-4462 decision Additional community matters Time permitting, residents may also receive updates about: Short-term rentals and Airbnb properties Voter registration and upcoming elections Community-information flyers. The November 11 community social Formation of the PAMC or other community committees Other development, environmental, and transportation concerns For more information or to volunteer for the GBACA board or a committee, call or text 301-502-3261.
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Below Statement from GBACA President:
Come One Come All! for a public Community Meeting Wednesday Sept. 9th 7:30 pm Doors open at 7pm with FREE Refreshments ?@ Baden Volunteer Fire Hall, 16608 Brandywine Rd., Brandywine (in Baden)Agenda will include:Police Report with Corporal Webb of Station VGBACA annual Elections – please consider being on the Board of GBACA and help with representing the Rural Tier of Prince George’s County / the “Rural & Ag Areas” – our area! All dues paying members and residents of Prince George’s County are eligible for nomination. Wilmer’s Park Update – MNCPPC Don Herring from the Dept. of Parks/ Park Planning will present.Flatiron Energy – Battery Energy Storage System proposal for Aquasco/ Chaulk Point. G.S. Proctor and Associates will introduce Flatiron Energy for an informational presentation with Q&A Also, as time permits, updates are welcomed on Data Centers, outstanding GBACA & BSCLT legal case SE#4462, get out, register & vote!, informational flyers, Air B&Bs, Community Social Nov.11th PAMC committee formation, etc! We want to hear from you!! Consider joining the board and/or being part of a committee!*We need nominations for secretary assistance* more info. 301 502 3261 call or text.
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