Howard County Executive Calvin Ball marked his 100th day in office by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Howard County Economic Development Authority (HCEDA), 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. Strategically located between Washington, DC and Baltimore, in the 920-acre Columbia Gateway Innovation District, the Center itself will occupy nearly 50,000 square feet.

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 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 pre-filed two pieces of legislation to preserve local history by adding nine sites to the Historic Sites Inventory and two sites to the Cemeteries and Grave Sites Inventory. Since the 1970s, the County has made extensive efforts to document historic properties, buildings and resources.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will hold his second Citizens’ Budget Hearing for the FY2020 budget cycle on Tuesday, March 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the Banneker Room of the George Howard Building, 3430 Court House Drive in Ellicott City.

County Executive Calvin Ball’s Public Calendar for February 5-9, 2019

Howard County Government offices, courts, 50+ centers and animal shelter will be closed in observance of the Presidents’ Day holiday on Monday, February 18. However, regular trash, recycling and food scrap services will be in effect and the Alpha Ridge Landfill will be open.

The County's Bureau of Environmental Services is now accepting nominations for its annual “Business Recycling and Waste Reduction” and “Green Community Leadership” awards.

The Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks has announced its winter schedule for managing deer populations through sharpshooting. This program is held to help maintain a stable, balanced, white-tailed deer population on county park lands where deer browsing has been shown to reduce biodiversity.  

As federal employees head back to work following a history-making 35-day government shutdown, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball has directed county departments to continue the special programs and services put into place to assist them.

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 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.

Today, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced that the Howard County government is seeking applications from Ellicott City business owners and residents interested in serving on the Ellicott City Community Development Corporation (CDC) Exploration Committee

The pinning ceremony for Christine M. Uhlhorn was held at the department’s new headquarters in Marriottsville and was attended by Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, members of the County Council, representatives of public safety agencies, and public safety personnel.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball's public calendar for Friday, January 11, 2019.

The Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks has announced that nomination forms are available for its 2019 “Community Sports Hall of Fame.”

Howard County Government offices, courts, 50+ Centers and animal shelter will be closed in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, January 21. However, regular trash, recycling, food scrap and yard trim services will be in effect and the Alpha Ridge Landfill will be open. 

Howard County Government offices will be closed in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday on Tuesday, January 1. 

Howard County Government offices to close December 24 and December 25 for the Christmas holiday.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will host his 3rd annual Toys for Tots Giveaway on Saturday, December 15, at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball has announced that the County was selected to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to finance the North Tunnel and other flood mitigation projects as part of the Ellicott City Safe & Sound plan.

Howard County Government offices, courts and animal shelter will be closed in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday on Monday, January 18th. However, regular trash, recycling and food scrap/yard trim services will be in effect and the Alpha Ridge Landfill will be open.

Columbia has been named the second Best City for Jobs in the United States for 2021 by WalletHub, the personal finance outlet. WalletHub compared 182 cities — including the 150 most populated U.S. cities, plus at least two of the most populated cities in each state — across two key dimensions, job market and socioeconomics.