Cherring Spence
Neighborhood: Parklane
“We are really better together, but that’s what I see is missing. Sometimes when you try to reach out to someone, they don’t want to connect. That’s one of the things that’s missing now.”
Cherring Annette Spence lives and works in Central Park Heights in the Parklane Community.
She is originally from Elizabeth City, NC but has lived and worked in Baltimore for more than 45 years. She is the President of Parklane Neighborhood Association; President of Parklane & James D. Gross Recreation Council; Overseeing Pastor at The Gathering Well, Inc; former board member of Neighborhoods United; Executive Minister at her former church; and trained Trouble Shooter and Facilitator. She worked for the federal government in various positions and for various federal agencies for 21 years. Ms. Spence retired from the Department of the Army at Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center, Civilian Personnel, Fort George G. Meade in 2000. After retiring in 2000, she volunteered for the American Red Cross of Central Maryland and provided training to various businesses, senior centers, and schools on Disaster Preparedness. She later pursued a degree in Health Administration and is currently enrolled in a course on Real Estate Development.
Projects Ms. Spence has worked on include: revitalizing Edgecombe Park; creating the Parklane Community Garden; establishing the Parklane & James D. Gross Recreation Council; facilitating the establishment of a playground at Garrison and Park Heights Avenue; being an active board member of Neighborhoods United; spearheading the Parklane Spring Fling Block Party on an annual basis; working on various food give-away projects; working on several community cleanup projects; working with artist, Whitney Frazier, to establish a placemaking project at Edgecombe Park; working to resolve many community issues for residents; and, serve as the overseeing pastor at a local church to advance the Kingdom of God. She is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
