One of the most common requests for block improvements that we hear is for string lights! String lights improve visibility at night and help improve safety for residents. While Southeast CDC does not have specific funding to support string light projects, we often advise residents on how to implement these projects. Here are the steps … Continue reading String Lights
Read MoreThe Ellwood Park Community Plan is a new guiding document for the Southeast Community Development Corporation, neighborhood residents, and partners like the Family of Ellwood Park and the Friends of Ellwood Park. The plan was supported by a grant from the Enterprise Community Foundation and was co-created by the Neighborhood Design Center between fall 2020 … Continue reading Ellwood Park Community Plan
Read MoreThe Baltimore Highlands Community Plan is a new guiding document for the Southeast Community Development Corporation, neighborhood residents, and partners like the Highlandtown Community Association. The plan was supported by a grant from the Enterprise Community Foundation and was co-created by the Neighborhood Design Center between fall 2020 and winter 2021 in partnership with Southeast … Continue reading Baltimore Highlands Community Plan
Read MoreWe were thrilled to lead the Tench Tilghman Environmental Restoration Project to engage the Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle School community to transform a 1,728 square foot asphalt courtyard into a native plant garden. Between 2019-2022, Southeast CDC led a design process with stakeholders at Tench Tilghman and the surrounding community, in collaboration with our contractors, CityScape … Continue reading Tench Tilghman Rain Garden
Read MoreSoutheast CDC is buying and rehabbing vacant homes to sell at an affordable price in select communities. We believe homeownership is a key driver to creating generational wealth and thriving neighborhoods. Scroll down to see our latest rehabbed homes in Ellwood Park, an East Baltimore neighborhood with tree-lined streets, deep porches, and lots of original … Continue reading Affordable homes for sale!
Read MoreMain Street is the heart of Highlandtown. Highlandtown’s Main Street, which runs along Eastern Avenue from Ellwood Street to Haven Street, is a thriving 10 block stretch of shops, restaurants, grocers and art spaces with merchants and clientele from all over the globe. The Highlandtown Main Street program follows the model from the National Trust … Continue reading Highlandtown Main Street
Read MoreABOUT THE DISTRICT The Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment District (ha!) is the city’s most eclectic arts district, filled with public art, painted screens, piñata makers, and parades. In Highlandtown, furniture makers and jewelry makers work alongside coffee roasters and culinary artists. Restaurants and art galleries welcome patrons during our First Friday Art Walks, where you’ll … Continue reading Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment District
Read MoreIn 2014, the Southeast CDC was invited by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development to apply for a new pilot project called the Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative (BRNI). This initiative, established at the behest of Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Mike Busch, provides funding to eligible community development organizations to implement components of their … Continue reading Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative
Read MoreThe Southeast CDC’s Neighborhood Spruce-Up program awards grants between $7,500 and $20,000 to implement public space projects that are community-driven and improve quality of life. Program Resources Project Examples Eligible Neighborhoods In 2020, the Southeast CDC Spruce-Up program expanded to all neighborhoods in the SECDC catchment area:Armistead Gardens, Baltimore Highlands, Bayview, Broening Manor, Butcher’s Hill, … Continue reading Neighborhood Spruce-Up Grants
Read MoreLibrary Square, a small city-owned park that bridges Fayette and Pulaski Streets between the Patterson Park and McElderry Park neighborhoods, is known today for its namesake—the Patterson Park branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library that sits at its eastern border. The area used to have another name, Belnord Square, named for the historic Belnord … Continue reading Library Square Revitalization
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