NEWS

Big Win for Chess Team

Highlandtown # 237 (The Highlandtown Hawks), a Southeast CDC Community School partner, just won the Citywide Elementary School Chess Championship at Johns Hopkins University.  This was the first year Highlandtown # 237 entered the competition, and it beat the existing citywide champion, Roland Park, with a team of fourth graders coached by two fourth grade … Continue reading Big Win for Chess Team

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Fresh seafood and a $26,000 grant: Incentives abound for Hopkins employees moving to CARE

For Dan Elwood, a Butcher’s Hill resident for 35 years, it was not a difficult decision to move several blocks due north to CARE, a neighborhood in the process of revitalization in the eastern shadow of Johns Hopkins Hospital. “It seems like there’s a sense of establishment there – some kind of new dynamic,” said … Continue reading Fresh seafood and a $26,000 grant: Incentives abound for Hopkins employees moving to CARE

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Banner Community Center to Open in late March

After three years of fundraising and one year of construction, Banner Neighborhood’s new building, the Banner Neighborhoods Community Center, will open at the end of March. Its new headquarters will offer larger work spaces and be more suitable for community meetings, said Banner’s executive director Jolyn Rademacher Tracy. It is also fully ADA compliant, with … Continue reading Banner Community Center to Open in late March

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For buying in a historic and revitalized neighborhood, Hopkins employees get $36,000

Highlandtown, Upper Fells Point, Patterson Park, “maybe Canton if we could find something in our budget.” First-time buyer Diane Coraggio, 30, was considering the standard alternatives during her search for a home last year when a couple of her colleagues at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health alerted her to another option. Station East, … Continue reading For buying in a historic and revitalized neighborhood, Hopkins employees get $36,000

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A new playground at Tench Tilghman

The McElderry Park neighborhood has more children than most neighborhoods in Southeast Baltimore.  And, families and children need a place to play! “There’s nothing controversial about creating a safe, vibrant space to play,” noted Myers-Edwards, director of community engagement for Banner Neighborhoods, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting efforts to enhance quality of life in … Continue reading A new playground at Tench Tilghman

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Two newcomers enhance Highlandtown’s matured arts district

Five years ago, “ha!” signs and the presence of the Creative Alliance were, to the casual observer, the only clues that Highlandtown was an arts community. Today, it couldn’t be more obvious. How else could you describe a neighborhood where you can purchase the most intricately designed jigsaw puzzle, a vintage fox stole or a … Continue reading Two newcomers enhance Highlandtown’s matured arts district

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