Ms. Sharp has been in her home for one year; her monthly mortgage payments are substantially lower than when she was renting. “I’m enjoying it, even though there’s more grass to cut!” she said.
Read MoreSoutheast CDC supports a multi-pathway approach to meeting the economically and culturally diverse needs of Latino borrowers. The following pathways are being explored by Agatha So, OSI Fellow, in partnership with the Southeast CDC and through the support of an independent advisory board.
Read MoreSoutheast CDC’s raised Community Legacy funds (a program of the State Department of Housing and Community Development) to improve the public spaces in the Highlandtown Main Street retail district.
Read MoreHighlandtown # 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
Read MoreFor 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
Read MoreAfter 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
Read MoreHighlandtown, 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
Read MoreThey’re neighborhood historians and bearers of pineapple upside-down cakes. They have the time to call 311 for broken streetlights, sweep the sidewalks, attend community meetings and keep the stray cats healthy while keeping their numbers from getting out of hand. Anyone who has lived in their proximity, can attest to the long-term health benefits that … Continue reading Southeast CDC expands outreach to seniors
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreFive 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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