What We Do

in one of Baltimore’s most disinvested communities, by finding subsidies, planning a transit-oriented development-led future, and growing the interest of local & national elected & industry leaders

by renovating vacant housing and selling it to low & middle-income homeowners, sometimes with substantial subsidy. Getting families into affordable homes is a big chunk of what we’re about.

in partnership with the EPA, writing West Baltimore’s first community-directed environment, greening & tree plan, and then pushing to increase tree cover, activate vacant lots, and create parks and a greenway network.

including advocating (1) for an east-west Metro subway line stopping at the West Baltimore MARC Station; and (2) a better, more-multimodal design for the new MARC station and surrounding area - to fully leverage that station’s unique express accessibility to DC (just 29 mins) and grow its role as a development catalyst.

Federal grants have come and gone with no meaningful progress, but the need remains. We’re leaders in the advocacy/planning effort to convert this divisive expressway into a unifying community and economic force. We’re generating ideas, vision, and discussion.

with Maryland Legal Aid in federal court now seeking to have the current Baltimore tax sale system declared unconstitutional for provisions, among others, that allow tax debt buyers to capture the equity of legacy low-income homeowners beyond what’s owed.