CivicWorks
$228,140 / 2012 / Community Development
Two-year funding for support of the Real Food Farm, an operation for growing food, workforce training, and student education in Clifton Park. Civic Works’ focus is to expand production and self-sufficiency of farm operations, and to implement a schedule of improvements that includes a reliable water source; an all-season shed for washing, preparing, and processing produce; a farm tractor; and volunteers for farm tasks. Civic Works anticipates that the number of students participating in educational programs or volunteering will increase from 1,400 to 2,000 students, and seven AmeriCorps workers will be trained each year.
Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Inc.
$250,000 / 2012 / Community Development
For homebuyer incentives to encourage 10 Baltimore City teachers and/ or police officers to live in renovated houses in the Remington neighborhood. This initiative addresses the vacant housing issue through the purchase of new homes and renovation of older ones, and the objective of stabilizing the neighborhood.
Reservoir Hill Improvement Council, Inc.
$35,000 / 2012 / Community Development
Capital funding toward support of Phase II of the German Park restoration.
Baltimore Neighborhood Collaboration/ABAG
$60,000 / 2012 / Community Development
For continued support of the Foreclosure Prevention and Mitigation Services initiative, awarding grants, expanding capacity, providing skills training, and undertaking policy research to support neighborhood revitalization through community development.
CivicWorks
$13,361 / 2012 / Community Development
Two grants to provide for an AmeriCorps member to spend a summer on the Real Food Farm.