Everyman Theatre, Inc .
$500,000 / 2008 / Community Development
Toward the renovation of the former Town Theatre, located at Fayette and Eutaw Streets, to create a new, expanded, and permanent home for Everyman Theatre. The four-story building will provide ample space for rehearsal halls; meeting rooms; scene, costume, and prop shops; administrative offices; a lobby; and increased seating capacity in the theater.
Baltimore Development Corporation
$25,000 / 2007 / Community Development
Toward continuing support of administrative expenses for Maglev-Maryland, a program to develop a magnetic levitation high-speed train between Baltimore and Washington. When fully operational, the train could reduce travel time between the two cities to less than 20 minutes.
Sandtown Habitat for Humanity
$5,000 / 2007 / Community Development
For a consultant’s fee to train Habitat staff on cost-effective techniques for insulating, sealing, and improving energy efficiency of houses they are renovating.
Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative/ABAG
$15,000 / 2007 / Community Development
For support of the Transit-Centered Community Development initiative. The focus of the initiative is to expand transit-centered community-development strategies in Station North, West and East Baltimore; to promote and encourage employer investment and support of increased regional transit; to develop a targeted housing acquisition, rehabilitation, and development plan; and to support the creation of mixed-income communities.
Skatepark of Baltimore, Inc.
$30,000 / 2007 / Community Development
Toward planning and pre-development costs of building a public skatepark for Baltimore City skateboarders, bikers, and rollerbladers.