Patterson Park Community Development Corporation (CDC)
$20,000 / 2004 / Community Development
To fund the cleaning of streets and alleys in a 22-block area of the Patterson Park community. This effort is designed to help eliminate unsightly trash and create a visually appealing, comfortable and secure environment.
Baltimore Development Corporation
$25,000 / 2004 / Community Development
Continuing support of administrative expenses of Maglev-Maryland, a program developed to support a magnetic levitation high-speed train. When fully operational, the train holds the potential to reduce travel time between Baltimore and Washington to less than 20 minutes.
Patterson Park Community Development Corporation
$100,000 / 2004 / Community Development
Toward staffing costs of a position to provide oversight of all planned development and construction projects. Through purchase and rehabilitation of housing stock for resale to homeowners or for rent to responsible tenants, the CDC is helping to repopulate the area and invigorate real estate prices.
Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity
$90,000 / 2003 / Community Development
For partial renovation costs of 15 vacant houses for sale to low-and middle-income families, and for the purchase of a pickup truck to facilitate construction.
Downtown Partnership of Baltimore
$50,000 / 2003 / Community Development
For continued support of the facade Improvement Program coordinator’s position The coordinator markets and administers a facade grant program funded by the City of Baltimore. By offering matching grants to property owners, the Partnership encourages private investment in downtown properties and businesses to improve the physical appearance and market appeal of Baltimore City’s downtown. The program targets buildings that are in violation of zoning and building codes.