Past Grants

Baltimore Development Corporation

To fund the costs of retaining a consultant whose responsibility is to develop consensus-building activities related to brownfields reforms. A strengthened State brownfields program, including an enhanced tax incentive package similar to the State Enterprise Zone Program, is considered one of the keys to economic revitalization of older cities like Baltimore and within the State’s Smart Growth strategies.

Patterson Park Community Development Corporation

Toward an initiative to clean streets and alleys in a 22-square-block area of the Patterson Park community.

Better Waverly Community Organization, Inc.

For support of the Waverly Community Housing Program’s Vacant Housing Initiative, developed to deter deterioration.

Office of the Mayor

To create a land use and redevelopment plan for the Middle East neighborhood north of Johns Hopkins Hospital. The plan will include a feasibility study for a biomedical research facility and a market analysis exploring other possible economic, retail, and residential uses.

Community Law Center, Inc.

Toward staffing costs of a coordinator to focus on Baltimore’s housing crisis, including mortgage scams, flipping schemes, and predatory lending.