International Center for Sustainable Development
$35,000 / 2002 / Community Development
Toward staffing to expand the Sustainable Baltimore initiative. The purposes of the project are to identify market opportunities for Maryland and U.S. businesses in sustainable development technology and services, to increase sustainable development practices in ongoing development plans, and to facilitate the export of regional technology and services.
Jubilee Baltimore, Inc.
$20,000 / 2002 / Community Development
For staffing and operating costs to provide services to buyers and owners interested in securing loans and State and federal historic tax credits for purchase and rehabilitation of houses in Reservoir Hill. This initiative is intended to attract new buyers to the neighborhood and to increase the level of reinvestment in the neighborhood.
Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative/Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$60,000 / 2001 / Community Development
Renewed funding for an expansion of six neighborhood community-building initiatives. This collaborative will provide support to help develop local leadership and increase community activism.
People’s Homesteading Group
$50,000 / 2001 / Community Development
Two-year support of the Anchors of Hope initiative in the Greenmount Community for the rehabilitation of six vacant houses for resale.
Baltimore Regional Partnership
$50,000 / 2001 / Community Development
For an analysis of alternative land use, transportation, and housing scenarios for the Baltimore region. This study will help to provide new planning tools for strategies to reduce traffic and air pollution.