Location: Corner of Roberts Place and N. Conkling Street Roberts Place Garden is a small pocket park at a gateway intersection into the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood. The garden was rundown and abandoned until a few neighbors approached the Southeast CDC about making improvements, including replacing the decrepit Welcome to Baltimore Highlands sign that sat in … Continue reading Roberts Place Garden
Read MoreThe Southeast CDC has planted hundreds of trees in Southeast Baltimore, thanks to funding and partnership from the Chesapeake Bay Trust, Parks and People Foundation, TreeBaltimore, Blue Water Baltimore, and the Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative. These tree plantings contribute to a multi-partner effort to establish a substantial tree canopy in Southeast Baltimore, which has some … Continue reading Trees and Neighborhood Greening
Read MoreLocation: 400 block of N. Duncan Street and 500 block of N. Madeira Street The Southeast CDC provided Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative funds to improve vacant lots in the CARE community. Civic Works’ Community Lot team led the project with the assistance of 23 AmeriCorps members, some of whom were hired from the CARE community … Continue reading Vacant Lot Restorations
Read MoreLocation: 3134 Eastern Avenue, adjacent to the Creative Alliance In 2013, The Southeast CDC hosted community Placemaking workshops at three community gathering hubs along the Highlandtown Main Street district. We asked community members what we could do to make our commercial district more vibrant, welcoming and accessible for them. Most of the resulting projects, including … Continue reading BUS
Read MoreLocation: intersection of Baltimore Street and Highland Avenue The Southeast CDC coordinated the installation of “Estamos Aqui,” a sculptural bus stop designed by local artist Rachel Timmins and fabricated by Tim Scofield and Kyle Miller. The project was funded by Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, PNC Bank, Healthy Neighborhoods, and the Baltimore Community … Continue reading Estamos Aqui Bus Shelter
Read MoreLocation: 25 S. Conkling Street, Baltimore, MD 21224 Conkling Street Garden is a community-driven small-plot urban garden. The land is leased from a private owner by the Highlandtown Community Association. A committee, including Highlandtown residents and staff of the Southeast CDC coordinate projects and events in the space. The garden has been funded by the … Continue reading Conkling Street Garden
Read MoreTench Tilghman Elementary Middle School’s playground serves both school students and the wider community. Until 2017, it was in poor condition and lacked appropriate lighting, seating, trash cans, or equipment that served a diverse group of ages. The Monument McElderry Fayette Revitalization Plan set a goal of revitalizing the playground, and in 2014, a group … Continue reading Tench Tilghman Playground Renovation
Read MoreWith funds from the Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative, the Southeast CDC partnered with the Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition to renovate the interior and exterior of Northeast Market, one of the city’s largest and most historic public markets. Upgrades include new branding and signage, a splash mural painted across the exterior of the market, … Continue reading Facade and Streetscape Improvements at Northeast Market
Read MoreThe Southeast CDC funded projects by three graduate student artists from the MICA MFA in Community Arts in the CARE and McElderry Park: Kristen Brown created a mural series titled “Becoming” featuring local youth paired with historical role models, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson, and Rosa Parks. You can read more about … Continue reading MICA Community Arts Projects
Read MoreSoutheast CDC’s raised Community Legacy funds (a program of the State Department of Housing and Community Development) to improve the public spaces in the Highlandtown Main Street retail district.
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