May 16, 2019 Southeast Community Development Corporation is pleased to announce the Board of Directors has selected Kari Snyder as the organization’s Executive Director. In February, Chris Ryer resigned as Executive Director to become Baltimore City’s Director of Planning. Kari had served as Interim Director since that time. Kari joined Southeast CDC in 2009 from … Continue reading Introducing our new Executive Director!
Read MoreABOUT THE DISTRICT The Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment District (ha!) is the city’s most eclectic arts district, filled with public art, painted screens, piñata makers, and parades. In Highlandtown, furniture makers and jewelry makers work alongside coffee roasters and culinary artists. Restaurants and art galleries welcome patrons during our First Friday Art Walks, where you’ll … Continue reading Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment District
Read MoreThe Southeast CDC’s Neighborhood Spruce-Up program awards grants between $7,500 and $20,000 to implement public space projects that are community-driven and improve quality of life. Program Resources Project Examples Eligible Neighborhoods In 2020, the Southeast CDC Spruce-Up program expanded to all neighborhoods in the SECDC catchment area:Armistead Gardens, Baltimore Highlands, Bayview, Broening Manor, Butcher’s Hill, … Continue reading Neighborhood Spruce-Up Grants
Read MoreLibrary Square, a small city-owned park that bridges Fayette and Pulaski Streets between the Patterson Park and McElderry Park neighborhoods, is known today for its namesake—the Patterson Park branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library that sits at its eastern border. The area used to have another name, Belnord Square, named for the historic Belnord … Continue reading Library Square Revitalization
Read MoreThe Highlandtown Train Garden is one of the most beloved holiday traditions in the area. Entirely built and managed by local volunteers, the Train Garden features Southeast Baltimore landmarks in miniature with new scenes added each season. The Train Garden is open from late November through January 1 and located at 520 S. Conkling St … Continue reading Highlandtown Train Garden
Read MoreLocation: businesses throughout Highlandtown Main Street district in 2019, with funds from the Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative and the Baltimore Development Corporation’s Façade Improvement Program, the Southeast CDC managed the Highlandtown Merchant Renovation Fund to assist new and expanding businesses in the Highlandtown Main Street district with the cost of commercial build-outs. 2019 locations: Peak … Continue reading Merchant Renovation Fund
Read MoreThe Highlandtown Merchant Renovation Fund assists new and expanding businesses in the Highlandtown Main Street district with the cost of commercial build-outs through a grant of up to $50,000.
Application are due May 13, 2018. Click here for more details.
Read MoreSoutheast CDC helps neighbors on Healthy Neighborhood target blocks to envision, plan, and implement small block projects. Good block projects can strengthen social connections among neighbors and help build the real estate market. Healthy Neighborhoods: Greektown, Highlandtown, Patterson Park, Ellwood Park, McElderry Park Learn more about Healthy Neighborhoods block grants at www.healthyneighborhoods.org/small-block-grants Here are some … Continue reading Healthy Neighborhoods Block Projects
Read MoreThe Fayette Street Pocket Park project began in 2010 when the Southeast CDC was approached by residents on the 2900 and 3000 blocks of E. Fayette Street hoping to find a creative solution to the consistent illegal parking, dumping, and drainage problem on a dead-end street. With assistance from the Neighborhood Design Center, the Southeast … Continue reading Fayette Street Pocket Park
Read MoreWith funds from the Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative, the Southeast CDC is working with homeowners in the CARE community and Library Square area to make safety upgrades and improve neighborhood curb appeal through residential façade improvements. Improvements have included fresh paint, new front doors, security screen doors, front porch lights, new stair railings, and replacement … Continue reading Residential Façade Improvements
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