The Southeast Community Development Corporation (SECDC) recently convened an education task force to study district-wide elementary/middle school overcrowding and develop a set of recommendations to present to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners (BCPSS) in October of 2016. The task force, which was formed in April, is specifically looking at ways to reduce chronic … Continue reading New SE Education Task Force Looks to Reduce Overcrowding, Support Immigrants in Southeast Schools →

For Dan Elwood, a Butcher’s Hill resident for 35 years, it was not a difficult decision to move several blocks due north to CARE, a neighborhood in the process of revitalization in the eastern shadow of Johns Hopkins Hospital. “It seems like there’s a sense of establishment there – some kind of new dynamic,” said … Continue reading Fresh seafood and a $26,000 grant: Incentives abound for Hopkins employees moving to CARE →

After three years of fundraising and one year of construction, Banner Neighborhood’s new building, the Banner Neighborhoods Community Center, will open at the end of March. Its new headquarters will offer larger work spaces and be more suitable for community meetings, said Banner’s executive director Jolyn Rademacher Tracy. It is also fully ADA compliant, with … Continue reading Banner Community Center to Open in late March →

Highlandtown, Upper Fells Point, Patterson Park, “maybe Canton if we could find something in our budget.” First-time buyer Diane Coraggio, 30, was considering the standard alternatives during her search for a home last year when a couple of her colleagues at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health alerted her to another option. Station East, … Continue reading For buying in a historic and revitalized neighborhood, Hopkins employees get $36,000 →

They’re neighborhood historians and bearers of pineapple upside-down cakes. They have the time to call 311 for broken streetlights, sweep the sidewalks, attend community meetings and keep the stray cats healthy while keeping their numbers from getting out of hand. Anyone who has lived in their proximity, can attest to the long-term health benefits that … Continue reading Southeast CDC expands outreach to seniors →

The McElderry Park neighborhood has more children than most neighborhoods in Southeast Baltimore.  And, families and children need a place to play! “There’s nothing controversial about creating a safe, vibrant space to play,” noted Myers-Edwards, director of community engagement for Banner Neighborhoods, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting efforts to enhance quality of life in … Continue reading A new playground at Tench Tilghman →