News:

THIS WEDNESDAY (10/14) - In-Person Community Meeting - Talking Amtrak Grants
10/2026 - MTE Environment & Green Infrastructure Plan - Physical Survey Complete, Plan Writing Begins
10/2026 - ECO Awarded Grant for Operations from City DHCD Community Catalyst
9/2026 - ECO & Two Other Organizations Awarded Major Amtrak Grants for Community Development in Midtown-Edmondson
2/2026 - Mayor Settles with the ECO, Agrees to Critical Reforms of the City’s Tax Sale System & Other Items
12/2025 - Midtown-Edmondson & MARC Station Area Master Plan Officially Community Approved

Calendar

IN-PERSON ECO Public Meeting
New Union Baptist Church
508 N. Monroe Street
October 14th (Wednesday)
6:30-7:30pm
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Recently Completed

Cleanup/Greenup &
Garden Space Creation
In the Alley, BEHIND 1901 W. Lanvale Street
June 27thth (Saturday)
9am-Noon
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Community Cleanup/Greenup
Concurrent with the Mayor’s Cleanup
500 Block of N Brice St
April 25th (Saturday)
10am-1pm
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Environment Advisory Committee - Mtg 3
“Pop-Up in the Park”
Lafayette and Payson Park
2001 W. Lafayette Avenue
April 11th (Saturday)
10am-Noon (In-Person)
For the community - coffee, donuts, maps, poster boards, ideas for creating a green and healthy community. See you there!
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ECO @ Rosemont Homeowners/Tenants Assn Meeting
Perkins Square Baptist Church
2500 Edmondson Avenue
April 11th (Saturday)
2pm (In-Person)
ECO @ Evergreen Protective Assn Mtg
to Discuss the Master Plan
Virtual (on account of the weather)
March 16th (Monday)
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Minutes here
ECO @ Fayette Street Outreach Org Mtg
FSOO Community Center
29 N. Smallwood St
Feb 24th (Tuesday)
5:30-7pm
Environment Advisory Committee - Mtg 2
Amtrak Construction Site Visit
900 Block of N. Payson
Feb 26th (Thursday)
4-5:30pm
Environment Advisory Committee - Mtg 1
(VIRTUAL - on account of snow)
Jan 27th (Tuesday)
6:30-8pm
Link and Agenda Here

COMMUNITY-APPROVED MASTER PLAN: PDF
15-MINUTE PODCAST PROFILING THE PLAN: AUDIO FILE
5-MINUTE VIDEO INTRO: VIDEO FILE
PLAN COMMENTS, NOTES, INPUT: TAKE THE SURVEY HERE

Cleaning and Greening

What We Do

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Economic Development

in one of Baltimore’s most disinvested communities, by finding subsidies, planning a transit-oriented development-led future, and growing the interest of local & national elected & industry leaders

Affordable & Market-Rate Housing

by renovating vacant housing and selling it to low & middle-income homeowners, sometimes with substantial subsidy. Getting families into affordable homes is a big chunk of what we’re about.

Environment Planning & Activation

in partnership with the EPA, writing West Baltimore’s first community-directed environment, greening & tree plan, and then pushing to increase tree cover, activate vacant lots, and create parks and a greenway network.

Transportation Planning & Advocacy

including advocating (1) for an east-west Metro subway line stopping at the West Baltimore MARC Station; and (2) a better, more-multimodal design for the new MARC station and surrounding area - to fully leverage that station’s unique express accessibility to DC (just 29 mins) and grow its role as a development catalyst.

Highway-to-Nowhere Planning & Advocacy

Federal grants have come and gone with no meaningful progress, but the need remains. We’re leaders in the advocacy/planning effort to convert this divisive expressway into a unifying community and economic force. We’re generating ideas, vision, and discussion.

Tax Sale Reform - Legal & Outreach Efforts

with Maryland Legal Aid, brought a case in federal court and forced the Mayor to settle and agree to entirely change the City’s tax sale system, eliminating owner-equity theft and ushering in payment plans, among other changes. Huge win for low-income communities.

Sincere thank you to
Our Major Funders and Partners