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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.