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CENTRAL WEST BALTIMORE

TRANSFORMATION PLAN

Choice Neighborhoods Acknowledgements

PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Wanda Best James Blue Ellis Brown Len Clay Bill Cole Talya Constable Dr. Kevin Daniels Keith Davis Charlie Duff Polly Duke Jay Erbe Laurie Feinberg Mel Freeman Neal Friedlander Angela Gravely-Smith Paul Graziano Carol Green Willis Carlo Van Grieken Richard Gwynallen Annie Hall Adrian Harpool Linda Harrington Jerry Hazelwood Elder CW Harris John Henderson Mary Ann Henderson Tina Hike-Hubbard John Hoffer Alexandra Hoffman Monty Howard

Pamela Johnson Verna L. Jones-Rodwell Elizabeth Kennedy Steva Komay Gabriel Kroiz Carrie Little Kelly Little Steve Marker Richard May Bronwyn Mayden Jonathan Midgett Nick Mosby Chet Myers Rebecca Nagle Morgan Nelson Geri Newton David Nyweide Cherise Orange Joe Palumbo Carol Payne Chartruse Robinson Debbie Rock Tanyka Sam Barbara Samuels Erbe Sandra Michael Scott Tom Stosur Todd Vanidestine Tony Watson Richard White

PROJECT PARTNERS Jubilee Baltimore Foresight Affordable Housing of Maryland

CITY GOVERNMENT Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Councilmember William Cole Councilmember Nick Mosby Commissioner Paul Graziano, Department of Housing and Community Development Thomas Stosur, Director, Department of Planning Dr. Andres Alonso, Chief Operating Officer, Baltimore City Public Schools Karen Sitnick, Director, City of Baltimore, Mayor's Office of Employment Development Mary Sloat, Assist. Director, City of Baltimore, Mayor's Office of Employment Development Thomasina Hiers, Deputy Chief of Staff, Director- Mayor's Office of Human Services Kylla Williams, Assoc. Deputy Director, Housing Authority of Baltimore City

STATE GOVERNMENT Senator Verna Jones Rodwell, Delegate Senator Catherine Pugh, Delegate

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Senator Barbara Mikulski Senator Benjamin Cardin Congressman Elijah Cummings Carol Payne, Director, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Baltimore Mary Ann Henderson, Director, Multi-family HUB, Department of Housing and Urban Development

FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS Abell Foundation Goldseker Foundation Foresight Affordable Housing Midtown Development Corporation Purpose Built Communities Enterprise Community Partners Association of Baltimore Grantmakers/Baltimore Funders Workforce Collaborative Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Association of Black Charities Business Interface, LLC Jobs Opportunity Task Force Kevin Jordan

PARTNERS Druid Heights Community Development Corporation Eutaw Place Association Madison Park Improvement Association Historic Marble Hill Association Morgan State University Mt. Royal Improvement Association Pedestal Gardens Residents' Association Reservoir Hill Improvement Council Upton Planning Committee

PLANNING TEAM Goody Clancy Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. Adrian Harpol & Associates Health Education Resources and Solutions, LLC Citizens Planning and Housing Association Ann Donner Consulting Zimmerman Volk Associates W-ZHA Kittelson and Associates MJB Consulting

CENTRAL WEST BALTIMORE CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION PLAN

Contents

Executive Summary................................................................................................................i 1 | Introduction: Transforming Central West Baltimore................................1 2 | Central West Baltimore: A Neighborhood Profile....................................... 7 3 | Market Conditions....................................................................................................43 4 | A Community-Driven Process.............................................................................49 5 | The Vision for Central West Baltimore..........................................................57 6 | Transformation...........................................................................................................63

People........................................................................................................................ 65 Neighborhood........................................................................................................87 Housing................................................................................................................. 100 7 | Implementation of the Transformation Plan.............................................111

Appendices 1 | Resident Needs Assessment 2 | Resident Engagement Summary 3 | Residential Market Study 4 | Education Report 5 | Workforce Development Report 6 | Retail Analysis 7 | Traffic Analysis 8 | Neighborhood and Housing Concepts

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Executive Summary

The Central West Baltimore Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan is an ambitious initiative to revitalize an important part of Baltimore that has experienced decades of disinvestment and a stark pattern of racial segregation. This effort began in 2009 as a grass-roots coalition, convened by Jubilee Baltimore and including residents of Upton, Druid Heights, Marble Hill, Eutaw Place, Bolton Hill, and Reservoir Hill. Meeting every other Saturday morning for three years, this coalition worked to break down physical and social barriers created and reinforced by 1960s Urban Renewal projects and knit divided neighborhoods back together. Their efforts paid off: in 2010, HUD awarded Jubilee a Choice Neighborhoods grant to develop a comprehensive neighborhood plan.

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