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Baltimore. ZIP Code. 21205. Area code (s) 410, 443, and 667. Middle East is a neighborhood in the heart of East Baltimore, Maryland. It is the site of a conflict between residents and the city's plans for creating a biotech park to serve nearby Johns Hopkins Hospital. The neighborhood has suffered from extensive urban decay and housing ...
HOPE VI is a program of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is intended to revitalize the most distressed public housing projects in the United States into mixed-income developments. [1] Its philosophy is largely based on New Urbanism and the concept of defensible space. The program began in 1992, with formal ...
Patterson Park is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Named for the 137-acre park that abuts its north and east sides, the neighborhood is in the southeast section of Baltimore city, roughly two miles east of Baltimore's downtown district. Patterson Park is traditionally centered on the intersection of Baltimore Street and ...
The Renewal Communities (RCs), Empowerment Zones (EZs) and Enterprise Communities (ECs) are highly distressed urban and rural communities that may be eligible for a combination of grants, tax credits for businesses, bonding authority and other benefits. Highly distressed refers to communities who have experienced poverty and/or high emigration ...
On October 30, 2008, Mayor Sheila Dixon unveiled the Charles North Vision Plan, [12] a multi-phased development initiative. This plan identified four areas to focus revitalization on: Charles Gateway/Penn Station, the corner of Charles Street and North Avenue, the creation of an "Asia Town" at 20th Street and Charles Street, and the "Creative ...
Vacants to Value. Vacants to Value is a Baltimore initiative enacted in 2010 by former Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to incentivize purchases of abandoned homes in the city. The program offers financial incentives to purchase derelict properties and renovate them. [1]
Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States [ 1 ]) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. [ 2 ] Urban renewal involves the clearing out of blighted areas in inner cities in favour of new housing, businesses, and other developments.
Expenses (2015) $121,483,767 [ 1 ] Website. www.lisc.org. The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is a US non-profit community development financial institution (CDFI) that supports community development initiatives across the country. It has offices in nearly 40 cities and works across 2,100 rural counties in 44 states. [ 2 ]