ReBUILD Metro has completed the redevelopment of 4 formerly abandoned homes on the 400 Block of East Biddle Street in Johnston Square, the first phase of our Johnston Square Homeownership Works project. The homes are the first of over 50 abandoned homes in Johnston Square that ReBUILD Metro will restore
Over the past year, ReBUILD has been working alongside Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood Organization, Johnston Square residents, St. Frances Academy, Parks and People Foundation, and numerous other partners and supporters to develop a Master Plan for Greenmount Park. After months of working through several design concepts with consultants from Floura Teeter Landscape
ReBUILD Metro is a proud recipient of a major grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for a collaborative two-year project to increase greenspace, plant new trees, and improve stormwater management in an area of Broadway East where we have rebuilt over 80 formerly abandoned homes. Through this grant, we will
ReBUILD Metro is extremely proud to be selected as one of five organizations across the country to win Fannie Mae’s 2022 Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge, a nationwide competition to help advance racial equity in housing. Our award will support our Johnston Square: A Blueprint for Baltimore project. Through the support of Fannie Mae, we
For decades, 10 rowhouses sat abandoned and dilapidated on the 1700 block of East Biddle Street, a sore thumb in an otherwise rejuvenating area of Broadway East and Eager Park. Now, with the support of several partners, ReBUILD Metro has converted all 10 rowhouses into 9 new high-quality homeownership opportunities, restoring this
On Saturday, October 22, ReBUILD Metro worked together with community members, partners, and volunteers worked together to plant over 20 trees in Faith Lane Park. Along with new trees and plants, this project included the installation of a new 3,500 square foot nature play space for local children. The event was part
On Tuesday, July 19, ReBUILD Metro, the Johnston Square Partners, and Johnston Square community members were joined by Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott, Councilman Robert Stokes, and Maryland Deputy Secretary of Housing Owen McEvoy to celebrate the next phase of rebuilding abandoned properties and revitalizing blocks in Johnston Square. Over the next two
DONATE TO THE TREVOR WHITE MEMORIAL FUND On the morning of Sunday, June 19, Trevor White, our friend and colleague, was senselessly murdered outside of his home in Northeast Baltimore. Trevor was an innovative and talented leader at ReBUILD who had an immeasurable impact on our ability to transform neighborhoods and to provide
It is with the heaviest heart that ReBUILD Metro acknowledges the senseless and tragic murder of Trevor White, our friend, leader, and colleague. During his five years at ReBUILD, Trevor was instrumental in ReBUILD's growth and day-to-day management. He created and ran ReBUILD’s property management arm, establishing it as Baltimore’s largest nonprofit manager
ReBUILD Metro has completed the renovation of the first four properties of our 1700 East Biddle Project in East Baltimore's Broadway East/Eager Park community. These fully restored three-bedroom rowhomes will offer four new homeownership opportunities just three blocks from Johns Hopkins Hospital. Beyond the high-quality housing and convenient location they will offer to