ReBUILD Metro: Changing Baltimore
ReBUILD and Johnston Square in the News
2022
Residents excited about redevelopment of abandoned homes in Johnston Square (WBAL – July 19, 2022)
ReBUILD Metro on a Mission to Tackle Baltimore’s Vacant Housing Problem (WJZ – May 12, 2022)
Renewing Baltimore: a talk with two housing restoration pioneers (WYPR Midday – May 11, 2022)
I-Team finds what it takes to successfully rebuild Baltimore’s vacant houses (WBAL – May 9, 2022)
Real Estate Insider: Johnston Square Redevelopment marches on this spring (Baltimore Business Journal – April 19, 2022)
East Baltimore Group Rehabbing Hundreds of Vacant Properties (WJZ – March 30, 2022)
Re-Imagining Baltimore: Important Aspects of Community Development (WEAA – March 25, 2022)
How one community group is addressing Baltimore’s vacant housing (Baltimore Sun – March 19, 2022)
Philly is losing historic buildings at an alarming rate. Can it learn from Baltimore? (WHYY – February 8, 2022)
2021
Affordable Housing Community Opens In Johnston Square (WYPR – July 8, 2021)
We’re just getting started’: Amid Johnston Square changes, ‘affordable’ rental building opens in East Baltimore (Baltimore Sun – July 8, 2021)
New 60-unit Johnston Square apartment building adds to East Baltimore’s renewal (Baltimore Business Journal – July 8, 2021)
2020
Private investors step up with a $6 million (plus) gift to East Baltimore’s Johnston Square (Baltimore Sun – December 5, 2020)
Baltimore’s can-do food chain is feeding 550 families amid the pandemic (Baltimore Sun – August 8, 2020)
Surrounded by neighborhoods on the rise, Baltimore’s Johnston Square gets its shot (Baltimore Sun – February 4, 2020)
Baltimore Breaks Ground On Multimillion-Dollar Transformation of Johnston Square Neighborhood (WJZ – February 4, 2020)
Demolition begins in Johnston Square (WMAR – February 4, 2020)
New football field is part of East Baltimore revitalization plan (FOX45 – February 4, 2020)
2019
Community leaders say it’s time for prison to go amid east side’s revitalization (WBAL – November 26, 2019)
Nearly 600 blighted properties in Johnston Square targeted for renewal (Baltimore Business Journal – October 2, 2019)
2016-2018
Legacy of ‘Tony’ Deering, the Oliver community’s reticent donor, comes to light (Baltimore Sun – October 27, 2018)
Growth in Johnston Square is around the corner — and inside a shuttered favorite restaurant (Baltimore Sun – September 17, 2017)
Oliver neighborhood praised for preservation of its housing stock (Baltimore Sun – August 9, 2017)
House by house, Oliver neighborhood revival taking shape (Baltimore Sun – December 2, 2016)
Creating the market dynamics for Baltimore redevelopment (Baltimore Sun – February 4, 2016)
Reports Featuring ReBUILD
Revitalizing America’s Neighborhoods: A Practitioner’s Perspective (Paul C. Brophy – September 2020)
Baltimore, Maryland: Revitalizing the Oliver Neighborhood through Historic Preservation (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – January 26, 2018)
Building From the Ground Up: An Innovative Approach to Community Development in Baltimore’s Oliver Neighborhood (Annie E. Casey Foundation – November 10, 2015)