Submit your York Road corridor ideas by May 14 for FY26 State Revitalization Funds
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York Road Partnership
Apr 10, 2025, 9:42:38 PMApr 10
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Dear York Road Partners,
This is York Road Partnership's annual call for ideas that we discussed at our General Meeting last week so we can submit the best revitalization funding requests possible to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in June.
One-Sentence Summary: If you have a capital project (purchase, construction, rehabilitation) on the York Road corridor that fits with our 2019 plan, please fill out this Google Form by May 14 at 5:00 pm. Our Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Committee will consider these ideas in May so York Road Partnership can submit the best ones through our partner GEDCO in June.
Here is the context: In 2019, we at the York Road Partnership developed a revitalization plan in order to participate in the Baltimore Regional Neighborhoods Initiative (BRNI) program run by the Maryland Department of . You can see that full (24-page) plan here.
We have done remarkably well on fulfilling that plan in just the last six years, and we will want to update it after this round of requests. You can see a 3-page summary of that plan and our progress so far here. We and our partners and elected officials have won more than $2 million in these BRNI funds alone toward implementation of that plan. Those funds have enabled substantial senior home repair in our neighborhoods by Rebuilding Together, Habitat for Humanity rehabbing vacant homes for affordable homeownership in Woodbourne-McCabe, commercial facade improvements on the corridor, GEDCO's new headquarters on Woodbourne Ave., property purchase funding for Invest York Road, and two upcoming projects: renovations to GEDCO's Micah House on York Road and improvements to the Bellona Triangle green space by the new York Road Improvement District.
The Maryland General Assembly just approved the State budget, including BRNI funding, for this coming fiscal year. BRNI funding is overwhelmingly "capital" funds -- one-time funds to build, buy, or fix up something, not "operating" funds like staff costs that will continue year after year. There may be a small amount of operating funds to help an entity carry out a big capital project, but that's it. You can see the program guidelines and additional information about State Revitalization Programs like BRNI here.
Once again, the Govans Ecumenical Development Corp. (GEDCO) is willing to apply to Maryland DHCD for these funds on our behalf and on behalf of our partners. Since 2020, the York Road Partnership Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee has led a process of vetting proposals that GEDCO will submit in June on behalf of YRP.
If you are interested in seeking funds to implement a project within York Road Communities, please fill out this Google Form by Wednesday, May 14, at 5:00 pm. The YRP Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee will review the proposals (and may want to talk with you more) that following week. We will then approve a slate of requests at our May 27, 7:00 pm committee meeting that will then go to the full YRP membership at our June 4 General Membership Meeting. Following that meeting, we will work with applicants and GEDCO to get the more elaborate narratives together for the formal applications to Maryland DHCD by the late June deadline.
Please let Vice President (and Committee co-chair with me) Donna Blackwell (satn...@gmail.com) and/or me know if you have any questions. Thank you, and we look forward to any ideas you may have!
In community,
York Road Partnership
401 Woodbourne Ave
Baltimore MD 21212
York Road Partnership is a membership network of 30+ neighborhoods and affiliates promoting the vitality of Baltimore City’s York Road community as a great place to live, shop, work and worship.
Join us. Meetings every first Wednesday of the month at 7:15pm. Free & Open to all.
York Road Partnership
Apr 21, 2025, 12:53:18 PMApr 21
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York Road Neighbors,
This is a reminder of the post below, and also sharing the criteria that York Road Partnership has and will use to evaluate Letters of Interest in requesting State revitalization funds received by May 14 (online submission form here).
More detail in the email below. Again, please let Vice President (and Committee co-chair with me) Donna Blackwell (satn...@gmail.com) and/or me know if you have any questions!
York Road Partnership
May 13, 2025, 5:34:13 PMMay 13
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York Road Neighbors,
We at York Road Partnership are urging interesting YRP members and others to respond by tomorrow, May 14, on the following two surveys:
- Ideas on using YRP's 2024 State Capital Grant of $600,000, which YRP was awarded thanks to Sen. Mary Washington and our 42A delegation. Let us know if you have thoughts on the ideas in the survey and/or any other ideas you may have.
- Proposals for 2025 requests for State revitalization funds through the Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative (BRNI). This is YRP's annual call for ideas before we develop YRP's requests to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, likely in June. More detail in the longer email below from April.'
Dan Pontious, President
Co-Chair, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
York Road Partnership
On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM York Road Partnership <yorkroadp...@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear York Road Partners,This is York Road Partnership's annual call for ideas that we discussed at our General Meeting last week so we can submit the best revitalization funding requests possible to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in June.One-Sentence Summary: If you have a capital project (purchase, construction, rehabilitation) on the York Road corridor that fits with our 2019 plan, please fill out this Google Form by May 14 at 5:00 pm. Our Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Committee will consider these ideas in May so York Road Partnership can submit the best ones through our partner GEDCO in June.Here is the context: In 2019, we at the York Road Partnership developed a revitalization plan in order to participate in the Baltimore Regional Neighborhoods Initiative (BRNI) program run by the Maryland Department of . You can see that full (24-page) plan here.
YRP has done remarkably well on fulfilling that plan in just the last six years, and we will want to update it after this round of requests. You can see a 3-page summary of that plan and our progress so far here. We and our partners and elected officials have won more than $2 million in these BRNI funds alone toward implementation of that plan. Those funds have enabled substantial senior home repair in our neighborhoods by Rebuilding Together, Habitat for Humanity rehabbing vacant homes for affordable homeownership in Woodbourne-McCabe, commercial facade improvements on the corridor, GEDCO's new headquarters on Woodbourne Ave., property purchase funding for Invest York Road, and two upcoming projects: renovations to GEDCO's Micah House on York Road and improvements to the Bellona Triangle green space by the new York Road Improvement District.
The Maryland General Assembly just approved the State budget, including BRNI funding, for this coming fiscal year. BRNI funding is overwhelmingly "capital" funds -- one-time funds to build, buy, or fix up something, not "operating" funds like staff costs that will continue year after year. There may be a small amount of operating funds to help an entity carry out a big capital project, but that's it. You can see the program guidelines and additional information about State Revitalization Programs like BRNI here.Once again, the Govans Ecumenical Development Corp. (GEDCO) is willing to apply to Maryland DHCD for these funds on our behalf and on behalf of our partners. Since 2020, the York Road Partnership Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee has led a process of vetting proposals that GEDCO will submit in June on behalf of YRP.If you are interested in seeking funds to implement a project within York Road Communities, please fill out this Google Form by Wednesday, May 14, at 5:00 pm. The YRP Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee will review the proposals (and may want to talk with you more) that following week. We will then approve a slate of requests at our May 27, 7:00 pm committee meeting that will then go to the full YRP membership at our June 4 General Membership Meeting. Following that meeting, we will work with applicants and GEDCO to get the more elaborate narratives together for the formal applications to Maryland DHCD by the late June deadline.
Please let Committee co-chair Donna Blackwell (satn...@gmail.com) and/or me know if you have any questions. Thank you, and we look forward to any ideas you may have!
--In community,York Road Partnership401 Woodbourne AveBaltimore MD 21212York Road Partnership is a membership network of 30+ neighborhoods and affiliates promoting the vitality of Baltimore City’s York Road community as a great place to live, shop, work and worship.Join us. Meetings every first Wednesday of the month at 7:15pm. Free & Open to all.
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