Community Quarterback: Park Heights Renaissance (website)

Community: Park Heights

 

County: Baltimore City

Award: Approximately $3 million

Contact: Yolanda Jiggetts (yjiggetts@phrmd.org) 

Park Heights Renaissance is a nonprofit Community Quarterback whose mission is to develop successful partnerships and resources that support the implementation of the Park Heights Master Plan using a holistic community development approach to enhance and maintain a thriving and sustainable community. The Partnership Collaborative consists of strong community institutions including Pimlico Elementary School, the Family League of Baltimore, Park Heights NW Faith Based CDC, Kennedy Krieger Institute, We Our Us, We Rise, Clean and Green-Park Heights Renaissance, Park Heights Community Health Alliance, and many others. Building off their community-approved 5-Year Neighborhood Action Plan, the Partnership will implement projects across all four ENOUGH Focus Areas including but not limited to a Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters program, food insecurity initiatives, paid workforce development opportunities for families, expansion of affordable housing supply, and gun violence reduction.