Southwest Baltimore Partnership

The Southwest Partnership's seven neighborhoods sail into the New Year on a tide of careful planning, the involvement of a major state hospital and a…

Now in its second year – and recently awarded five more years of funding from the National Cancer Institute -- the CURE scholars program aims to change…

A short stretch of South Arlington Avenue could go a long way toward promoting togetherness and a higher quality of life in the neighborhoods of the…

When neighborhood leaders convinced the big university hospital nearby to join them in a community improvement project, no one thought that would lead to…

Even before the entrepreneurs made a coffee a luxury item, the drink had a certain community-building quality. A cup-a-joe spot was a touch stone, a...

Big shouldered, urban "anchor" institutions have been known to try to buy community peace by promising jobs to their neighbors—like leaf raking or…

Back in the day, pigs arrived in Charm City by train and hit the streets running on their way to the breakfast table. They were doomed, of course. But…

Unprecedented help may be on the way the neighborhoods of southwest Baltimore. Maryland's Baltimore-based professional schools are joining seven southwest…