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It boasts a dynamic waterfront with one of the busiest ports on the eastern seaboard and is recognized for leadership in higher education and life sciences.
Since 1986, Enterprise has revitalized communities through a combination of financial investment, development, technical assistance and program initiatives in Baltimore. Our model starts with homes, builds partnerships, connects schools and makes it last through policy initiatives
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We are grateful to the many partners that support our work in Baltimore.
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In Baltimore, an Enterprise-led education program is helping families reach their fullest potential. HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents with Preschool Youngsters) helps parents prepare their preschoolers to enter kindergarten at the same skill levels as kids throughout the state. The program, which works with parents in their homes, teaches the parents to be their children’s first teachers. Photo: Mike Elliott |
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- 13,000 affordable, workforce and market-rate homes, including Heritage Crossing, the award-winning redevelopment of a former public housing project
- More than $40 million in capacity-building grants, technical assistance and training to community builders
- An education initiative that resulted in significant gains in standardized tests, a summer learning institute, community resource centers, a mentoring program for girls, and a school-readiness program for parents of pre-K children
- The Maryland Re-Entry Partnership (PDF, 210KB) initiative for ex-offenders returning to Baltimore’s neighborhoods from 2001-2006
- Preserve or create 5,000 quality affordable homes
- Expand our education work in Sandtown-Winchester schools
- Partner with the local public school system to introduce successful, school-based community resource center programs throughout the city
- Contribute to building an effective and sustainable local community development system through new large-scale capital tools and alignment of resources
- An annual grant investment of $500,000 to $800,000 to expand nonprofit developer impact through organizational support and technical assistance
- Raise the awareness of public/private investment partners and successful community development models
- Promote sustainable green building practices based on the Enterprise Green Communities® initiative
Sandra Smith has lived in the West Baltimore neighborhood of Sandtown-Winchester all her life. In 1991, due to numerous family problems, she adopted her sister’s four children. Through the Enterprise Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters program (HIPPY), Sandra was able to give the children a head start in school. HIPPY instructors work with parents in their homes, helping them to be their kids’ first teachers. All four children are reading above grade level and take great pride in their academic accomplishments. Motivated by her children’s progress, Sandra now works for the HIPPY program, which has touched the lives of more than 600 Baltimore families.
“Enterprise’s pre-school program helped my children enter kindergarten ready to learn. It taught them discipline and gave them an early sense of pride in their academic accomplishments.”
Sandra Smith
More success stories.
The Enterprise Women’s Network of Baltimore was formed in 2000 by a group of active business, civic and community leaders to help a generation of low-income women lift themselves and their families out of poverty.
Archived versions of ABCD Network events are available. ABCD is is a state-wide trade and advocacy organization that helps improve the policy environment by sponsoring forums, webinars, distributing newsletters and action alerts to mobilize its base and communicate priorities to policy makers.
Baltimore profile (PDF, 114KB, November 2008)
Enterprise Community Partners
312 North Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd,
3rd floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone 410.332.7400
Fax 410.230.2290
Email Kelly
Kelly Cartales
Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Director
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