A grassroots grant program is giving residents in East Baltimore the tools and funding to transform their blocks one project at a time.
Love Your Block Baltimore, a mini-grant initiative led by the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs, Living Classrooms Foundation, and the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation, awarded $1,600 each to three community organizations in the Belair-Edison neighborhood on Tuesday.
“Love Your Block is a community-led initiative that really empowers community residents to implement some important and impactful projects in their neighborhood,” said Imani Yasin, from Love Your Block Baltimore.
Empowering the youth through community service
Among the recipients is Afiya Baltimore, which is supporting youth in cleaning and maintaining the business corridor near Belair Road and Erdman Avenue. The group is working to foster leadership and responsibility among young people through hands-on community service…