In June, the Living Classrooms Foundation broke ground on a new youth
sports field in Patterson Park with the support of Under Armour and the
Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation. As that project moves forward, Living
Classrooms is adapting a historic two-story firehouse on Caroline Street
in the Perkins Homes community.
The first floor of the firehouse
will include a multi-purpose space for after-school programming to add
to the Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center on East Fayette Street.
The first floor will also include a community technology center. The
second floor will hold offices for Living Classrooms staff and the
Perkins Homes Tenant Council as well as conference rooms and space for
community health fairs.
Perkins Homes is part of the Living
Classrooms Target Investment Zone in East Baltimore, and the firehouse
will be renovated with the help of participants in Project SERVE, Living
Classrooms' initiative to lower recidivism and raise the employment
rate among those re-entering Baltimore communities following
incarceration.
Writer: Sam Hopkins
Source: Talib Horne, Living Classrooms