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Resources I. Within the Community: Charles Village Community Benefits District The CVCBD is a tax-supported, supplemental services organization that focuses on enhanced sanitation and safety in the Charles Village community. Property owners in the District pay a tax-surcharge of 12 cents per $100 assessed property value to fund these services. Charles Village Festival Committee The Charles Village Festival committee is a partnership of the Charles Village Community Foundation and the Charles Village Civic Association, the Charles Village Recreation League, Friends of Wyman Park Dell and The Village Learning Place. The Committee solicits local business and institutional support of the annual festival. All proceeds raised during the two day festival are returned to the sponsoring organizations, to help strengthen the community, environment and future. Charles Village Parents is a group of parents dedicated to making Charles Village a family-friendly neighborhood with great children's activities, parks and playgrounds, and strong public schools. Any and all are welcome! Please check out our website (click on the title above) where you'll find listings of our events as well as family-friendly neighborhood resources and free activities. Charles Village Recreation League Charles Village Recreation League (CVRL) is a community-based, volunteer organization whose purpose is to provide recreation activities primarily for school-aged children in an environment that emphasizes the fun, skills, and exercise of sports more than the competitive aspects. It was founded in 1993 by three parents in Charles Village interested in having local recreation programs available. It now serves families throughout north Baltimore and welcomes all children. Charles Street Trolley Corporation Charles Street Trolley Corporation is a nonprofit organization working to develop plans for a fixed-rail trolley in the Charles Street corridor. The proposed route stretches from the Inner Harbor to University Parkway, connecting Baltimore's Downtown with the historic neighborhoods of Mount Vernon-Belvedere, Charles North, Old Goucher, and Charles Village. Click here for a PDF download of the trolley plan Founded in 1980, the Market is a non-profit organization offering baked good, produce, fruit, prepared foods, and flowers to patrons from all economic, social, and ethnic backgrounds. Every Saturday morning the 32nd Street Farmers Market becomes a community meeting place. Children of the World Co-op Inc. A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, Children of the World Co-op, Inc. (4 E. University Parkway) runs a parent-directed playgroup program for parents and caregivers of all nationalities with their children ages one to four. It is housed in the Cathedral of the Incarnation at University Parkway and St. Paul Street, right in the backyard of The Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus. The Co-op is not affiliated with the Episcopal Church or any other religious organization. Operating since 1989, the Co-op serves the surrounding neighborhoods by offering hospitality and support to all families with young children, especially those new to Baltimore, many new to the United States as well. Membership is open to all. A group of Charles Village and Remington neighbors established the Friends of Wyman Park Dell in 1983 to promote a greater appreciation of the Dell’s historical significance and to help revive the park and its adjacent green spaces as a significant urban amenity. The Friends of Wyman Park Dell organizes community-based park enhancement and improvement activities. These efforts include periodic clearing of invasive vegetation and replacing them with more suitable plantings to improve the Dell’s appearance and long-term viability. Greater Homewood Community Corporation: The Greater Homewood Community Corporation (GHCC) was founded as a non-profit resource and funding center to help neighborhoods become safer, better places to live. Its geographic focus comprises the area bounded by the county line on the north, North Avenue to the south of Charles Village, the Jones Falls on the west, and along York Road and Hillen Parkway, including Ednor Gardens and Better Waverly, to the east. GHCC fulfills its mission to strengthen neighborhoods in north central Baltimore by improving education, supporting youth development, and advancing economic development and community revitalization by managing three core programs: Public Education, Economic & Neighborhood Development, and Adult Literacy. The Book Thing takes in donations of books and gives them away to anybody who wants them. Thousands and thousands of books. Founded by Russell Wattenberg over a decade ago, the Book Thing helps Charles Village and Baltimore share and read books in the most generous way. The Village Learning Place (VLP) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) neighborhood lending library, learning center, and community garden. Its mission is to promote literacy, cultural awareness, and lifelong learning. The VLP offers free, ongoing educational programming and events for toddlers to seniors and families throughout the year. It is housed in an historic, former Enoch Pratt Library branch, at 2521 Saint Paul Street.
II. Institutions that Enrich the Village The goal of the Baltimore City Historical Society is to cultivate and promote the history and diversity of Baltimore City. The Society works with Baltimore historians to sponsor programs on City history and with museums and universities to support their collections of historical materials. The world-renowned Baltimore Museum of Art has made its home on Museum Drive, adjacent to Charles Street, since the 1920s. It is admission free and contains the highly-coveted Cone Sister's collection of impressionistic and modern art. The BMA possesses the world's largest collection of Matisse paintings. Its scupture garden offers Charles Villagers a stimulatin, quiet retreat, and its high-profile summer jazz concerts, as well as its ongoing programs throughout the year (such as, first Thursdays), contribute considerably to the quality of life in the Village. Barclay Elemntary and Middle School The Barclay School is a Baltimore City Public School serving approximately 450 students in PreK – 8th grades. Through relationships, rigor, and relevancy, The Barclay School is dedicated to educating the "Whole Child". The school boasts not only consistently high test scores, but many unique program opportunities and initiatives including being an official Community School Site, an ASCD Healthy Schools site, an Experience Corps site, and a Maryland Governor’s Green School. Margaret Brent Elementary And Middle School Margaret Brent is a school that helps each child develop as an individual in a small nurturing community. Margaret Brent is the secret of Charles Village. It is a school that has 280 students in grades pre-k through 8th and small class sizes that allow for one-on-one teacher contact. Margaret Brent teaches character education through its Lion Quest program, which helps children with team building and decision making. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) quickly became a world leader in research of every kind. In 1915, it moved its undergraduate campus to the Homewood site, on the west side of Charles Street, adjacent to Charles Village. Construction of the new campus took acreage occupied by four estates, one of which -- the Homewood House, built in 1792 by the Carroll family -- has been preserved and is open to the public. As many JHU students live in Charles Village and the university owns much property in the neighborhood, the university is a vital partner in its development. Quick links to Hopkins resources:
Union Memorial Hospital is a not-for-profit, acute care teaching hospital with a strong emphasis on cardiac care, orthopedics and sports medicine. Founded about 150 years ago by seven women, as the "Union Protestant Infirmary," the hospital moved to its present site in the 1920s. The hospital fields the official medical team for the Baltimore Ravens.
III. Adjacent Neighborhood Organizations Named in honor of Baltimore Sun founder A.S. Abell and the avenue that bears his name, the Abell Community comprises nine square blocks in the heart of Baltimore city. Known for its 'Painted Lady' rowhouses, the community is almost entirely residential, with approximately 550 single and multiple-family row houses and three apartment buildings Better Waverly is a village of renovated former estates, quaint, quirky summer cottages, single frames and duplexes in assorted sizes and shapes as well as rows of solid daylight brick homes featuring glassed in sun porches on little tree-lined lanes and broad boulevards. Located just north of Charles Village, between University Parkway and Guilford, Oakenshawe is an example of an early 20th century Streetcar Suburb. The name Oakenshawe derives from Henry Wilson’s estate, once located in this area. Built between 1916 and 1925 to coordinated designs by brother architects Flournoy and Flournoy, 337 houses were laid out in the manner of the English garden suburbs in “terraces” which employ the design of each dwelling to make larger symmetrical groupings. Georgian Revival building materials were used: red brick, gray slate roofs, wood sash and casement windows. Old Goucher Neighborhood Association The Old Goucher neighborhood sits snugly at the southern end of Charles Village, and contains the vibrant Old Goucher College Historic District, which includes Stanford White-designed Lovely Lane Church and the original Goucher College campus. Greater Remington Improvement Association The Remington neighborhood is directly west of Charles Village. GRIA is an independent, resident-based group that provides an open forum for the development and discussion of Remington community issues and neighborhood improvement initiatives.
IV. City Services The Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) was created in 1968 to consolidate local community development efforts with housing and building code enforcement. With just over 500 employees, HCD strengthens City neighborhoods by attracting investors, developers and home buyers. Just about everything you need to know about city resources can be found at this site, including the City Services Directory.
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