PLEASE NOTE: You selected your Mobile Workshop when you registered for the conference. You cannot change your Mobile Workshop, or select one here on Sched. Specific information and instructions will be emailed in May to those signed up for each workshop.In a neighborhood with one of the highest densities of abandoned housing stock and vacant lots in Baltimore City, explore a true place-based community development model in Southwest Baltimore. Participants will tour several sites, including community designed parks and green spaces, within a quarter mile radius. Hear from funders, community leaders, and greening proponents at non-municipal sites that include a new community-visioned splash park,
Kirby Lane Park (a model community-developed park), an urban farm, and equine therapy horse stables. Building on the legacy of the Sisters of Bon Secours who have had a presence in Southwest Baltimore since 1881, Bon Secours Community Works collaborates with residents to meet their expressed needs through a diverse and broad-ranging approach. They operate 800 units of affordable housing, develop community park spaces, provide an Early Head Start Program, deliver job training and financial empowerment programs, have a returning citizens program, and much more designed to meet residents’ wishes and desires as expressed by them.
Itinerary 8:00am-8:30am. Meet at Lord Baltimore Hotel Lobby for shuttle pickup
8:30am. Shuttle departs Lord Baltimore Hotel
9:00am-12:00pm. Mobile Workshop in process
12:00pm-1:30pm. Shuttle brings you to lunch location (see below)
1:30pm Shuttle to depart from lunch location
2:00pm. Shuttle drops you off at our Station North Campus for breakout sessions. Breakouts start at 2:30pm in multiple locations around W. North Ave.
Check Sched or your print program for exact venue locations.
Shuttle meeting point and time
Meet at
Lord Baltimore Hotel Lobby (20 W Baltimore St).
The bus will leave at 8:30am sharp. Please be on time!
Workshop location
Bon Secours Community Resource Center (31 S Payson St.)
Workshop Hosts
Bon Secours Community WorksLunch
For lunch, the shuttle will bring you to
R. House, where you will be able to enjoy lunch, purchased on your own.
What else you need to know
You will tour multiple outdoor locations as part of the workshop, please wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to be outside.
What if I miss the shuttle?
We are unable to offer another way to get to the workshop. If you miss the shuttle, you are welcome to take alternative transit at your own expense. Please arrive at Bon Secours Community Resource Center (31 S Payson St) by 9:00am.
What if I’m local and plan on driving?
Parking at Lord Baltimore: Hotel valet is $45/day. Self-park at Parkway Parking (100 West Fayette St - located in an underground garage across from the hotel) is $32/day. NOTE: The shuttle will not return to Lord Baltimore, so you need to get back on your own to pick up your vehicle at the end of the day.
Parking at workshop location: off-site street parking is available in this residential neighborhood.
