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.Make Space was founded and designed to help eradicate the vacant house crisis Baltimore City currently faces by creating live-work spaces for creative business owners and documenting the impact. In this workshop you will visit the Make Space site, where they are piloting an innovative concept of rehabbing and selling twenty affordable live-work homes within a two block radius for artists and creative entrepreneurs. Learn about providing affordable live-work spaces for artists/creatives that gives them control and agency over their community assets through the power of a cooperative, as well as the issues addressed through this placemaking strategy.
Itinerary8:00am-8:30am. Meet at Lord Baltimore Hotel Lobby for shuttle pickup
8:30am. Shuttle departs Lord Baltimore
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 locationMake Space (1612 McHenry St.)
Workshop Hosts
Make Space, along with
Black Women Build &
Onyx DevelopmentLunchFor 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
Workshop will include both indoor & outdoor activities plus a walking tour, please dress accordingly.
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 go to
1612 McHenry Street by 9:00am. Look for the green brick house, the door on the alley is the entrance.
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. Please arrive by 9am.
