Review and approval of July Minutes – Nancy makes a motion to approve the minutes, Edith seconded
- Guest Speaker: Bonnie Bessor ReBuilding Together – update to the homeowner repair program
- Franklin Square fires
- Fire on 1500 block of W Fremont Ave August 27th – 8 houses, extremely damaged
- Everybody is pretty much taken care of
- GoFund Me Page
- 10 families affected
- Diana: are the families going to stay in Franklin Square? Edith: Not sure, thinks most of them want to come back or stay. Scott: some of the families have kids in local schools and wanted to keep their kids there
- Lou Packett
Old Business
- Poe Homes
- 9/15 meeting – 6:30
- RBT will be presenting again
- Renovate every thing on site and do temporary relocations (ToT)
- Homeownership Zones/NHS Partnership/LEDC
- SWP purchased three tax sale certificates in the Pigtown Homeownership Zone last week, purchasing three more tomorrow
- RWJ Foundation
- Were able to reallocate funds about to expire to further subsidy properties for sale, were able to get the City to commit to additional funding as well
- Tax Sale Program
- Homeownership Work Group
- Homebuyers Club
- NHS Homeownership Pop-ups
New Business (Community Updates)
- Edith: Pop-up Jazz concert in Franklin Square Park last week, it went really well
- Dotie: Ravens and Lowes working with AME on cleaning and feeding corner of Lexington and Carrollton Ave
- Union Square in partnership with the Society to Preserve H.L. Mencken’s Legacy, will have Compositions performed by The Symphonic Brass, a quintet consisting of members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Ms. Edith motion to adjourn, Nancy and Scott second
