1727 Poplar Grove St: A Pilot in Connection
1727 Poplar Grove is more than a vacant house renovation. It is an opportunity to pilot Connection as a core strategy for neighborhood revitalization.
Located just blocks from the Carolyn E. Fugett Intergenerational Center and within the same neighborhood geography where Requity, Catholic Charities, and community partners are making significant investments, the project provides an ideal setting to test how intentional collaboration can create stronger outcomes for residents, students, and the broader community.
❋ A Platform for Shared Purpose
Supported by the West North Avenue Development Authority, the renovation of 1727 Poplar Grove demonstrates how vacant property redevelopment can bring together residents, students, government, and employers. The project seeks to answer a vital question: What becomes possible when we connect existing assets more intentionally around a shared community purpose?
❋ Connecting Existing Assets
Located near the Carolyn E. Fugett Intergenerational Center, this project bridges workforce development, housing, education, and family services in West Baltimore. This proximity creates a network where students gain hands-on experience, residents shape neighborhood priorities, organizations align resources, and employers strengthen career pathways.
❋ Expert Facilitation
Because challenges like vacant housing, health, and economic opportunity are interconnected, our solutions must be too. As part of Requity’s five-square-block strategy, 1727 Poplar Grove serves as a learning laboratory to test new partnerships and systems that will inform future housing, workforce, and food system initiatives.
❋ Strengthening the Community Network
Ultimately, the goal is not simply to renovate a single house. It is to strengthen the network of relationships around it and prove that connected people, organizations, and resources can produce meaningful, lasting community outcomes that no single organization could achieve alone.