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In addition to providing high quality affordable rental housing throughout northwest Baltimore, CHAI is creating housing opportunity for homebuyers through the purchase, renovation and resale of formerly vacant and blighted homes. In partnership with St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, CHAI recently gutted and rehabilitated four row homes on Oakley Avenue – a quiet tree-lined street... Read More

CHAI is pleased to share that Woodland Gardens II, a new 75-unit affordable senior housing community in Park Heights, is now more than half-way done construction, with completion slated for late spring 2023. We have already received a great deal of interest from prospective residents in the Park Heights community. CHAI expects to begin accepting... Read More

CHAI is thrilled to announce that financing has been secured for the development of Woodland Gardens I, a 63-unit affordable family housing property to be built on Park Heights Avenue. Woodland Gardens I will offer one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments and feature communal spaces that include an outdoor garden, a playground and a multipurpose room.... Read More

CHAI is thrilled to welcome Lisa Mears-Morris to our professional team. Since 2019, Lisa has been serving as the Director of Resident Services for CHAI’s Weinberg Senior Living portfolio. Her transition from the management company to CHAI’s team will ensure CHAI’s mission and values are infused into the service delivery at our 15 affordable senior... Read More

On November 17, the Northwest Baltimore Partnership (NWBP) held a screening of its 2022 oral history documentary Northwest Baltimore: Through Their Words. Scores of interested community members gathered at Sinai Hospital’s Zamoiski Auditorium to view the filmed histories of long-time northwest Baltimore residents. The event fostered inspired discussions and created additional opportunities to collaborate. Unexpected... Read More

Last month, the Edward A. Myerberg Center held two community-wide events. On November 6, the Center opened its doors to over 500 community members of all ages for its first annual Fall Craft Fair. Visitors were treated to a myriad of beautiful handmade goods and wares from 40 local vendors. The event was a huge... Read More

Over the past several years, the Northwest Baltimore Partnership (NWBP) has secured $3.4 million in funding from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development through the Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative (BRNI). CHAI is excited to announce that the FY 2023 BRNI awards announced last month will support several important projects in northwest Baltimore City... Read More

The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN), an agency focused on the strategic and equitable use of technology, partnered with the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation to create the Nonprofit Tech Readiness (NTR) for Jewish Agencies, a six-month program that builds internal technology management capacity and provides dedicated coaching to address their most urgent technology needs.... Read More

CHAI’s Community Conversations invites community members to explore the overlap and friction among people of diverse backgrounds who live, work, pray and play in northwest Baltimore. Now in its fourth cohort, the program has evolved into its most inclusive and accessible iteration yet. Offering sessions both in-person and online via Zoom, the current series Can... Read More

Early this year, CHAI established the Northwest Leadership Academy (NWLA) to develop new leaders and stimulate community-driven projects. The first cohort of 24 northwest Baltimore residents has learned about grassroots organizing and utilized their training to plan and implement two projects to benefit Park Heights. The first, a community cleanup, was held in conjunction with... Read More