Events
To register for one of the following events, please go to https://hrnt.jhu.edu/service/fasapregistration/ or call 443-997-7000. Event information is available in a printer-friendly flyer for your convenience.
Note: Attend any LNYW walking tours, and you will receive an additional $1,000 toward the down payment/closing costs of a home in the A, B or C target areas. (Buyer must settle on or before June 30, 2013.)
Walking Tours
Join us on one of our walking tours. The walking tours will take you by the neighborhood “hot spots” and provide the opportunity to tour multiple homes. The homes will include those that are available for sale along with a few renovated or remodeled homes.
Highlandtown and Patterson Park | McElderry, Monument, and Preston Place |
Bayview and Greektown | Barclay, Greenmount West, and Station North |
New Oliver Community | Charles Village, Harwood, and Remington |
Mt. Vernon |
Highlandtown and Patterson Park
The Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work (LNYW) Program, in partnership with the Southeast Community Development Corporation (SECDC), invites you to tour Highlandtown and Patterson Park. Visit featured homes, meet neighborhood residents, and get a personal look into the daily life of these vibrant communities. You’ll learn how to qualify for low-interest Healthy Neighborhoods loans, as well as other great home buying incentives, including Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work grants. Attend this or any 2012 walking tour event and you will receive an additional $1,000 towards the down payment/closing costs of a home in the A, B or C target areas. (Buyer must settle on or before June 30, 2013.)
The Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work Program, in partnership with the Southeast Community Development Corporation, invites you to tour homes for sale in the Bayview and Greektown neighborhoods. We will begin in Bayview, a lovely family-friendly neighborhood nestled near Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center's sprawling green campus. Then, we’ll escort you to Greektown to visit homes among the celebration of the annual Greek Folk Festival. The tour will end with Greek food and a reception at the festival! During the tour, you’ll learn how to qualify for low-interest Healthy Neighborhoods loans as well as other great home buying incentives, including Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work grants. Attend this or any 2012 walking tour event and you will receive an additional $1,000 towards the down payment/closing costs of a home in the A, B or C target areas. (Buyer must settle on or before June 30, 2013.)
The Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work (LNYW) Program, in partnership with Come Home Baltimore, invites you to tour New Oliver. Visit our brand new model home with all the bells and whistles, meet neighborhood residents, and see how you can completely customize one of our amazing 2 or 3-story homes for less than $1,100/month. You’ll learn how to tap into our multiple sources of grant money for Hopkins employees. So, after work, pop on over to our neighborhood for some really good food, great fun (excellent give-aways every half-hour), and fantastic homes. Preview us at www.ComeHomeBaltimore.com and www.facebook.com/ComeHomeBaltimore. Attend this or any 2012 walking tour event and you will receive an additional $1,000 towards the down payment/closing costs of a home in the A, B or C target areas. (Buyer must settle on or before June 30, 2013.)
Mount Vernon encompasses the best of what city living has to offer. This fashionable and lively neighborhood serves as Baltimore's cultural center, as well as the home to world renowned mid-19th century architecture that provides a gracious urban living experience.
While Mount Vernon possesses some of Baltimore's most recognizable landmarks, it is also a charming and diverse neighborhood. Leisurely walk the streets of our neighborhood, stroll in the parks, discover the art collections of the Walter's Art Museum, dine at some of Baltimore's swankiest restaurants, and enjoy an evening at the Symphony, Opera or the Theater. The Mount Vernon community is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the neighborhood's historic charm for all who live in, work in, or visit this special community. For more information, visit www.mvba.org/.
Participants in the Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work walking tour will visit some of these spectacular historically renovated homes, visit homes and condos for sale, and walk past many historic buildings that call Mt. Vernon home. Area venues will be open as well. You will be welcomed by current residents and community leaders along the way.
During the tour, you’ll learn how to qualify for low-interest Healthy Neighborhoods loans as well as other great home buying incentives, including Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work grants. Attend this or any 2012 walking tour event and you will receive an additional $1,000 towards the down payment/closing costs of a home in the A, B or C target areas. (Buyer must settle on or before June 30, 2013.)
McElderry, Monument, and Preston Place
PRESTON PLACE
The LNYW program, in partnership with TRF Development Partners-Oliver, LLC and B.U.I.L.D, invites you to take a walking tour of the neighborhoods that make up the Oliver Community. Preston Place is adjacent to Johns Hopkins Medical Center, one of the finest medical institutions in the world. It is centrally located within Baltimore City and has excellent access to regional transportation, jobs, shopping, schools and recreational amenities. Participants in the walking tour will tour a number of recently renovated homes. You will walk past historic buildings and churches, future development sites, and great schools. You'll be welcomed by current residents and community leaders along the way.
MONUMENT/MCELDERRY/FAYETTE
The LNYW program, in partnership with the Monument/McElderry/Fayette Revitalization Plan Board of Governors, invites you to take a walking tour of the C.A.R.E. and McElderry Park communities. These communities, just east of Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Bloomberg School of Public Health, are seen as an emerging market in Baltimore City. C.A.R.E. and McElderry Park are family oriented communities with tremendous assets like affordable 2 and 3 story row homes; five community gardens with additional green spaces; options for schools, daycare and afterschool programming; and active community associations. The area provides close proximity to Patterson Park, Highlandtown Farmer’s Market, libraries, Butchers Hill, Canton, and Fells Point, in addition to easy access to Routes 40, 95, 695 and 83. Participants will have the opportunity to tour a diverse pool of homes, learn more about both communities and hear about the list of housing incentives available to pair with the LNYW program. You will be guided by community leaders who are a mix of both old and new residents as you learn about the ongoing revitalization that is taking place in C.A.R.E. and McElderry Park.
During the tours, you’ll learn how to qualify for low-interest Healthy Neighborhoods loans as well as other great home buying incentives, including Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work grants. Attend this or any 2012 walking tour event and you will receive an additional $1,000 towards the down payment/closing costs of a home in the A, B or C target areas. (Buyer must settle on or before June 30, 2013.)
Barclay, Greenmount West, and Station North
Come take a walk through Charles North, Greenmount West, Barclay and Old Goucher, and the Station North Arts & Entertainment District! Central Baltimore contains the most high-density, mixed use, transit, bike-friendly, and pedestrian-oriented real estate projects that are underway and planned throughout the metropolitan area. It is increasingly becoming a destination of choice for a home and a location for entertainment, dining, artist venues, and progressive urban experiences. The LNYW walking tour will showcase a number of recently renovated and newly constructed homes, such as artist live/work spaces, beautiful historic renovations, modern rehabs. Area art galleries, venues, and restaurants will be open and busy too. The walking tour will take you past historic buildings and churches, current development sites (Baltimore Design School and Greenmount West Community Center to name a few) and great schools (Baltimore Public Montessori and Dallas Nicholas), and you'll be welcomed by current residents and community leaders along the way. Local restaurant fare will be provided too! Visit www.centralbaltimore.org/ for more information.
During the tours, you’ll learn how to qualify for low-interest Healthy Neighborhoods loans as well as other great home buying incentives, including Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work grants. Attend this or any 2012 walking tour event and you will receive an additional $1,000 towards the down payment/closing costs of a home in the A, B or C target areas. (Buyer must settle on or before June 30, 2013.)
Charles Village, Harwood, and Remington
North Baltimore contains some of the city’s finest neighborhoods near the Homewood campus. Enjoy a tour of three desirable communities on one beautiful October morning. Our tour will begin with a visit to Harwood, an up-and-coming neighborhood quickly becoming popular with JHU faculty and staff who have taken advantage of Live Near Your Work incentives. Harwood is home to The Barclay School, one of the city’s best public schools. We’ll check out the famous “Painted Ladies,” the brightly colored homes of Charles Village, on our way to the quirky, popular hamlet of Remington, with its diverse and affordable housing stock and location near Margaret Brent School. All three neighborhoods are located just a few blocks away from the Hopkins Shuttle, and are close to shopping, dining, recreation and cultural opportunities. At the tour’s conclusion, lunch will be catered by local restaurants.
During the tours, you’ll learn how to qualify for low-interest Healthy Neighborhoods loans as well as other great home buying incentives, including Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work grants. Attend this or any 2012 walking tour event and you will receive an additional $1,000 towards the down payment/closing costs of a home in the A, B or C target areas. (Buyer must settle on or before June 30, 2013.)