historic place in Station North

                           The Jubilee Baltimore Inc Story:

Jubilee is a nonprofit organization that is located on Calvert Street, and is dedicated to create houses for those with low income. Neal Harris was the founder of the Jubilee Baltimore Inc. He used to be in the plastics industry where he was the president of the company. After a couple years of doing this, he started working with a church to help with those who had been evicted from their homes, and needed somewhere to stay. With many fundraising strategies, he was able to fund his own company that would help those who needed low income housing. When he first began his main focus was on the homes in Southeast Baltimore. He was especially interested in the homes that were in gentrifying neighborhoods. During his time spent as the president of the foundation, he also established Jubilee Jobs. He knew that in order to stay in these homes, individuals would have to be able to support themselves.

            The company was then lead by Charlie Duff. We have to keep in mind that Neal was in 60’s when he founded the company, so he wasn’t active in the company for long. Neal unfortunately passed away years later, but the legacy he created continue to grow. Under the leadership of Charlie, more than 100 houses and apartments were developed. This company was Baltimore’s leading developer of mixed income housing. This was especially important to those artist in the community. The success of this company was shown through the 2,000 individuals that benefited from the many developed houses. This success also led to the connection with the Midtown Development Corporation. This corporation wanted the help of Jubilee to attract good neighbors and rebuild historic row homes. Not only was this company helping out those in need, but it was giving light to the many neighborhoods that needed to be seen.

            Now the company helps those in Central, Midtown, and Southeast Baltimore. They work on revitalizing neighborhoods, Assisting in Developments, and community planning.  The company is able to act as a developer as well as a development consultant. What once was a vacant property is now the city arts building. This new construction helped house almost 70 units for working artist. Jubilee has also partnered with another non profit company TRF ( The Reinvestment fund).  This company is known for having the best affordable home specialist. Of course that is one of a hundred projects that the Jubilee has created. Currently the Jubilee is working on The Centre. This will be the largest development created by the Jubilee. This is a 18 million dollar project that will be a center for the arts and innovation in Station North. The Jubilee is also well connected with those in the community. They give tours around the city as well as throw events. Individuals can contact them, read their newsletter, and follow them on facebook. They really value the help and opinion of those in the community.