NEWS
By JILL ROSEN and JILL ROSEN,SUN REPORTER | July 26, 2006
A long-simmering feud over what to call the Southwest Baltimore neighborhood that sometimes goes by Pigtown, sometimes by Washington Village and other times by a hyphenated hookup of the two, erupted recently in the unlikeliest of spots. This brawl over authenticity, pride and, of course, pigs overwhelmed an otherwise subdued hearing on - of all things - Pigtown's application to the National Register of Historic Places. Name game Do you have a better name for Pigtown? Submit your suggestion at baltimoresun.
HEALTH
By Kelly Brewington and Baltimore Sun reporter | March 17, 2010
A new city health department program announced today aims to tackle the longtime problem of Baltimore neighborhoods that lack supermarkets in a novel way -- by bringing fresh produce and healthy supermarket fare to residents through a free delivery system that operates with the click of a mouse from the library. The Virtual Supermarket Project offers library laptops where residents can order groceries online from Santoni's Super Market in Highlandtown and pick them up at the Orleans Street library the next day. The program offers a second location at the Washington Village library in West Baltimore, another neighborhood the health department calls a "food desert" for its scarcity of grocery stores and healthy food options.
BUSINESS
By Lorraine Mirabella and Jamie Smith Hopkins and Lorraine Mirabella and Jamie Smith Hopkins,SUN STAFF | June 2, 2005
In a rare occurrence highlighting Baltimore's arcane residential ground rents, a house in up-and-coming Washington Village was auctioned yesterday for $98,000 after the homeowners failed to pay ground rent of a few hundred dollars. The owners of the ground rent, Irvin and Sharon Caplan, sold the Glyndon Avenue rowhouse after winning control of the property through a lengthy court process and will pocket the net proceeds of the sale. The previous homeowners, who had no mortgage on the home, get nothing.
NEWS
October 21, 1999
Two hundred city welfare recipients and noncustodial parents will participate in job training, placement and retention programs under a federal grant of about $1.2 million awarded recently to the Enterprise Foundation's "Ready, Work, Grow" program.Participants must live in Cherry Hill, Druid Heights, Sandtown-Winchester, Washington Village/Pigtown or East Baltimore-Midway; be registered with the Department of Social Services; or be the father of a child whose mother receives welfare.For participation in the program, Enterprise Baltimore has targeted three community development corporations -- Tri-Churches Housing Inc., Cherry Hill New Creations and Druid Heights CDC -- and six employment service providers -- EDEN Jobs, Genesis Jobs, Washington Village/Pigtown Family Support and Career Center, Damascus Career Center, Payne Memorial Outreach Inc. and Sylvan Learning Systems.
NEWS
By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | May 8, 2010
By day, Washington Boulevard, the main street of Pigtown, has a steady stream of foot traffic, but few places for people to go. The street just off Martin Luther King Boulevard is lined with vacant store fronts, boarded or locked by iron gates. But signs of life remain, such as a coffeehouse, a dance studio, an art gallery and a graphic design office. "It's frustrating not to be able to walk out your front door" and walk to shops and restaurants. "We all live here for the convenience," said Ryan Bruchey, a nine-year Pigtown resident and member of the Barre Circle Home Owners Association.
NEWS
By Jonathan Bor and Jonathan Bor,SUN STAFF | February 22, 1996
As a downtown football stadium moves closer to reality, residents of nearby streets are demanding remedies to the trash, noise, traffic and parking problems they said will plague their southwest neighborhoods when the game returns to Baltimore.About 70 residents of Pigtown, Washington Village, Ridgely's Delight and other communities gathered in a church basement last night to voice concerns about the negative impact of football crowds -- and to demand some of the stadium jobs and beautification projects.