The York Road Partnership is an active force in the improvement of our neighborhoods and commercial corridor.  Here are a few projects we have worked on. 

In an effort to increase housing resources along the corridor, York Road Partnership and Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc. partnered together to host "Roots and Roofs: A York Road Collective Housing Fair" in Fall of 2024. The fair got information to neighbors about home improvement and repairs, homebuying and downpayment incentives, financial and estate planning, and community building. The event, included resource tables, meet-and greets with local community school coordinators, live demonstrations on home repair presented by the Station North Tool Library, and an interactive tool crafting table for youth. 

Resource tables included reps from Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), Maryland Volunteer Lawyer Services (MVLS), Live Baltimore, Rebuilding Together Baltimore, Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc., League of Women Voters, York Road Partnership, Habitat for Humanity, and Civic Works, Govans Elementary and Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School. 

B’more Birds Mural Initiative

As part of Baltimore’s 1% for Public Art Program, the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts hired community artist Iandry Randriamandroso to design and paint 5 original murals of native Baltimore birds. Those murals can now be found along York Road between 43rd Street and Belvedere Square. Thank you to Loyola University's York Road Initiative for their work to make this happen. 

Community stakeholders including the York Road Partnership chose the local birds as the subjects of the murals due to their universality, inclusiveness, and connection to the local environment.

Some words from the artist: “In ever changing urban landscapes, they [the birds] represent adaptation, resilience, and the continuation of life. When changes occur in a neighborhood, it will change the dynamic make- up of the population- new inhabitants come; some leave; some stay and adapt with the new changes. Eventually, they represent us and our neighbors”.

On October 17, 2014 the murals were officially introduced to the community with an afternoon of mural tours, bird-related crafts, art for sale, great weather, and an opportunity to meet the artist.

To spot the birds, just follow their bright plumage along the corridor: Oriole at 4333 York Road on Riley’s Beauty; Cedar Waxwing at 4811 York Road on Gomez Tires; Woodpecker at 5017 York Road; Blue Jay at 5219 York Road on Academy Cleaners; Warbler at 5225 York Road on Northern Community Action Center.

Located in the Mid-Govans Neighborhood

• In 2011, the Dewees Recreation Center was facing the possibility of closing due to lack of funding for renovations and ongoing programming. The Mid-Govans neighborhood and the York Road Partnership, Loyola banded together to fight to keep the rec center open.

In May 2003, a public forum was held on York Road and attended by over 100 residents from up and down the corridor to brainstorm priority topics to be addressed. The outcome of this and future meetings was the York Road Partnership Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan (SNAP) was adopted by the City of Baltimore in February 2006.

The York Road SNAP addresses the same boundaries as the York Road Partnership: From the City Line, south on North Charles Street to 39th Street, from 39th Street to Argonne Drive, along Argonne Drive to The Alameda, north on The Alameda to Northwood Drive and along Northwood Drive to the northern City Line. Twenty neighborhoods are included in YRP’s catchment area, 15 of which border York Road.