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Baltimore Students Learn Trades by Rebuilding Homes
Students across Baltimore are gaining hands-on experience by renovating vacant homes through Requity.
Students Transform Vacant House into High-Performing Home
Baltimore students are turning a vacant property into a high-performing home while building real trade skills through Requity.
State Leaders Visit Requity and Carver House
Maryland’s Secretary of Housing, Jake Day, recently visited Requity to see the work in action at the Carver House. During the visit, students led tours, shared their experiences, and demonstrated how they are gaining hands-on skills while contributing to real neighborhood revitalization.
The small program building America’s next generation of trade workers
…. But the buyer, a small nonprofit called Requity, is anything but typical. Requity's blend of sweat equity, youth development and community revitalization is uniquely suited to the edgy energy of Baltimore. On this day, like most, students from various vocational schools were working as a crew: hanging drywall, inspecting an eco-friendly doorframe in the back wall and otherwise rehabbing the home.
"Why wait when you can DIY" Carver students rehab West Baltimore vacant homes
"Why wait when you can DIY" Carver students rehab West Baltimore vacant homes
For some students at Carver Vocational Technical High School, a construction site is their classroom.
The White House Delivers a New Definition for Zero-Energy Buildings
To date the term has meant many things to different people, but the Biden administration releases what it hopes can become an industry baseline.
MCCEI 2024 “Built Environment Hero” Named
This Built Environment Hero award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the future workforce of the Maryland Construction Industry. This winner challenges the status quo, encourages diversity, and serves as beacons of positive change.
See Photos of a Workforce Hub Announcement at Carver Vocational-Technical High School
Acting U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Julie Su reacts after being given an oversized pencil by students at Carver Vocational-Technical High School during a tour.
Biden administration announces thousands of jobs for Baltimore residents
Biden's senior advisor Mitch Landrieu, joined Moore and Baltimore City Schools officials at Carver Vocational-Technical High School to make the announcement.
Governor Moore Announces Maryland’s Entry into Biden Administration’s National Building Performance Standards Coalition
Governor Wes Moore announced that Maryland will join the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Building Performance Standards Coalition. The announcement occurred during a visit to Requity Foundation’s Carver House project in West Baltimore.
Local nonprofits share their thoughts on Baltimore City Land Bank Legislation
Following the announcement of new legislation called the Baltimore City Land Bank, local redevelopers in the area are more optimistic than before about being able to take on more projects and help decrease the amount of vacant properties.
Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand Award $2.3M in New Black Community Commitment Grants
In celebration of Michael Jordan’s 60th birthday, Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand announce $2.3M in Community Grant awards to 48 grassroots organizations across the United States to help create more equitable futures for Black people
It’s all good news: 22 Maryland stories that lifted our spirits, gave us hope and made us smile in 2022
They used to call newspapers “the daily miracle” and The Baltimore Sun’s reporters, photographers and editors can attest that this is still true far too often. But amid the busy scramble of breaking news, we often pause to look up and take in the wonder around us, eagerly noting the people who are making our little corner of the world better, bit by bit.
‘Decided to fix it ourselves’: How Carver students, alumni, faculty plan to rehab a vacant Baltimore rowhouse
The house sat vacant on Presstman Street across from Carver Vocational-Technical High School for as long as Sterling Hardy could remember. The 2012 graduate often wondered how a rowhouse in the center of a block dotted with vacant properties had come to rot away.
How a baseball team’s evolution inspired a nonprofit that’s rebuilding a community
Trade school students to renovate a vacant house, gain hands-on experience
Vocational students in Baltimore City will benefit from a large donation to the Requity foundation. With the funds from ADT, students will renovate a vacant row house across the street from their school.
ADT donates over $130,000 to Carver House to create CTE construction lab
ADT gave $132,000 to the Carver House for construction materials, including solar panels and smart home and security equipment.