How a Black-led collective wants to change development in East Baltimore for as little as $10 a month – Baltimore Sun
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 6, 2023
When Tyra Thompson would pass the old Methodist church on East Monument Street, she rarely gave it any thought. Why would she?
Sure, Thompson, a 38-year-old single mother, has lived in the nearby Latrobe Homes for the past seven years, but this wasn’t really her neighborhood. She’s from West Baltimore, not East Baltimore. She’s not a property owner, let alone a developer. Even if she’d wanted to do something about the dilapidated church in Oldtown . . .
