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Project Summary Continued:
The Baltimore Station is a homeless shelter and recovery/rehabilitation center for former drug addicts. The two goals of the Baltimore Station project are the construction of a sustainable rooftop greenhouse and a garden in a vacant lot near the homeless shelter. The greenhouse will serve as both an urban agricultural center to grow an assortment of fruits and vegetables and as an educational center for the immediate community: the center itself, the neighborhood and the local school. Maintenance of the garden and greenhouse will primarily be the responsibility of the men of the Baltimore Station.
A micro-grant of $1,000 will be used for the initial funding of this project. The final estimated cost of this rooftop garden will be approximately $15,000.00. Additional funds will be needed to establish the garden in the vacant lot near the Baltimore Station homeless shelter.
Fundraising activities will include proposal writing to foundations and collaboration on fundraising events with the local neighborhood and school.
Due to the extent of the construction and material costs for the building of the green house and the establishment of the community garden, matching grant opportunities will also be sought.
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