The Mount Royal CDC was created in 2013 to serve as a connector between residents in five diverse neighborhoods to work together on community and economic development and marketing. The communities of Bolton Hill, Druid Heights, Madison Park, Penn North and Reservoir Hill combined have approximately 400 properties with Baltimore City Vacancy Violation notices. The CDC is working, with assistance from Strong City Baltimore, to develop an organized and comprehensive approach to work more effectively with the City’s code enforcement officials and to engage investors, developers and community leaders to bring these vacant properties back into productive use. This grant funded part-time staffing costs to develop the code enforcement program.