The Southwest Partnership brings together seven contiguous neighborhoods: Barre Circle, Pigtown, Mount Clare, Hollins Roundhouse, Union Square, Franklin Square, and Poppleton. Leaders from those seven neighborhoods representing more than 20,000 people worked closely with the University of Maryland BioPark, the University of Maryland Medical System, Bon Secours and other local institutions and businesses to develop and implement a strategic plan for community improvements designed to position their neighborhoods as a vibrant part of Baltimore’s future. In 2015, the Partnership hired its first Executive Director. This grant funded general operating costs.