PATH TWO | Black Women Build

COMMUNITY FOCUSED

DESIGNED FOR THOSE WITH AN EXISTING CAREER

TIME COMMITMENT : 60-80 HOURS

homebuyer checklist

PATH TWO – partner classes

Creating community doesn’t happen overnight. We want to provide the tools and resources to build strong community. All homebuyers attend The Block Captain’s Boot Camp offered by No Boundaries Coalition. This evening leadership program is designed to give residents the knowledge and skills to organize in their community around the issues that are important to them.

Whether you are a savings account pro or new to the process, we want to provide you with the tools to succeed. We provide financial education and counseling.

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In the classes offered by Station North Tool Library and the Baltimore Tool Bank, you will learn both tool literacy and practical skills to help you maintain your home. Our goal is to help you understand what’s happening behind the walls and learn common maintenance tasks for a healthy home.

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PARTICIPANTS IN ACTION BEFORE FINISHED PRODUCT

The Demo work

Participant removing demolition debris

What's in the walls!

Participants learn what’s inside of the walls - types of wires for electrical and where they are placed

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Future warm winter feet..

Adding one of our signature features - heated floors in the bathroom!

Waterproofing Tub surround

Before the Tile goes on the wall we paint on RedGard to waterproof the wall surfaces

Tile cutting

Clean subway tile installed

Brick walls!

Participant Exposing interior brick with a rotary hammer

Technique & saftey

Shelley observes a participants as she is using the jigsaw to cut a piece of the deck.

Exterior work

Participant using a pneumatic pin nailer to secure house wrap

Incoming rock

Our Director greeting the sheetrock delivery

Unloading truck

Shelley in action

Incoming insulation

All hands on deck - bringing in the insulation

Insulation installation

Trim delivery

Participant unloading materials from the truck

Working together

Participants bring in trim for the floors

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Floors

Participants install flooring

Stair work

Hilti rotary hammer in action

Breaking up concrete for future garden

Window installation

Shelley smoothing out the bricks with a grinder to prepare to put in windows

Deck

Participants working together to build a deck!

Nutrition counts too...

Community

ur Director, Program Manager and Participants ready to work!

Preparation on build site

Welcome home? A common vacant house that we purchase. We’ve got some work to do. View from front to back

Demo clean out

All cleaned out and ready to start. Check out that tree growing in the back corner! View from front to back

Stabilization

Our team of subcontractors stabilize the home. Buckets of dirt from the basement

Materials incoming

Lumber going in. View of the front

Stone work

Subcontractors get started on removing formstone - view of front

Open view

First floor

Floor joists

First floor continued to be created and stabilized

Fresh lumber view

2nd floor being created. View from back to front

Very exciting..

New roof and skylights are going in!

Framing Framing Framing

Another view

View of the back of houses.

First floor

Kitchen

Finished kitchen with new stainless steel appliances

Building community, knowledge, and wealth together.

Organization

BECOME A HOMEOWNER

This project is supported in part by:

Black Women Build-Baltimore is an equal employer. You do not need to identify as Black or a woman to apply but as a mission-based organization, we center Black women.