Press

2023

“CFHoCo Announces 2023 Community Grant Awards. A total of $200,000 will be distributed across 49 organizations.” Community Foundation of Howard County

“Shannon Saunders Receives Direct Support Professionals Recognition Award” Maryland Department of Disabilities and Maryland Department of Health Developmental Disabilities Administration

2022

“Cindy Plavier-Truitt, Member on Goucher College Board of Trustees” Baltimore Business Journal

“Diana Ellis, 2022 Leading Women Honoree” The Daily Record

“Mayor Scott Awards Additional $3.4 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funding to 120 Baltimore Nonprofit Organizations” Baltimore City Government

“Women’s Giving Circle of Harford County Awards Over $54,000 in 2022” The Daily Record

“Van Hollen, Cardin Secure Nearly $50 Million in Direct Investments for Baltimore Region Community Projects in FY2022 Funding Bill” U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen Press

“Howard County Officials, Volunteers Conduct Annual Census of Homeless Population” The Baltimore Sun

2021

“Blair Johnson | Humanim” The Daily Record

“People on the Move: Jennifer Herwig” Baltimore Business Journal 

“People on the Move: Diane Devaney” Baltimore Business Journal 

“Women’s Giving Circle Awards More Than $43,000 In Grants” Patch

“FEATURED MOVER | Cindy Plavier-Truitt, Humanim” The Daily Record

“Power Moves: This week’s top hires and promotions at Humanim, JMI Equity and Catalyte” Technical.ly Baltimore

“Humanim names Plavier-Truitt new president, CEO” The Daily Record

2020

“Henry Posko Jr.” The Daily Record

 “Rian C. Hargrave, Gregory J. Thor and Alexander J. Antoniou | Humanim” The Daily Record

“County Executive Ball Announces $1.5 Million in Rise to the Challenge Nonprofit Grants” Scott E’s Blog

“County Executive Ball Announces $1.5 Million in Rise to the Challenge Nonprofit Grants” Howard County Government

“County Executive Ball, Federal, State, and County Officials Celebrate Groundbreaking for the Innovative Greenfield’s Community Living Project in Jessup” Howard County Government

“Howard County breaks ground on Greenfield Community Living Project” The Daily Record

“Providing meals for those who might otherwise go without during the pandemic is current mission of City Seeds | Reader Commentary” The Baltimore Sun

“City Seeds helps people who are struggling during pandemic” WBAL-TV

“Supporting People with Disabilities”  Howard Magazine

“Howard County and German Cyber Security Council look to establish business exchange program” Technical.ly

“Gelato, jazz and soul food are coming to the Food Hub in Oliver” Baltimore Business Journal 

“José Andrés brings Butterfly dining concept to Homewood” Hub Johns Hopkins

2019

“The Baltimore Wood Project: Reclaiming Wood, Lives, and Communities” Northern Research Station

“Old pumping station being transformed as East Baltimore’s Food Hub advances” The Baltimore Sun

“Lumber Salvaged from Baltimore’s Row Houses and City Trees Creates Jobs and Cuts Wood Waste” World Resources Institute

“Workforce Development At Humanim” Comcast Newsmakers

“Demolished, abandoned buildings repurposed through program helping struggling communities” Scripps Media, Inc.

“Oh SNAP!: Food stamp, medical assistance info available at library” The Avenue News

“BGE awards more than $300K in grants to 63 organizations to support environmental stewardship projects” Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

“RECLAIMED | The Urban Wood Project” Forest Proud

“Deconstruction vs. Demolition: Rebuilding Communities”  Modern Contractor Solutions

“Eat your hearts out, Blue Jays” Hub Johns Hopkins

“High-ranking Maryland officials swap ideas for addressing childhood trauma in Baltimore” The Baltimore Sun

“Food industry business program comes to Frederick” The Frederick News-Post

“New cooking class schools foodies on business side of culinary field” Local DVM

“How Baltimore Is Deconstructing Itself – With Local Nonprofit Help” Associations Now

“Brick by Brick, Baltimore’s Blighted Houses Get a New Life” The Wall Street Journal

“Baltimore mayor takes an excavator to kick off the demolition of block of vacant homes in Druid Heights” The Baltimore Sun

“Mayor Pugh launches next phase of affordable homeownership program with demolition of vacant rowhomes” Baltimore Business Journal

“Students given lessons in rebuilding neighborhoods … one brick at a time” Harbert

“Howard Bank pledges $500K to Junior Achievement, Humanim” The Daily Record

2018

Mutual of America Announces 10 Recipients of 2018 Community Partnership AwardMutual of America

“Fixer Upper” Governing.com

“Chef Aharon Denrich and City Seeds Cook Up Something Good for Baltimore’s Future” JMORE

“Baltimore Program Aims to Help Communities By Salvaging Wood From Vacant Homes” NBC Nightly News

“The Baltimore Wood Project: Finding New Lives for Urban Wood and Rowhome Properties” Northern Research Station (USDA)

“Major deconstruction effort afoot in Baltimore, other cities follow” Woodworking Network

“Plano-Coudon adds new foreman to Small Projects Division” Plano-Coudon Construction

“Instead of Razing Buildings, Some Cities Want to Reuse Their Bones” Pew Trusts

“Deconstruction a potential new source of jobs for struggling cities” The Architects Newspaper

“Chefs Go Beyond the Restaurant For These Outdoor Dinners” Baltimore Magazine

“Cultivating Confidence with City Seeds” WYPR

“City Seeds Sprouts an Opportunity in East Baltimore” The Baltimore Sun

“A War on Crime Fought with Wood”  USA Today

“Salvaging Baltimore with the U.S. Forest Service” Room & Board

“Building Community Partnerships to Strengthen Local Hiring” Towson University Press

“Launching a career in cooking at City Seeds” (audio) Roughly Speaking Podcast | Dan Rodericks at The Baltimore Sun

“City Seeds Creating Opportunities” (video) The Baltimore Sun

“Foresters, furniture makers, city leaders create 3rd life for Baltimore’s urban wood” Tree Source

“Shocking Developments in East Baltimore” The Baltimore Sun

“At groundbreaking for the historic Hoen Lithograph Building, visions of a new East Baltimore” Baltimore Fish Bowl

“Building Delicious Communities in Baltimore” Travel Brilliantly

“A New Canvas for Baltimore: Humanim Takes Innovative Approach to Rebuilding Baltimore City” Maryland.gov

“Rousuck’s Review: “Aubergine at Everyman Theatre” WYPR

“Howard County’s shortage of affordable housing for mentally ill undermines stability” The Baltimore Sun

“Working to Employ the Community” UMB News

“Making good food happen for Baltimore City” (video)  Fox Baltimore

“Rodricks: In West Baltimore, they call it the McKean Miracle” The Baltimore Sun

2017

“BLocal shows off the city’s potential” The Baltimore Sun

“First building opens on East Baltimore’s Food Hub campus” The Baltimore Sun

Movers and Shakers: Henry Posko Receives Leadership Maryland Award MD Daily Record

“What’s driving Baltimore’s Food Awakening” Mic

“Want to start a food business? This new school can help” WTOP

“Impact Investents Made in Baltimore, For Baltimore” Calvert Foundation

“Deconstruction hailed as answer for ailing cities” USA Today

Humanim CEO Henry Posko on Why Baltimore WYPR

“Grain Chutes to Meeting Space: Baltimore’s American Brewery Building Restored” SavingPlaces.org

“Rethinking Urban Wood: The Baltimore Wood Project” (documentary) U.S. Forest Service

“Rebuilding Lives by Tearing Down Old Houses” Chronicle of Philanthropy

“How I recover and recycle Baltimore’s history” Baltimore Business Journal

Brick + Board featured in Fast Company’s U.S. of Innovation Series Fast Company

“Seeds of Change” REDF

“Best-Run Baltimore: Growing Business, Building Hope” Smart CEO

Humanim featured in Johns Hopkins “HopkinsLocal” Initiative Progress Report

“Humanim Community Job Fair Segment” Fox Baltimore

“Baltimore constuction materials get new lease on life at Brick + Board” Baltimore Sun

“Upcycling Baltimore’s Vacant Buildings Tackles Empty Houses and Unemployment” Fast Co. Exist

“On Time: Humanim Community Job Fair” WJZ-CBS Baltimore

“Life, death and demolition” Washington Post 

“Henry Posko, president and CEO of Humanim, has been named chair of the board of trustees of the Horizon Foundation” Maryland Daily Record

“Giving Building Materials and Ex-Inmates a Second Chance in Baltimore” Next City

 

2016

“Food entrepreneurs build business savvy with Humanim’s School of Food” Baltimore Sun

“New Council’s first day: Boosting demolition, blasting Trump” The Baltimore Brew

“Young calls for partners to address city problems” WYPR

“Young’s plan for new Baltimore City Council: Partner with nonprofits to target vacants, crime” Baltimore Sun

“Chef Cyrus Keefer makes another move, joins nonprofit City Seeds” Baltimore Sun

“Deconstructing Houses, Rebuilding Lives” WYPR

“Long awaited Baltimore food hub breaks ground” Baltimore Magazine

“Saving the best of Baltimore’s abandoned rowhouses” Baltimore Sun / Dan Rodricks

“Reborn (with help) in Baltimore” Baltimore Sun

“Construction begins at Baltimore Food Hub” Technical.ly

“Food incubators take root in Baltimore” Baltimore Sun

“Baltimore rowhouse wood gets new life as furniture” Baltimore Sun

“Good Business: Savvy social entrepreneurs work inside and outside the system to shape Baltimore for the better” Baltimore Style Magazine

“Vendor Fair connects Maryland food businesses to buyers” Maryland Daily Record

“Take apart homes while building lives” Baltimore Business Journal

“Deconstructing Poverty” Impact Design Hub

“With ‘deconstruction,’ Baltimore hopes to improve views from trains” Maryland Daily Record

“Former felons find jobs and hope tearing down Baltimore’s abandoned houses” Al Jazeera

 

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