Mission
WPNPC is a community-based organization comprised of residents, businesses and agencies.  We focus on economic revitalization, public safety and community development and coordination to strengthen the Baltimore City Neighborhoods emanating from the Washington Boulevard corridor.

Overview
The Washington Village/Pigtown Neighborhood Planning Council (WPNPC) serves an area that is home to approximately 7,400 residents and is one of the most racially integrated communities in Baltimore city, (46.9% African –American, 46.9% Caucasian, 4.1% Asian and 2.1% other). Furthermore, this locale supports an active and blooming industrial district which includes, Montgomery Business Park, Camden Carroll Industrial Park and Raleigh Industrial Center.

In 1995, the Washington Village/Pigtown area was chosen as one of the Empowerment Zone Village centers, to address unemployment, poverty and crime and develop a location that could accommodate job creation. WPNPC has made significant improvements to the neighborhoods surrounding the Washington Boulevard corridor through this initiative.

Today, WPNPC continues to sustain its efforts, as well as respond to new challenges that arise as the community changes. Through its core programming areas: Public Safety, Literacy, and Workforce Development, we are helping to build neighborhoods of choice to live, work and play.

WPNPC carries out its work through organizational partnerships, community engagements, innovative and collaborative problem-solving strategies, outreach and communications. WPNPC pays careful attention to monitoring the overall effectiveness and quality of its programs.

Neighborhood History
Washington Village/Pigtown is rich in both history and diversity and can take pride in its special Baltimore character. The neighborhood is unique because it represents a virtual microcosm of the commercial and industrial development that fueled the economic growth of the City of Baltimore. In the 18th and 19th centuries, shipyards, grist mills, brickyards, iron works, the B&O Railroad Terminal, racing stables, taverns, inns and other industries all called Pigtown home.

In the 1980’s, Pigtown was designated an urban renewal area by the City of Baltimore and renamed Washington Village. Yet the moniker Pigtown has stuck, and remains affectionately known as such to area Baltimore residents, alike. During this time, Pigtown was home to the nation’s largest homesteading act, which brought a new influx of middle-class families into the neighborhood. This progressive initiative was called the Barre Circle “dollar houses,” which received national recognition for its success at attracting new urban homesteaders. This eclectic enclave now is home to professors, university students, young professionals and artists seeking the convenience of living downtown. The community is designated on the Federal Register of Historic Places. Community revitalization continues within the neighborhood, spearheaded by the efforts of the Washington Village/Pigtown Neighborhood Planning Council, and community residents.