Presenting Sponsor
Restore Baltimore is a partnership between the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), a nationally ranked premier trade school and Maryland’s largest workforce training provider, and the B&O Railroad Museum, the birthplace of American railroading, to deliver a targeted, applied, and intensive workforce development program for the under-employed. This innovative program marries excellent skilled trades instruction with critical wrap-around services while providing students an opportunity to apply their work on the Museum’s 40-acre campus. Students will be paid a living-wage of $15 an hour to work and learn full-time for six months and have the opportunity to gain experience in restoration/construction trades, facilities management, or rail operations. Employers have committed to interview the students upon completion of the program. The initial pilot program is for three years, with two cohorts of 5-6 students each per year. This program is an investment in West Baltimore.
See video below for program overview with our first cohort.
Now Recruiting for Restore Baltimore Workforce Development Program!
Please see the dates below for the upcoming information sessions and workshops. After the workshops, you will be able to sign up for a one-on-one interview. Selected candidates will be notified in mid-April with an anticipated start date on 5/5/2025.
Information Session Dates/Times (Must attend 1 session):
- Monday, March 24, 2025 @ 1-4 pm
- Wednesday, March 26, 2025 @ 11 am-2 pm
- Tuesday, April 1, 2025 @ 10 am-1 pm
- Thursday April 3, 2025 @ 4-7 pm
Workshops (Must attend both sessions):
- Monday April 7, 2025 @ 8-11 am
- Tuesday, April 8, 2025 @ 8-11 am
All sessions will be held in the Education Station at the B&O Railroad Museum, 901 West Pratt Street, Baltimore.
Please email Monica Njoku mnjoku@ccbcmd.edu to register and let her know which information session you are planning to attend.
The B&O Railroad Museum gratefully acknowledges the following funders for their support of the Restore Baltimore program:
France-Merrick Foundation
Knott Foundation
Oluv C. Joyner Foundation
Southwest Partnership for Workforce Development Fund
Stanley Black & Decker
West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation
Whiting-Turner Contracting Corporation
Get Involved
Do you feel that Restore Baltimore is a great fit for someone you know?
Learn how to apply by contacting Monica Njoku at mnjoku@ccbcmd.edu.
Are you an employer who may be interested in interviewing the students upon successful completion of their six-month applied program?
We would love to have your company participate, please contact Executive Director Kris Hoellen at KHoellen@BORail.org.
Your support helps us continue to develop workforce skills for those in need.
To donate, please contact Chief Development Officer JoAnne Woolley at JWoolley@BORail.org.
