The Gilmor Homes public housing complex is known for its share of problems-- it was the epicenter of the Baltimore riots, and the complex was also hit with a sex scandal between maintenance workers and tenants last year.
On Tuesday, city officials inspired community members to better themselves.
Almost 30 percent of the people in the Sandtown Winchester area do not have a high school diploma.
A new Jobs Plus initiative from the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, to the tune of $2.5 million, will offer work-readiness training and job placement, plus teach technology skills and financial literacy skills.
"It would help my children get a job and get them something to do and out of trouble and I have some young kids and I have a teenage daughter and it would keep them out of trouble," resident Diane Wyatt said.
"This is a great day, not for what it just means today but for the what it means to future Baltimore families," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said.
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