User:Allytheartist/Save Henryton

Save Henryton is a not-for-profit organization of individuals headquartered in Baltimore, MD and founded in the spring of 2008 by Baltimore artist, Ally Hunter-Harris.

Organization
Save Henryton is an organization dedicated to preserving the History of the Henryton State Hospital through research, education and activism. The majority of the organization's members consists of students, artists, environmentalists and concerned community members.

Mission Statement
The organization's mission statement, as presented on their website reads as follows: "To preserve the History of the Henryton State Hospital through research, education, and activism including, but not limited to, attempting to save the historic buildings themselves. To serve the surrounding community in ways including, but not limited to, as a Community Center with on and off-site educational programs, community outreach, and sustainable practices."

Values Statement
The group's website also contains an abbreviated "values statement" that reads: "Save Henryton’s values represent our core priorities and the driving forces which propel us forward with our mission. We hold the following four pillars, in no particular order, to be the most important areas of focus: Community, Sustainability, History/Preservation, The Arts."

Founding Members
The Save Henryton organization was founded by Baltimore artist, Ally Hunter-Harris in 2008. Hunter-Harris also credits Hoesy Corona, Sean Scheidt, Stephen Lujan and Aleks Samoylov as co-founders, among others. Lujan first introduced Hunter-Harris to the abandoned complex in January of 2008. Later that year, Save Henryton began forming on paper. The summer, Scheidt was brought on board with the project, followed soon by Corona and Samoylov in the fall of that same year.

Promotion of Sustainable Practices
Part of the aim and mission of the organization is the turn the abandoned complex into a sustainable community center.

Rehabilitation Efforts
While nothing tangible has come from the group's efforts of rehabilitating the hospital complex, the founders remain hopeful. Hunter-Harris was quoted in early February as saying, "We may now have an unofficial partnership with a green development firm. Nothing is on paper yet and we can't say too much about it but it looks like things are looking up for us. All we're missing is the money to do this."