Along Pulaski Highway in East Baltimore’s Ellwood Park neighborhood, the Hipp Laundromat gets crowded with nearby residents who head in for a regular spin cycle. But in between washing and folding, they’re often idle.
Alongside the washers and driers, a new station with laptops and tablets in the corner of the laundromat is providing a new connecting point for internet access.
It’s part of a newly launched program called the Wash and Learn Initiative (WALI). Enoch Pratt Free Library and Libraries Without Borders partnered on the effort, and are supported by the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation and the Media Democracy Fund. The Neighborhood Design Center, Open Works and the Coin Laundry Association were also involved.
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