A worker-owned co-op is giving Baltimore’s vacant homes — and people — a second chance

There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for when a city contains more than 13,000 vacant homes and some 20,000 empty lots. Instead, Baltimore’s vast vacant housing landscape has ushered in waves of new ideas — and people, all hoping to slice off a piece of the pie. WaterBottle, a worker-owned cooperative, is one such example.