Ed Rutkowski will take over this summer as executive director of the Patterson Park Public Charter School, one of 32 charter schools in Baltimore City.

Rutkowski, an East Baltimore native, was an integral part of improving Patterson Park. He founded the Patterson Park Community Development Corp. in 1996 and co-authored “The Urban Transition Zone — A Place Worth a Fight,” which explains strategies for preventing neighborhood collapse.

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