were financed by grants awarded to the CVCBD but passed through an associated 501(c)3 nonprofit, the Charles Village Community Foundation. Beginning in 2006, the CVCBDMA began to divest its housing and economic revitalization programs, transferring them to the Greater Homewood Community Corporation. In 2009, it also eliminated the "safety patrol" program because it was too costly and ineffective, replacing it with a community based safety program involving safety workshops for residents, victim's advocacy, and a neighborhood walkers on patrol program. This restructuring led to a reduction in the CVCBDMA reliance on grants. The CVCBDMA now relies primarily on the surcharge tax and a regular grant from the Johns Hopkins University and has focused its mission and financial resources on providing supplemental sanitation and community-based safety services, carried out by its uniformed, in-house staff. It also supports and organizes community activities that promote the District. Koreatown There is a small portion of lower Charles Village that is sometimes referred to as Koreatown or Little Korea and is home to a number of Korean restaurants, but it has not been officially designated as a Koreatown. This informal Koreatown is bound on the north by 24th Street, on the south by North Avenue, on the west by Maryland Avenue, and on the east by St. Paul Street. Korean international students coming from the nearby Johns Hopkins University provide a constant stream of diners seeking Korean comfort food at the Korean restaurants of Charles Village. A Korean grocery store, the Far East House, formerly existed in Charles Village at 33 W. North Avenue. Little Appalachia Historically, a portion of Charles Village was colloquially known as "Little Appalachia" and was home to Southern and Appalachian migrants to Baltimore. The neighborhood was roughly bounded by Charles Street to the west, Calvert Street to the east, 20th Street to the south, and 25th Street to the north. Little Appalachia was home to renowned bluegrass musician Hazel Dickens. Appalachian migrants living in Hampden began to settle in Lower Charles Village after World War II. Many of these newcomers were left unemployed after the sailcloth industry went under. Transportation MTA Maryland's Route 11 and Route 3 buses are the two major mass transportation options in Charles Village, while Route 8 runs down Greenmount Avenue, just to the East of the neighborhood; all three lines eventually converge in the northern suburb of Towson. Route 61 and Route 64 buses, which