Growth and development

Eight city-owned vacant lots in West Baltimore will soon be converted into a sprawling, 20,000-square-foot hub for artists and creatives in Baltimore.

The facility has 19 years remaining on its initial 20-year lease.

With a historic investment, SB7 is tasked with something both novel and daunting: using money from developers to fill in the gaps left behind by generations of neglect.

A City Council vote on a bill to help expand affordable housing in Baltimore is long overdue, Kevin Slayton, a city resident and clergyman, says.

Lidl officially signed a lease for a 36,000-square-foot space this past February in the Perkins-Somerset-Oldtown footprint, ending a long hunt for a grocer in the area.

Howard County is the latest in a string of Baltimore area governments proposing solutions to mitigate cost burdens on renters and homebuyers.

But it’s not yet known if construction on The Paramount Baltimore has resumed.

“We really need to be thinking about this, as one, connected, amazing district that is not car-centric with a highway running through it,” P. David Bramble said Thursday.

Dwyer Workforce Development, a nonprofit and health care career training program, is partnering with Southern Baptist Church to put a resource center in East Baltimore that will train health care workers.

Dozens of newsmakers spanning the public, private and nonprofit sectors came together Tuesday for iMPACT Maryland, The Baltimore Banner’s new event for thought leaders to swap insights and discuss innovative ideas for the state’s future.

Anita Kassof, executive director of the Baltimore Museum of Industry, disagrees with a suggestion to move the museum from its Inner Harbor location as part of a strategy to redevelop the area,

Reimagine Middle Branch, an outgrowth of the city’s 2015 South Baltimore Gateway Master Plan, is a $175 million effort to redevelop 19 neighborhoods along one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most neglected shorelines, the 11-mile Middle Branch of the Patapsco River.

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Harborplace's developer did not say when demolition will happen, but they will continue to engage with community members as part of its 12-month “design phase."

A downtown entertainment district near the stadiums would attract thousands of visitors and generate much-needed revenue.

As the Greater Baltimore Committee focuses on boosting this region’s economic competitiveness, it must also support programs to end the economic apartheid that now plagues the city’s disadvantaged Black neighborhoods, says Lawrence Brown, an author and research scientist in the Center for Urban Health Equity at Morgan State University.

When it comes to how Latinos in this country self-identify, it ultimately depends on the person as well as various factors at play, including age, location, class, race and an evolving view of sexual identity.

“If we don’t make any changes, someone else is going to make the changes for us,” City Councilwoman Danielle McCray said at Thursday’s hearing.

A vital Baltimore City permit process used by hundreds of street festivals, block parties and races has moved online this year.

State regulators warn the merger could affect Marylanders’ access to affordable food options, local job security and the vitality of the agricultural industry.