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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.

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.

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.

“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.

Representatives from Sagamore Ventures said the whiskey company’s signature “grain-to-glass” concept won’t change under new majority ownership.

Angelos sought $300 million in additional public funding and use of the parking lots at Camden Yards to spur development, according to sources.

This vote will enable the long-awaited project, which has been sputtering since at least 1998, to move forward and revive a section of downtown that has seen progress elsewhere, including the newly finished Lexington Market redevelopment.

Public and private efforts to reduce the number of abandoned and distressed houses in Baltimore need to include establishment of a Land Bank Authority, says David Plymyer, who retired as Anne Arundel County attorney in 2014 and now writes about law and government.

Baltimore City Community College will demolish long-vacant Bard Building after a Wednesday vote.

A gathering was held Thursday to announce the second class of the Downtown BOOST program, which seeks to place Black-owned businesses in downtown Baltimore storefronts and support their long-term success.

The revived east-west Red Line project will bring Baltimore communities together and provide a range of benefits to residents across the Baltimore region, say Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.

A revived Red Line to connect East and West Baltimore is long overdue and will spur economic growth throughout the city and region, say Mark Anthony Thomas, CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, and Kathy E. Hollinger, CEO of the Greater Washington Partnership.

Partnerships using public and private investment are benefiting infrastructure projects such as the expansion of Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel and B&O Railroad Museum improvements, Ed McDonald, a commissioner at the Maryland Port Administration, says.

A new study by Lendio shows Maryland is the second-best state in the country for minority entrepreneurs to succeed. (Hawaii was first and Montana was last.)

Construction is expected to begin in a year on the project to renovate the 19th-century structure. Various uses are being explored, including offices, retail, restaurants, a gym, and shared-working and workforce training spaces.

Plans for Harborplace redevelopment need more transparency, a city resident favoring a high-rise residential and retail approach says; Gov. Wes Moore understands the power of history, leaders of organizations devoted to history and preservation say.