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Growth and development

    ‘Rebirth’ of Baltimore’s historic Lexington Market launches with a soft open on Monday
    The soft launch marks the unveiling of a renovated space called the South Market, a $45 million redevelopment project that has been in the making for four years.
    An artist's rendering shows the exterior of Lexington Market lit up by bright lights as people and cars rush by in front.
    Young Baltimore parents feel immediate effects from guaranteed income
    Baltimore's experiment in universal basic income is two months in, and initial payments have meant newfound stability for at least some participants.
    Ariana Williams is a participant in Baltimore’s guranteed income pilot program, which pays 200 young parents $1,000 per month in no-strings-attached financial support.
    Topgolf Baltimore to open ‘within the month,’ connecting Horseshoe Casino and M&T Bank stadium
    The golf venue is first anchor in what will be the Warner Street Entertainment District.
    Exterior of Topgolf in South Baltimore on 10/7/22.
    Black Baltimore couples look to transform farmland to honor Black foodways
    The couples envision transforming 68 acres and creating an an opportunity to return Maryland’s foodways to their Black roots.
    Linda and Floyd Taliaferro and David and Tonya Thomas aim to return Maryland’s foodways back to its Black roots with their purchase of a 68-acre farm in Upperco. They are pictured here on the future farmland.
    Northrop Grumman’s Baltimore-area campus expands amid the journey back into space
    Company opens its newest — and largest — Maryland Space Assembly and Test facility.
    Northrop Grumman celebrated the ribbon cutting of its brand new Maryland Space Assembly & Test 2 (MSAT2) building on September 19, 2022.
    Baltimore’s Port Covington development project lands bank as first office tenant
    The deal with CFG Bank, a commercial bank currently headquartered near Lake Roland, encompasses about 20% of the roughly 500,000 square feet of office space included in the project’s initial phase
    Port Covington, the long struggling waterfront development in South Baltimore, expects to sign a deal with CFG Bank as its first tenant.
    Maryland cities, counties balance immediate need and longterm impact in federal stimulus plans
    More than $2 billion in American Rescue Plan money has arrived for local governments around the state since last spring.
    6/16/22—Signs reading “Baltimore County Maryland” and “Baltimore County Council” hang on the wall inside the historic Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson, the center of county government.
    Baltimore’s Lexington Market redevelopment is nearing completion. Will the investment pay off?
    The facility’s East Market was closing for good Saturday, and the project’s developer said it’s in the final stretch before a new, adjacent facility opens officially to the public this fall.
    In preparation for the new Lexington Market building to open later this fall, the East Market facility is closing Saturday, Sept. 3 after 70 years in business. The new South Market building will feature a mix of current and new vendors.
    Vacant properties cost Baltimore at least $200 million a year, report estimates
    The economic and social costs of the city’s vacant housing crisis “far exceed the investment needed to bring them back to productive use,” the report argues.
    The historical vacant homes in Poppleton.
    Gov. Hogan wants to turn over State Center complex to Baltimore City
    State Center’s future has been in limbo since 2016 when the state canceled a $1.5 billion contract to redevelop the site.
    The State Center office complex in Baltimore has long been slated for redevelopment.
    Baltimore City Council to hold second hearing on CSX coal facility explosion
    City officials will hear from CSX about the explosion in Curtis Bay late last year.
    Ray Conway and Meleny Thomas in front of the Curtis Bay Recreation Center on August 11, 2022. The recreation center is near the CSX coal facility.
    For decades, African American communities have been without enough local banking storefronts
    The brunt of dwindling banking options is felt more in certain areas of Baltimore.
    The Harbor Bank of Maryland opened a new branch in the Northwood Commons on June 19, 2022.
    Defunct coal-fired plant towers to be ‘imploded’; Baltimore County weighs proposal to replace with almost 300 townhomes
    The planned destruction will remove the last remaining structures at the defunct Charles P. Crane Generating Station, and comes as Baltimore County planners are weighing a request by property owner Forsite Development Inc. to extend public water lines to the property.
    Implosion of a defunct coal plant on Friday, August 19. Footage courtesy of our partner WJZ.
    City delays leave Baltimore nonprofits waiting up to two years for needed funds
    It’s a delay that advocates for Baltimore nonprofits say can hobble organizations, especially those with shoestring staffs, who rely on the federal grant funding to meet basic needs such as paying employees and providing them with health care benefits.
    Baltimore City Hall sits between neighborhoods and grant money
    Baltimore tax credit system is ‘highly inequitable,’ city budget office report says
    The report found that tax credits are being applied not only inequitably, but inefficiently, providing overly generous breaks.
    Vacant houses in the Black butterfly and construction in the white L of Baltimore
    Baltimore ARPA official responds to criticisms that city’s pandemic stimulus is moving too slow
    While Baltimore ranks in the bottom half of large municipalities in both the amount of stimulus money obligated and spent, according to a city analysis, it outpaces a group of "peer" cities.
    Chief Recovery Officer Shamiah Kerney chats with fund awardees after the presentation.
    Plan for affordable housing at Red Maple Place in East Towson can move forward, judge rules
    A circuit court judge in Baltimore County has given the green light to a controversial project in East Towson, overruling a 2021 vote by the Baltimore County Board of Appeals blocking the affordable housing development.
    A rendering shows Homes for American's plan for Red Maple Place, an apartment building on Joppa Road that would have 50 affordably priced units and six market-rent units. A Circuit Court judge has given a green light to the controversial proposal.
    Residents win fight to save Poppleton properties from redevelopment project
    Sarah Ann Street alley homes and home of the Eaddy family to be removed from development plans.
    Sonia Eaddy points to her family while Mayor Brandon Scott gave his updates on the Poppleton homes.
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