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Growth and development

An eco-village is expected to fill the “Tivoly Triangle” in Northeast Baltimore, a long-stalled redevelopment project.
Northeast Baltimore ‘eco-village’ wants to create new neighborhood model
The site would include large and small single-family homes but also duplexes at prices that are “financially accessible” to aspiring homeowners, project managers said.
Curved, white arches stand over a sign that reads "Columbia Gateway: A Corporate Community"
Amazon didn’t want Columbia Gateway, so Howard County has a new people-friendly plan
Howard County planners and consultants presented their preferred plan for redeveloping Columbia Gateway, the business park that Amazon passed over for its East Coast headquarters in 2018.
Renderings of The William Fell hotel in Fells Point.
Admiral Fell Inn gets a rebrand with renovations, new name
The Admiral Fell Inn is rebranding as The William Fell, named after the English shipbuilder who settled the waterfront neighborhood.

Philanthropy and nonprofits

Laurie Schwartz will retire this June after leading the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore for 20 years.
After a career spent making Baltimore better, Waterfront Partnership president retires
Laurie Schwartz will retire on June 30 as president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, a role she has held since the nonprofit’s creation in 2005.
The new 4MLK building in the University of Maryland BioPark will officially open next week with lab space and an incubator for startup companies in the Center for Translational Engineering and Medicine.
University of Maryland merges engineering and medicine to turn ideas into companies
A new center in the Baltimore biopark will help develop and commercialize technology that officials say will save and improve people’s lives.
Henry Earle, 21, during a drywall training course at the Detroit Training Center, which specializes in workforce development programs in construction, manufacturing, and transportation in Detroit, Mich. on Sept. 20, 2024.
Fixing Baltimore’s vacant property economy could help everyone — just ask Detroit
Even as wealth grows in Detroit, some say they feel left behind.

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Real estate

Harborplace

A conceptual drawing of the proposed Harborplace plans showed a potential aerial view of the Inner Harbor on a sunny day.
Iconic, but Gen X: Are Harborplace’s pavilions worth a preservation fight?
When voters decided to allow residential buildings in the Inner Harbor, they also greenlit an ambitious redevelopment plan that will start with the demolition of the Harborplace pavilions, which are not quite historical enough for preservation.
Voters on Tuesday approved a plan to allow residential development at Harborplace. That’s not the end of the story.
Why the fight over Baltimore’s Inner Harbor could drag on for years
A day after voters approved a crucial ballot question for the overhaul of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, opponents reiterated their plans to keep fighting.
Attendants of a press conference held by MCB Real Estate stand by an illustration of revealed design plans for the upcoming Harborplace development, at the Light Street pavilion on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 in Baltimore, MD.
Harborplace vote favors residential development in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

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Jobs and careers

Science and medicine

Johns Hopkins University campus
Trump froze grantmaking for health research. Now Maryland is shivering.
An executive order from the Trump administration could upend research by pausing NIH grants, which scientists say could harm health and the economy.
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
Incoming psychiatric hospital CEO will face troubled system
Clifton T. Perkins will get new leadership after the state’s psychiatric hospital CEO made threats to staff.
An illustration handout showing the phases of the moon in January 2025
‘Wolf Moon’ should be bright and visible in Maryland tonight
The temperature is forecast to be below freezing tonight, so don’t forget a hat and multiple layers if you go outside to look at the “wolf moon.”

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