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    Sunny Side Café co-owner Kristian Knight-Miller behind the counter at her stall in Lexington Market.
    ‘Invisible’ but essential: Baltimore’s Black immigrants
    And, although there has been an exodus of Black residents from Baltimore in the past decade, its foreign-born Black population has continued to grow.
    Real estate developer Brandon Chasen in May.
    Chasen Cos.’ Fells Point development stalled as property faces foreclosure
    A bank has filed to foreclose on a high-profile Chasen Cos. property at 1400 Aliceanna St.
    Professor Dale Glenwood Green gives a virtual presentation about historic preservation for the Maryland State Archives.
    Morgan State professor fined for presenting himself as licensed architect
    A Morgan State University professor has been misrepresenting himself as a licensed architect for years. The Maryland State Board of Architects fined him $20,000 this month, the largest such fine in more than a decade.
    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.
    Church leaders, elected officials and private partners celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center.
    Church breaks ground on $32M facility to expand health care access in East Baltimore
    Bishop Donte Hickman, head of Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore, held a celebratory ground breaking ceremony for the new Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center expected to open in 2027.

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    The Hillendale Country Club was sold in a foreclosure auction Wednesday, months after it closed amid financial delinquency struggles.
    Hillendale Country Club sells to anonymous buyer in foreclosure auction for over $3 million
    Hillendale Country Club has been sold for more than $3 million in a foreclosure auction, months after it closed amid financial struggles. The buyer’s name was not revealed.
    A view of Harbor Point, which received a tax break in the form of a TIF.
    Baltimore gave out developer tax breaks. Is the city seeing the benefits?
    Baltimore’s TIF-backed developments are, slowly but surely, making money, a new report finds.
    A currently empty lot in Cowenton belonging to Evans Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services.
    White Marsh crematory opening held in limbo by health-wary residents
    For more than two years, funeral home scion Charlie F. Evans and local residents have been tangled in a battle over the future of a White Marsh lot. Evans says a new crematory would provide a service, but neighbors worry about potential health impacts.
    Camp Small in 2023.
    Before the fire, Baltimore’s Camp Small supplied wood for fine furniture and elephant toys
    Baltimore’s craftsmen had depended on the lumberyard at Camp Small for precious, hard-to-find native timber.
    Eunie Cho poses for a portrait in her jewelry store, Iggy North, in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.
    Iggy North is the new store on the block in Fells Point
    The jewelry store is located in part of the former Poppy & Stella storefront, a once popular business that recently closed after 15 years.

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    A white bus with a sign saying "PURPLE ROUTE" at the top is seen amongst a crowd of moving cars.
    Ride-hailing app Empower stirred up a ruckus in DC. Now it’s in Baltimore.
    The ride-hailing app Empower argues that it isn’t the same as companies such as Uber and Lyft and shouldn’t be subject to the same regulations. Regulators in the District of Columbia and Maryland disagree.
    Gabriela Hernandez Marquez, an undocumented immigrant, speaks at an event announcing Anne Arundel County’s pursuit of a Certified Welcoming designation from Welcoming America. The designation will position Anne Arundel as a leader in immigrant inclusion, joining more than two dozen communities across the U.S. and becoming only the third local government in Maryland to achieve this distinction.
    Is a welcoming Maryland ready for an increase in its immigrant populations?
    Maryland is preparing for an influx of immigrants looking for less hostile living conditions than in other less-welcoming states
    this is a protest truck.
    Gov. Moore voices ‘grave concerns’ about proposed 70-mile power line project
    Gov. Wes Moore on Friday evening shared that he had “grave concerns” about the controversial Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project.
    A simulation of what the Maryland Offshore Wind Project could look like once it is fully built out, viewed from the Ocean City boardwalk.
    Maryland OKs wind power-related project in West Ocean City
    Top state officials approved a permit Wednesday needed to begin an offshore wind project in the Delmarva Peninsula.
    Cars travel down U.S. Route 40 in Baltimore, Md., on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
    Baltimore requests $100M to start reforming the ‘Highway to Nowhere’
    The U.S. 40 Highway to Nowhere has scarred West Baltimore for decades. Baltimore’s new plan won’t remove it, but will try to transform the area around it.

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    More than 1,000 applicants are vying for 10 grant awards to move to Cumberland.
    A hidden gem no more: Cumberland’s offer of $20,000 to relocate goes viral
    Small-town charm meets big-city attention as Cumberland’s relocation program goes viral.
    The Corps plans to excavate 2.3 million cubic yards of material from federal navigation channels, which are used by ships traveling between Port of Baltimore facilities.
    Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Baltimore Harbor and its channels for first time since 2019
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to dredge the Baltimore Harbor and its channels to allow for container ships to safely pass to and from the Port of Baltimore, a project that will be complete by March 2025.
    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.
    The new Under Armour headquarters on the Baltimore Peninsula.
    Under Armour moving global headquarters to Baltimore Peninsula next week
    Development officials have pointed the to company’s arrival as a watershed moment for the ambitious development project of the Baltimore Peninsula.
    Ed Leicht, 76, in the doorway of his home at Holly Neck Boardinghouse in Essex, where he has lived since his wife died.
    A Baltimore County boarding house is a lifeline to its residents — and a nuisance to some neighbors
    Neighbors want to shut down an Essex boarding house. Residents say it’s the only thing keeping them off the streets.
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