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Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen present a check for three million dollars to B-360 at a press conference to announce federal funding to build the nation’s first dirt bike campus on March 24, 2023.
Dirt bike campus revs closer to reality
The non-profit B-360 is getting $3 million in federal investments to build a dirt bike campus, hopefully in Baltimore, that will also focus on career training and other programs like STEM.
Cars travel down U.S. Route 40 in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
Legacy of mistrust makes Highway to Nowhere neighbors ambivalent about redevelopment plans
Residents try to reimagine a decades-old expressway that disrupted neighborhoods.
Geraldine Scott (73), motivated by the sudden loss of her sister, went back to school to earn her diploma in Baltimore, Md. on February 14, 2023.
Retired florist’s loss sprouts newfound dedication to get a diploma
Over 50 years have passed since she was last in school as a teenager. But now school is back in session for a 73–year-old who is enrolled in a Baltimore City Community College program to get her diploma.
Inside of Open Society Institute-Baltimore, in Baltimore, Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
OSI is leaving Baltimore. What will that mean for the programs it funds?
The Baltimore operation at its inception was a new model of philanthropy within the foundation as it focused on the problems of a single city instead of a national or international purview. It will invest $25 million to keep programs going.
The Baltimore Greenway Trails Network project plans to connect existing trails and create a 35-mile loop throughout Baltimore city.
What’s happening with project to connect Baltimore’s trails?
The 35-mile trail loop called Baltimore Greenway Trails Network would connect existing trails, including Gwynns Falls, Herring Run and Jones Falls.
Bank of America donated its former Brooklyn branch building to the Greater Baybrook Alliance during a small ceremony on February 6.
Bank of America donates former Brooklyn branch building to community
The Greater Baybrook Alliance hopes to “show off a gem of Brooklyn” after renovating the donated building.
Emmaus sets up the swing seats in the family travel van
Baltimore newlyweds said, ‘I do’ to a 2-year honeymoon in a van
In sickness, in health and on the road, newlyweds found adventure and life lessons as they traveled across the nation.
The exterior of a closed school building at 201 N. Bend Road in Westgate on 1/25/23. Development ideas were proposed for the vacant school property, but residents weren't completely sold on the options.
Westgate residents oppose development proposals for abandoned school
An online petition asks Baltimore’s Department of Housing and Community Development to reject proposals and accept new ideas for the former school at 201 N. Bend Road.
Upton Mansion will be the new location for The Afro,  in West Baltimore, Md. on January 20, 2023. The Afro is the longest-running African-American family-owned newspaper in the United States, established in 1892.
Massive AFRO archives collection to get Upton Mansion home
AFRO Charities is inching closer to raising enough funds to renovate the Upton Mansion to house over 100 years of the newspaper’s archives and collection.
(Left to right) President of Carrollton Manor Neighborhood Improvement Association Pamela Green, Executive Director of Green Street Academy Denisha Logan, Mayor Brandon Scott, Board Chair of the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Baltimore Nik Tatum, LEVEL82 Co-founder and former Baltimore Raven Torrey Smith, and President of the Baltimore Ravens Sashi Brown speak at an event announcing a $20 million commitment to create Baltimore Ravens Boys & Girls Club at Hilton Recreation Center.
Baltimore Ravens donate $20 million for Boys & Girls Club in West Baltimore
The money will pay for a renovation of the center that will include new athletic fields, activity and game spaces, tutoring spaces and indoor and outdoor gathering spaces for the community.
DTLR in partnershop with The Movement Team has a new "storefront" for students located at the Baltimore City Public Schools Headquarters. Akil Trice of The Movement Team and Tremayne Lipscomb Sr, Community Outreach Director for DTLR, have worked together for several years in providing the community with footwear.
DTLR storefront, and new sneakers, helps kids returning to school
A new resource space in the Baltimore City Public Schools headquarters is making sure that a student’s first steps back into school is paired with a support system and shoes and apparel.
Edmondson Village Shopping Center in Baltimore, Monday, October 17, 2022.
Residents hope mass shooting brings new urgency to crime at Edmondson Village Shopping Center
Though crime has dropped significantly in recent years, the Edmondson Village shopping center and some of the immediate areas around it have historically grappled with and complained about crime — and many say it is still problem.
Charles "Choo" Smith wants to build an "oasis of opportunities" at a former school building in Coldspring. The CommuniVersity will provide intergenerational services with an emphasis on youth.
Former Harlem Globetrotter ‘Choo’ Smith has big plans for Northwest Baltimore site
A West Baltimore native wants to create an epicenter of resources at a former school building in Coldspring.
Through a line of coloring books, Naomi Winston wants to create “mirrors of representation” for Black and Brown kids and “coils of understanding” for children to educate themselves about other cultures.
Recent college grad creates line of inclusive coloring books for children
Naomi Winston, a 22-year-old new to Baltimore, created a line of coloring books for Black and Brown kids, which she named The Creative Representation Empire.
Southwest Airlines travelers stand in a long line at Baltimore/Washington International Airport after thousands of flights were canceled over the holiday weekend.
Southwest cancellations leave many stuck at BWI
On Tuesday, 221 Southwest flights departing or coming into Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport were cancelled and another 84 were delayed.
Colin Williams is receiving support to get housing after living in Druid Hill Park for over a year and creating artwork.
Druid Hill Park artist cherishes kindness of strangers as he transitions to housing
Colin Williams speaks out about leaving Druid Hill Park, a place he called home for over a year and where he built a collection of artwork known as the “sculpture garden.”
Edmondson Village Shopping Center in Baltimore, Monday, October 17, 2022.
City supports effort to amend covenant restricting Edmondson Village Shopping Center renovation
Developer Chicago TREND wants to purchase the shopping center and renovate, but it’s under the condition that certain parts of the covenant are amended.
Employees with Baltimore's Department of Public Works demolish Colin Williams' art exhibit in Druid Hill Park on Thursday, Dec. 15.
Work of Druid Hill Park artist dismantled as he gets temporary housing with city assistance
Colin Williams considered himself the 'unofficial artist-in-residence' at the park where he had lived for a year.
Seen through a chainlink fence covered in black fabric, a construction worker walks past the old Target building at Mondawmin Mall on 12/13/22.
Former Mondawmin Target space to be called The Village at Mondawmin
As Mondawmin Mall strives to revitalize, new additions and renovations highlight need for anchor institutions in communities.
Roland Water Tower in historic neighborhood Hoes Heights in Baltimore, Maryland on August 18,2022
Mayor orders road around Roland Water Tower reopened
'It felt like freedom' one resident said about having access to the area around the water tower again.
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