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Growth and development

    Howard County’s population grew by about 2,000 in 2024.
    Population growth picks up again in Howard County
    Howard County’s population growth showed signs of rebounding in 2024, after slowing nearly every year since 2016.
    Baltimore skyline
    Baltimore gained population for the first time in a decade, new data shows
    Baltimore City gained population for the first time since 2014, census data released Thursday shows.
    Mayor Brandon Scott is promising to streamline the city's permit review process. City Council members are skeptical.
    It’s not sexy, but fixing Baltimore’s permits process could solve a lot of problems
    Charm City has enough problems to overcome, and self-inflicted ones like poor permitting only make it more difficult.
    The Hampton Mansion is seen at sunrise at Hampton National Historic Site in Towson.
    Hampton plantation site tells the history of slavery – and of Towson. Will the Trump administration erase that?
    The Hampton National Historic Site near Towson tells the history of slavery at a former plantation site in Baltimore County. Some worry that the Trump administration's push to revise history will erase that.
    Scenes from around the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025.
    Why Baltimore can’t shake its controversial Poppleton developer
    City housing cancelled New York-based La Cité’s development rights. Turns out, it didn’t really matter.
    Small businesses at Reisterstown Road Plaza in February.
    Reisterstown Road Plaza ‘died’ long ago. A new team wants to bring it back
    “Everyone has a plaza story,” one of the developers said. “And we want to bring that back.”
    Councilman David Marks speaks during a meeting at the Old Courthouse in Towson last year.
    There’s a push to make rural Baltimore County even more untouchable — despite housing crisis
    A Baltimore County councilman wants to make it harder for developers to build in parts of the county outside of the Urban-Rural Demarcation Line.
    The city housing authority has moved out almost all 288 households of Poe Homes in preparation for demolition and redevelopment.
    Welcome to Baltimore’s newest ghost town. Trump cuts might keep it empty.
    Redevelopment of Poe Homes in West Baltimore, and other distressed communities across the region, could slow if federal housing grants and programs end.
    The W.R. Grace & Co. headquarters in Columbia.
    Councilwoman moves to block pilot plastic recycling plant in Columbia. Will she succeed?
    Howard County Councilwoman Deb Jung has proposed a zoning change that would block W.R. Grace’s proposal for a pilot plastic recycling plant at its Columbia headquarters. Opponents applaud the effort, but some worry that it amounts to “spot zoning.”
    People gather for a federal workers career fair in Howard County on Feb. 26, 2025.
    Maryland’s displaced federal workers pack job fair as Trump, Musk slash government
    Hundreds of federal workers packed a job fair in Howard County Tuesday night to rehearse in mock interviews, pose for professional headshots and adapt their often lengthy resumes for the private sector.
    Whiting-Turner is moving its corporate headquarters to Goucher College’s campus, and plans to build a 150,000-square-foot facility at the new site.
    Whiting-Turner to relocate headquarters to Goucher College
    Construction company Whiting-Turner will move its headquarters within Baltimore County to the campus of Goucher College, where it will have a hub for career-building.
    Angel St. Jean, founder and CEO of Equity Brain Trust, in front of her inspiration wall in her Baltimore office.
    Local DEI consultants struggle and pivot under Trump
    The Trump administration’s targeting of DEI initiatives has resulted in consultants losing clients and needing to pivot.
    For years the Port of Baltimore has led the country in vehicle imports and exports. Now Georgia’s Port of Brunswick is giving Baltimore some competition.
    Port of Baltimore lost its car crown — but Georgia’s reign could be short-lived
    The Port of Baltimore had one of its strongest years, despite the Key Bridge disaster, but it lost its top ranking for car imports to Georgia’s Port of Brunswick.
    After six years at the helm of the city's economic development agency, Colin Tarbert is stepping down as the president and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corp. this summer.
    Head of Baltimore’s economic development agency stepping down
    The president and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corp. will step down this summer after six years at the helm.
    The Avalon 555 President is a luxury apartment building in Harbor East.
    These 5 charts show the end of Maryland’s apartment building boom
    The Center\West apartment building in Poppleton was developed by La Cité as part of a broader but largely unrealized revitalization plan in West Baltimore.
    How a New York developer made millions off its struggling West Baltimore project
    Documents filed in a lawsuit show that New York developer La Cité has made millions of dollars from a struggling project in West Baltimore’s Poppleton neighborhood.
    This year, Juan Webster and his team will train about 2,000 Montage International employees at its 16 properties worldwide, including the Sagamore Pendry Baltimore, in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging best practices.
    Why these Marylanders are doubling down on DEI
    Marylanders are leaning into DEI as the term itself is being weaponized and its initiatives have become a target of the Donald Trump administration.
    The former Under Armour warehouse at 1450 Beason Street is known as the "Cheer Building."
    Developer wants to tear down warehouse and build 120 homes in Locust Point
    A Baltimore developer said he has purchased a warehouse property directly across the street from the old Under Armour headquarters.
    The site of the Poppleton development in West Baltimore.
    Judge orders investor to take control of delayed Poppleton development
    La Cité has tried and failed for 20 years to revitalize a West Baltimore neighborhood.
    Contractors ready the Francis Scott Key Bridge site for demolition and, ultimately, for the construction of a replacement span. Crews began preconstruction activities in early January, and the new structure is expected to be finished in 2028.
    How CCBC plans to train workers to help build the Key Bridge
    The Community College of Baltimore County is launching an initiative to address a shortage of welders needed to replace the Key Bridge.
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