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Growth and development

    Baltimore County IG clears Planning Board member of misconduct, urges reforms
    Baltimore County’s inspector general has cleared a Planning Board member of alleged misconduct arising from applications to rezone properties outside of their area of responsibility.
    Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan addresses the Baltimore County Council during a hearing on two bills proposed to enshrine her office in the county's charter and remove a waiting period to subpoena non-government records Nov. 28, 2023.
    The man leading the Superblock redevelopment believes fourth time’s a charm
    For the past decade, Dan Taylor and his team have been tasked with solving one of Baltimore’s trickiest development challenges: the Superblock.
    Dan Taylor has been working to get the Superblock redeveloped for about a decade.
    What a hedge fund’s $1 billion play has to do with downtown Columbia
    It’s not clear what the hedge fund ownership could mean for Columbia, which was founded in 1967 by James Rouse as a model of racial and socioeconomic integration.
    Thousands will gather at the Downtown Columbia Lakefront on the Fourth of July.
    The new factory coming to South Baltimore that (almost) no one is talking about
    With virtually no fanfare, a Greek-based company called Hellenic Cables has started work on a factory that will employ 120 people in an industrial corner of the city known as Wagner’s Point.
    Crews are preparing the site at Wagners Point in South Baltimore for a proposed cable plant that would manufacture the undersea cables needed for offshore wind farms.
    Maryland property values rose 20% and higher tax bills are likely
    All of Maryland’s 24 jurisdictions experienced increased values amid a tight housing market.
    Property values rose by 20% in the state’s latest round of assessments, likely meaning higher tax bills for owners.
    Chinese nationals say Baltimore developer ‘duped’ them into $47M boondoggle
    A lawsuit filed this month in Baltimore Circuit Court says developer Ron Lipscomb lured Chinese investors seeking U.S. citizenship for a hotel project in East Baltimore that had wildly inflated construction costs.
    This is a picture of the Residence Inn Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus
    ‘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.
    Sunny Side Café co-owner Kristian Knight-Miller behind the counter at her stall in Lexington Market.
    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.
    Real estate developer Brandon Chasen in May.
    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.
    Professor Dale Glenwood Green gives a virtual presentation about historic preservation for the Maryland State Archives.
    Fixing Baltimore’s vacant property economy could help everyone — just ask Detroit
    Even as wealth grows in Detroit, some say they feel left behind.
    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.
    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.
    Church leaders, elected officials and private partners celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center.
    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.
    The Hillendale Country Club was sold in a foreclosure auction Wednesday, months after it closed amid financial delinquency struggles.
    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 view of Harbor Point, which received a tax break in the form of a TIF.
    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.
    A currently empty lot in Cowenton belonging to Evans Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services.
    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.
    Camp Small in 2023.
    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.
    Eunie Cho poses for a portrait in her jewelry store, Iggy North, in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.
    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.
    A white bus with a sign saying "PURPLE ROUTE" at the top is seen amongst a crowd of moving cars.
    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
    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.
    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.
    this is a protest truck.
    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.
    A simulation of what the Maryland Offshore Wind Project could look like once it is fully built out, viewed from the Ocean City boardwalk.
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