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BDC sells city-owned Inn at Government House to developer
A city-owned inn in Midtown-Belvedere has been sold to a private developer with plans to convert the property into a boutique hotel, according to the city's economic development entity. The corporate buyer agreed to pay $725,000 for the Inn at Government...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Property, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Rawlings-Blake grilling agency heads
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is summoning Cabinet members for intense, one-on-one meetings with an eye toward a possible shake-up of city leadership, sources close to her say. To prepare for the meetings, the mayor directed each agency head to...Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Regional Authority, George Nilson, Sheila Dixon, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Developers sought for 2 projects on city's west side
The Baltimore Development Corp. is seeking proposals for two development projects on the west side of the city. The city's quasi-public development arm announced Thursday that it had reissued a request for proposal for redevelopment of the Liberty Park...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Environmental Issues
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Grand Prix wasn't a game-changer — and didn't need to be
If Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has one regret about the Baltimore Grand Prix, it would probably be her use of the phrase "game changer" to describe the event's impact on Baltimore. Given the magnitude of the city's problems and the fleeting nature of...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Entertainment Events, Economy, Business and Finance, Business, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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District 3: Bill Barry
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve on the City Council.
A person does not need a special educational or professional background to serve on the Council (as a number of our present...Tags: Local Elections, Collective Contract, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Teaching and Learning
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Charles Street corridor sees post-recession resurgence
Walid Hajj is happy he followed his instincts and bought an incomplete condo redevelopment in Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood last fall.
Within three days of advertising the building's 13 newly redeveloped apartments this month, Hajj had rented all...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Finance, Health, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Condos
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Deep cut or small slices?
Penn Wilbert and his wife, Amanda Ferchak, have lived in Southeast Baltimore for six years — riding bikes to the grocery store, playing kickball at Patterson Park and meeting friends for drinks at bars inCanton. But last month, when the young...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Joseph T. Landers, III, Politics
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BUILD activists call on business leaders to help city schools
As their bus rumbled through housing projects and dilapidated schools and toward Harbor East — one of the crown jewels of Baltimore's revitalized waterfront — Zion Baptist Church Pastor Marshall Prentice asked his parishioners how they felt...Tags: Finance, Harbor East, M.J. Brodie, John Paterakis Sr., Economy, Business and Finance
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Few show up to discuss memorial to Read's civil rights site
While members of the public had much to say when plans were announced to raze Read's drugstore in Baltimore — the site of pioneering civil rights sit-ins by Morgan State students — few stepped forward Saturday to discuss ways to commemorate...Tags: Justice and Rights, M.J. Brodie, Baptist, Civil Rights, Baltimore City Community College
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Demolition of paint plant raises health, environmental concerns
When Berea resident Nia Redmond heard that the long-vacant paint manufacturing plant in her East Baltimore neighborhood was to be torn down, she went door to door passing out fliers, inviting her neighbors to an emergency meeting.
"A lot of us are...Tags: Asthma, Health, Liver Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Barbara Bates
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What is Md. getting for its millions on business development agencies?
Now that it's official and public knowledge that Maryland is last in job creation and only 6th from last (44th) in having a business-friendly environment according to the Tax Foundation, some response is required. Let's get rid of the Baltimore...Tags: Labor Markets, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Annapolis, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
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City Council committee nixes tax breaks for urban farmers
A City Council committee on Tuesday killed a bill to grant tax breaks to nonprofit urban farmers after the mayor's office said it would set a bad precedent.
The opposition by the administration of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake outraged Councilwoman Mary...Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Credit and Debt, Belinda Conaway, Carl Stokes, Tax Credits
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