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Tide Point and taxes
The Baltimore City Council made the right choice Monday in unanimously approving an important provision in the deal that will retain Under Armour's corporate headquarters at Tide Point and allow the maker of branded performance apparel to greatly expand...
Tags: Under Armour Inc., Companies and Corporations, Locust Point, Kevin Plank, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Accelerate Baltimore readies for second class of startup dreamers next year
Big news today for startup dreamers: The Accelerate Baltimore program, run out of the Emerging Technology Center in Baltimore, is going to launch its second program next year, and will over spots to six companies. The first Accelerate Baltimore class...Tags: Technology, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Science and Technology, Media Industry
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Occupy anniversary: The 1 percent are winning
It's been a good year for the 1 percent. The protesters who occupied public spaces in cities across the country, beginning with Wall Street on Sept. 17, 2011, garnered a great deal of attention for the idea that our democracy is being hijacked by the...Tags: Barack Obama, The Wall Street Journal, Parties and Movements, Elections, Protest
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Local activists say Occupy Baltimore still working for change
Some are working to change the way development in Baltimore affects low-income residents. Others are using art to comment on social inequalities. Still others are battling home foreclosures in the city or gathering free books to hand out in poor...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Protest, Sex Crimes, Summits, Prisons
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Plans for old Port Discovery balloon-ride site revised again
The developer of city-owned land over the Shot Tower Metro station wants to again revise its plans for the parcel, which has sat unused since 2004, the city's development corporation said Wednesday. The Cordish Cos., which gained development rights to...Tags: Port Discovery Children's Museum, M.J. Brodie, Cordish Cos.
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Hearing set for Wednesday night on Harbor Point tax credit
The Baltimore Development Corp. is to hold a hearing Wednesday evening to discuss whether Harbor Point, the future home of Exelon Corp.'s Baltimore headquarters, should again be included in a state-wide tax credit program. John Paterakis' Harbor East...Tags: John Paterakis Sr., Taxation, Tax Credits, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Politics
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City plans to sell Senator Theatre to Cusack family
The Baltimore Development Corp. has agreed to sell the historic Senator Theatre to its current operators, officials said Thursday. The BDC's acting president, Kimberly A. Clark, announced the sale to Kathleen Cusack and her father James "Buzz" Cusack...
Tags: Bars and Clubs, Rosebank, Dining and Drinking, Arts and Culture, Belvedere Square
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Without Brodie, BDC projects, tax incentives move forward
For the first time in 16 years, the directors of the Baltimore Development Corp. met Thursday without M.J. "Jay" Brodie at the helm of the city's influential, quasi-public economic development arm. The BDC's acting president, Kimberly A. Clark, who has...
Tags: ShopRite, Locust Point, Investments, M.J. Brodie, Senator Theatre
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Mayor launching micro-loan program for Baltimore small businesses
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is launching a micro-loan fund for small businesses in Baltimore, to help them hire and stabilize their businesses. The effort, called BaltimoreMICRO, will enable small businesses with under $1 million in annual revenue...Tags: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Starbucks Corp., Small Businesses, Business
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Young pushes bill to fuel local hiring on city contracts
Any business that gets a city contract or major financial help from City Hall could be required to hire 51 percent of new workers from within the city limits or face a criminal sanction.
Those are the terms of a new bill proposed by City Council...Tags: Judges, Unemployment, Employment, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Crime, Law and Justice
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Harrah's casino to pay city at least $11 million in first year
The developers of Baltimore's casino will pay the city at least $11 million in their first year of operation — significantly less than terms proposed in 2009, but enough to help fund a small property tax cut for city homeowners, officials said. The...
Tags: Entertainment, Taxation, Property Tax, Sheila Dixon, Politics
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Affordable-housing requirement waived for Superblock
Baltimore's Department of Housing and Community Development has waived the affordable-housing requirement for the Lexington Square "Superblock" project, a development discussed Thursday at a meeting of the City Council's Taxation, Finance and Economic...Tags: Carl Stokes, Baltimore Housing
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