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East Baltimore delegation calls for stop to EBDI project
Elected officials from East Baltimore want to block the $1.8 billion urban renewal project in Middle East until more neighborhood residents and minority contractors are hired and displaced residents can benefit from the revitalization. Members of the...
Tags: Bernard C. Young, Business, Public Officials, House Building, Elections
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Bill to place advertisements on city fire trucks moves forward
A Baltimore City Council committee approved a measure Tuesday that would allow advertisements to be placed on fire trucks to help support the department — and potentially prevent the closure of some fire companies. Firefighters and community...
Tags: Bernard C. Young, Companies and Corporations, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Budgets and Budgeting, Helen Holton
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Baltimore City, P.G. County sent largest numbers to 'who's who' Vegas convention
The Baltimore SunSince the weekend, Las Vegas has served as a sort of glitzy Maryland West -- with government and business leaders from the state attending the Global Retail Real Estate Convention in droves. With galas and events at casinos, the annual four-day...Tags: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Baltimore County, General Growth Properties Inc., Executive Branch, Annapolis
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City again seeks to raise water, sewer rates
For the fourth consecutive year, Baltimore officials are proposing a 9 percent increase to water and sewer rates — and the charges will continue to grow indefinitely to cover the costs of major projects, they say.
The proposed rate increases come...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Bolton Hill, Baltimore County, Water Supply, Mary Pat Clarke
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Baltimore City ethics disclosures show disparity in reporting gifts
While many governments are moving toward posting ethics disclosure forms, residents of Baltimore still have to travel to City Hall and to a sixth-floor office to see the documents. To save you a trip, we're posting those forms from Mayor Stephanie...
Tags: William H. Cole IV, Edward L. Reisinger III, Baltimore Running Festival, Kraft Foods, Inc., Values
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Stokes: Committee has votes to kill bottle tax
Three members of a key City Council committee say they oppose Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's proposal to more than double the city's bottle tax — enough to kill the bill. That has angered supporters of the bill, who accuse Councilman Carl Stokes,...Tags: Edward L. Reisinger III, Finance, Elections, Bill Henry
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Activists call on city to spend $10.2M more on after-school programs, summer jobs
Standing before some 30 activists and Union Square neighbors Saturday in a neon orange T-shirt with the words "I am Baltimore," 16-year-old Antonio Ellis recited a gritty poem about how the city appears through his eyes.
"Born and raised in the city,...Tags: Bernard C. Young, Budgets and Budgeting, Mary Pat Clarke, Labor Markets, Activism
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City Council approves shrunken enterprise zone
The Baltimore City Council on Monday approved a new map for the city's enterprise zone that significantly realigns and diminishes its footprint, from 22,000 acres to 14,000 acres. The zone is designed to support investment in and improvement of...Tags: Business, Harbor East, Robert W. Curran, Baltimore Development Corporation
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Court of Appeals dismisses Angelos' Superblock lawsuit
Maryland's highest court has cleared the way for the city to move forward with its plans for the long-delayed $152 million Superblock project. The Maryland Court of Appeals dismissed Friday a lawsuit by Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos that challenged the...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Litigation, Economic Policy, Peter G. Angelos, Laws
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At pricey condos, developers pay just hundreds in tax
They're some of the priciest condos in the city, but they're taxed like empty lots.
At the Ritz-Carlton Residences along Baltimore's Inner Harbor — where a recent sale topped $1.5 million — the tax bill for most of the condos was $1,309...Tags: William H. Cole IV, Silo Point, Abell Foundation, Taxation, Homes
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If not the bottle tax, then what?
Baltimore City has a serious problem with run-down, antiquated school facilities. They represent a major impediment to progress in improving the education of Baltimore children and a drag on the city's efforts to shake off decades of decline....
Tags: Edward L. Reisinger III, Food Industry, Advertising, Finance, Highlandtown
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City proposes tax break for Superblock apartment complex
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration is asking Baltimore's City Council to award a hefty tax break to a long-stalled west-side development project.
Under legislation introduced by the administration, apartments to be built as part of the...Tags: Property, Rentals, Baltimore Development Corporation, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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