Natalie Sherman
Natalie Sherman writes about real estate and economic development. Before joining The Baltimore Sun, she covered education, economic development and city politics for The Standard-Times in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and worked as an editorial assistant at the Boston Herald. A Baltimore City native, she got her first taste of The Sun during a three-week internship in high school.
Recent Articles
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Self-described Uber for lawn care comes to Baltimore
When Gene Caballero was in high school and college, he mowed lawns to save up for a scooter. The 39-year-old’s ambitions are a little bigger now. He’s co-founder of GreenPal, an app that aims to be the Uber of lawn mowing. The company, which launched in Nashville in 2012, went live in Baltimore...
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Lexington Market has seen business plunge since rat video. Merchants say it reflects years of city neglect.
Merchants at Lexington Market have seen trouble before. But since the video of a rat running wild in a bakery case there went viral last month, the plunge in business has been staggering. Sales have fallen an average 50 percent across the market — a startling decline even by the standards of slow...
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Maryland Gov. Hogan pledges $20 million in state funds for Ocean City convention center renovation
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is backing a plan to renovate and expand the convention center in Ocean City, pledging $20 million in state funds for the project. He said Thursday he would submit 2019 legislation seeking money for the $34 million upgrade, which will be overseen by the Maryland Stadium...
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$36 million grant to fund development of vaccine for Lassa virus in Baltimore
Two Baltimore firms will work to develop and manufacture a vaccine for the Lassa virus, a deadly emerging threat in Africa, under a $36 million grant from a global disease preparedness organization. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations will provide up to $36 million over five years...
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Construction of Cold Spring Lane apartments to begin this week, developer says
Klein Enterprises, a Pikesville-based development firm, plans to start construction this week on a 284-unit apartment building near Interstate 83, part of a wave of residential projects planned for the Jones Falls Valley. Dubbed The Woodberry, the building at 2001 W. Cold Spring Lane is expected...
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Maryland Tech Council CEO steps down
The CEO of the Maryland Tech Council, who has led the organization since its creation in 2017, is stepping down. Tami Howie will be taking a job as a partner at DLA Piper, where she worked previously, the organization announced. The decision to leave the biotechnology trade group was Howie’s, a...
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What now for State Center site? Anxious neighbors wait for answers
When Janet Allen moved to Baltimore in 2003, she saw herself as part of a bigger mission: rebuilding blocks west of Martin Luther King Boulevard into a strong, mixed income community. Newly developed Heritage Crossing, where she bought her house, looked like a slice of suburbia, with detached homes...
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Maryland adds 11,500 jobs in February
Hiring soared in Maryland last month, as employers added 11,500 jobs, powering the strongest three-month surge of job creation the state has seen since the Great Recession. The gains, reported Friday by the U.S. Labor Department, pulled more than 14,000 people into the labor force, as people started...